A retail store at Borehamwood Shopping Park will close permanently this week.

Outfit is currently closed due to coronavirus restrictions but the Borehamwood Times has been told the store will shut for good on Friday (January 22).

The closure seemed inevitable after owner Arcadia collapsed into administration at the start of December.

Today, it was confirmed Arcadia's administrators, Deloitte, are set to permanently shut another 31 of the fashion group’s stores by the end of January, with the loss of 714 more jobs.

It is understood that the latest set of cuts, first reported by the national Times newspaper, will result in the closure of all 21 of the group’s Outfit stores - a Deloitte spokesperson confirmed to us Borehamwood's Outfit store will close for good.

Outfit, which was acquired by Arcadia from Sears in 1999, is not a fashion brand itself but sells all of Arcadia’s retail brands in out-of-town destinations for shoppers.

The move comes a day after the deadline for rescue bids set by administrators at Deloitte.

High street stalwart Next is among retail groups to have placed bids to take control of Sir Philip Green's retail empire.

Deloitte are expected to receive bids worth more than £200 million in the process, which could be completed by the end of the month.