Barclays bank and mobile phone outlet O2 in the town centre have shut to customers, while there was an outpouring of sadness at the closures of the Shepherd’s Boy, on Huddersfield Road, and the Woodman Inn, in Batley Carr.
Here are just some of the businesses we have lost in Dewsbury over the past 12 months.

5. Greggs
Greggs on Foundry Street in Dewsbury closed in June with the bakery chain saying the store had reached the end of its lease and were choosing not to renew it due to the other Greggs shop in Dewsbury being within walking distance and more central to the town. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/business/greggs-confirms-that-dewsbury-outlet-will-close-but-says-all-staff-will-be-kept-on-4673631 Photo: Bruce Fitzgerald

6. O2
O2 confirmed in June that their Dewsbury store, on South Street, had closed permanently. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/business/o2-confirms-their-dewsbury-store-has-closed-permanently-4674028 Photo: Bruce Fitzgerald

7. The Shepherds Boy
The Shepherds Boy pub, on Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury closed its doors for good on Monday, August 26, with Ossett Brewery saying the pub was “no longer a profitable business”. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/business/dewsbury-pub-the-shepherds-boy-to-close-and-be-sold-as-it-is-no-longer-profitable-says-brewery-4754925 Photo: Google Street View

8. Lloyds Bank (set to close in 2025)
Lloyds Banking Group confirmed in September that it will close a further 55 branches in 2025 - with Dewsbury’s set to shut for good in March 2025. Lloyds Bank, on Market Place in Dewsbury town centre, will close on Monday, March 10, 2025. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/business/lloyds-bank-dewsbury-branch-to-shut-next-march-as-batley-closing-date-looms-4780820 Photo: Google Street View