B&M is set to open a number of new stores across the UK this year. The budget retailer has confirmed plans for 45 new sites with 16 locations revealed already.
The news comes despite a drop in B&M sales and a tough start to 2025 for UK retailers. In a trading update last week, the business revealed its sales across the UK fell by 3.1% to £4.5bn in the year to March 29. Meanwhile, they were down 2.4% in the last 12 weeks of the year.
However, new store openings in France have helped to offset the weaker British performance. The wider B&M group unveiled a 3.7% increase in sales to £5.6bn in the year.
A host of new stores will now open across the UK in a matter of weeks. They include sites in Leicestershire, Tunbridge Wells, Portishead and Doncaster.
Retailers across the UK have endured a difficult start to the year after being hit by a number of risings costs. As well as a hike in energy costs and rent, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has increased employer national insurance contributions and the national minimum wage.
A number of major brands, including WHSmith, Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Homesense have already closed stores this year. Meanwhile, Sports Direct, FarmFoods and Aldi are set to shut sites this month.
Here are the locations and opening dates of 16 B&M stores that are set to open this year:
- Hall Croft, Shepshed, Leicestershire – April 26
- New Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire – May 2
- Eastgate, Louth, Lincolnshire – May 16
- Watling Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham – May 17
- Bridge Street, Killamarsh, Derbyshire – May 21
- Middlebrook Way, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk – May 23
- Linden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent – May 24
- Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland – May 30
- Wyndham Way Retail Park, Portishead, Somerset – May 30
- The Market Hall, The Eden Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria – May 30
- Wrekin Retail Park, Arleston, Telford, Shropshire – May 31
- Horsted, Chatham – June 6
- Queens Parade, Winsford – June 11
- Picton Court, Bridgend – June 14
- Galashiels – June 20
- Antrim – August 19
