Break-in at Thing-Me-Bobs in Haverhill sees shop shut today just days after its closure was announced to staff
A decades-old shop in Haverhill is today closed after a break-in, less than 48 hours after workers were told it would be shutting for good and their jobs would be lost.
Staff at the discount store, Thing-Me-Bobs, in Queen Street were told on Wednesday that it will close, although they have not been told when that will happen or why it is happening - and today they arrived to find it had been broken into overnight.
The shop’s manager, deputy manager, who are both full-time and the senior sales supervisor and eight sales assistants, all of whom are part-time, will lose their jobs.
One employee, who doesn’t wish to be named, told the Haverhill Echo: “At this present time we have only been told it’s closing and as yet have no other information as to any time frame.”
Thing-Me-Bobs has been a mainstay of Haverhill’s retail scene for more than 20 years.
In 2013, all of the Thing-Me-Bobs shops in East Anglia were bought by QD Stores.
A police forensics van arrived at the shop this morning as the investigation into the break-in starts, with the shop remaining closed for the time being.
A spokesman for Suffolk Police said the shop was broken into overnight between 5.30pm yesterday and 8.20am today by forcing their way into the building before stealing an amount of cash.
No arrests have been made and the Investigation continues.
QD Stores has been approached by the Echo for comment
• News of the closure is another blow for Haverhill’s town centre, coming just two months after two shops that sit across from Thing-Me-Bobs in Queen Street, My Screen Monkey and Timpson, shut down.
