<p>Closures within chain formerly under the WH Smith brand raise fears of high streets becoming ‘postal deserts’</p><p>Towns and even city centres face being left as “postal deserts” after it emerged that more than a third of post offices within the troubled TG Jones chain are closing.</p><p>So far this year 36 branches within the high street chain <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/28/wh-smith-brand-to-disappear-as-76m-sale-of-stores-to-modella-agreed">formerly known as WH Smith</a> have closed and a further 34 are set to close by early 2027, according to Post Office records analysed by the Guardian.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/24/more-than-third-of-post-offices-in-tg-jones-stores-to-shut-by-early-2027">Continue reading...</a>
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More than third of post offices in TG Jones stores to shut by early 2027
<p>Closures within chain formerly under the WH Smith brand raise fears of high streets becoming ‘postal deserts’</p><p>Towns and even city centres face being left as “postal deserts” after it emerged that more than a third of post offices within the troubled TG Jones chain are closing.</p><p>So far this year 36 branches within the high street chain <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/28/wh-smith-brand-to-disappear-as-76m-sale-of-stores-to-modella-agreed">formerly known as WH Smith</a> have closed and a further 34 are set to close by early 2027, according to Post Office records analysed by the Guardian.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/24/more-than-third-of-post-offices-in-tg-jones-stores-to-shut-by-early-2027">Continue reading...</a>