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.

9. JYSK
JYSK, the international home furnishing store, based on Railway Street in Dewsbury, closed its doors to customers on Sunday, December 15. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/business/jysk-international-home-furnishing-retailer-set-to-close-in-dewsbury-4881991 Photo: National World