Three outlets in the West are among 17 Dobbies Garden Centre sites set to close by the end of 2024. The company says it is putting in place a restructuring plan to address "historically uneconomical rent costs and ensure a return to sustainable profitability".

Dobbies, the garden centre chain, has disclosed plans to close 17 stores as part of a cost-cutting measure. The company identified these outlets as 'unprofitable' and stated that the move was designed to 'address historically uneconomical rent costs'.

Garden centre chain Dobbies has revealed it is to close 17 stores in a bid to cut costs. The gardening chain, said "unprofitable" locations would shut in a bid to "address historically uneconomical rent costs", with the loss of more than 450 jobs.

Garden centre group Dobbies is closing its Stockbridge and Inverness outlets as part of a plan by its new owners to restore it to profitability. The Lasswade-based firm said 17 of its 77 UK stores will shut, affecting 465 of its 3,600 workers.

The Inverness Dobbies, which opened in 2013, is attached to the Tesco supermarket at Inshes. Recent financial results show widening losses of £130 million for Dobbies nationally,

Dobbies has said it plans to shut 17 of the garden centre group’s sites by the end of the year. The move, which is part of a wider restructuring, will see it shut 11 larger sites and six Little Dobbies stores.