Department store chain Beales is to close 12 of its shops in a bid to sell the rest. Efforts to sell all 23 outlets together have failed, the administrators KPMG said. The dozen being closed will ...

The final 11 Beales department stores are set to shut, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. The 139-year-old retailer went into administration last month and soon after announced plans to close 12 of ...