Business as usual at Adams

STAFF at the Adams Kids store in Oldham were working normally yesterday after administrators announced the closure of 111 stores.

Employees at the Oldham store on the lower mall of the Spindles shopping centre were unable to comment on their futures.

Two full-time and 11 part-time staff are employed in Oldham.

The axe fell on 850 staff at the failed childrenswear chain after administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — appointed on New Year’s Eve — said job losses were inevitable as stores were closed in Glasgow, Leeds, Blackpool, Coventry, Bolton and Wigan.

The remaining 160 Adams stores will stay open while efforts are made to secure a sale.

Adams continues to employ 2,350 staff, and PwC remains hopeful of being able to sell some parts of the business.

Adams was founded in Birmingham in 1933 by Amy Adams and celebrated its 75th anniversary last year.