In full: List of Poundworld stores to close - including 7 in Scotland

The latest string of Poundworld store closures is set to affect 40 sites across the country.

A Poundworld store as administrators to the company are to close a further 40 stores, axing 531 jobs as a result. Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

Here is a list of the locations of each store and the number of staff affected:

Location and total headcount

Aberdeen 14

Ashton Under Lyne 16

Bangor 10

Belfast 15

Blackwood 12

Bury 15

Castleford 14

Chatham 13

Crystal Peaks 12

Doncaster 9

Dunfermline 13

East Kilbride 16

Edmonton 9

Guiseley 14

Hull 13

Irvine (Rivergate Shopping Centre) 13

Irvine (Riverway Retail Park) 12

Kettering BB 20

Middlesbrough 10

Newbury 11

Newcastle 13

Newport 11

Newtownards 18

Perth 8

Peterlee 11

Plymouth 18

Preston 18

Queensferry 8

Redcar 11

Robroyston 11

Rochdale 16

Rotherham Parkgate 9

Southend 13

Southport 13

St Helens 15

Sutton 13

Swindon 27

Tottenham 14

West Bromwich 13

Wigan 10

Total: 531