High street card retailer with 179 branches to shut site following string of closures in ‘another great loss’

A POPULAR card retailer has confirmed it will permanently close in just a few months, in another blow to the high street.

Clintons has around 179 branches across the country in cities like London, Nottingham and Sheffield.

It sells all kinds of party essentials such as gifts, cards and balloons.

However, shoppers in Southend-on-Sea will need to find an alternative as the chain has confirmed...