Threatened Sheffield HMV store will stay open, owner confirms

The Meadowhall store is one of five HMVs which had been at risk of closing but will now remain open.

The HMV stores that had been at risk of closure, but will now remain open are: Sheffield Meadowhall, Glasgow Braehead, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal, Reading, and Grimsby.

However, the music retailer warned a further three stores could still shut at the end of January unless new deals can be reached.

HMV said that some stores were no longer viable due to "extortionate" business rates in certain locations.

The three stores still under threat of closure are Bristol Cribbs, Worcester and Merryhill.

Its Birmingham Bullring and Leeds Headrow stores will shut at the end of January, the company said.

HMV said it was also relocating in Lincoln and Plymouth, with new stores opening in both cities at the start of February.

In a previous statement, the company said: "The closures are no reflection on our superb staff and where we are not able to come to a new agreement or relocate staff within the business elsewhere, unfortunately this does mean some of our staff will lose their jobs."

HMV was purchased in a rescue deal by music mogul Doug Putman in February 2019 after it crashed into administration for the second time in five years in December 2018.

Mr Putman, who runs the Canadian retailer Sunrise Records, closed 15 stores after taking control of the business.