{"id":1402,"date":"2026-09-30T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:00:25","slug":"all-the-oxfordshire-shop-and-restaurant-closures-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1402","title":{"rendered":"All the Oxfordshire shop and restaurant closures confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/resources\/images\/20881636\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  The closures include around 20 TG Jones shops, formerly known as WH Smith, shut as part of restructuring plans.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Modella Capital, which owns TG Jones and other shops like Hobbycraft, confirmed 150 locations of the stationery and bookshop chain will close.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At the moment, no Oxfordshire TG Jones stores have been confirmed for closure in the lists published so far.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: Oxford sewage treatment works could relocate after proposed \u00a3340m upgrade\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Former Ock Mill Beefeater restaurant in Abingdon (Image: Andy Ffrench)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Wynsors, formerly known as Wynsors World of Shoes, announced the closure of 17 shops in the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The beginning of the month saw the closure of Foreways, a chain of corner shops.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Over 260 restaurants, bars, and pub chains operated by Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn, also closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This includes all 106 Beefeater restaurants, 20 Bar+ Block sites, and more than 30 Table Table branches.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Applecart Beefeater in Oxford is among the sites affected by Whitbread&#8217;s programme of restaurant closures.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cookhouse + Pub, another Whitbread-owned chain, closed all 14 of its UK branches.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  British Heart Foundation in Abingdon (Image: Andy Ffrench)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The closures are part of Whitbread&#8217;s new strategy to replace standalone restaurant chains with an &#8220;integrated food and beverage offer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  British Heart Foundation, the nation&#8217;s biggest charity retailer, has just published its annual report and accounts, stating it had achieved &#8220;lifesaving progress in a challenging year&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A prominent fixture of British high streets has reported a \u00a33.3m loss, which it describes as unsustainable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The organisation will be shutting 150 stores over the coming months as a result.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The British Heart Foundation shop in Abingdon has been earmarked for closure, with staff expecting it to close by the end of the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>#Oxfordshire #shop #restaurant #closures #confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closures include around 20 TG Jones shops, formerly known as WH Smith, shut as part of restructuring plans. Modella Capital, which owns TG Jones and other shops like Hobbycraft,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}