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1000 jobs go as 66 HMV shops, including 11 in Scotland, close

HMV's administrators are to close 66 shops at the music chain in a move set to cost nearly 1,000 jobs, including almost 200 in Scotland.

Deloitte said the shops would continue to trade but the closures were expected over the next one to two months.

HMV, which first opened 92 years ago, has 22 stores in Scotland including in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, and some of the country's busiest shopping malls.

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