The Works opened its first store in 1981 and now has a chain of 500+ stores all across the United Kingdom and Ireland. We are proud to be Britain's leading discount book store.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Birmingham
Employees: 1001-5000
Phone: 313 6050
Founded date: 1981
Investors 2
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Mentions in press and media 13
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| 07.09.2026 | Activist investor accuses The Works of unfairly swaying crucial vote | The activist investor seeking to tighten its grip on The Works has accused the retailer’s board of attempting to sway a crucial shareholder vote. Kelso, a London-listed activist investor, has been locked in a weeks-long row with the arts an... |
| 02.09.2026 | The Works secures heavyweight backing in activist investor row | The Works has secured the backing of a pair of heavyweight shareholder proxies in the discount retailer’s boardroom tussle with an influential activist investor. The stationary and crafts retailer has been locked in a row with Kelso, a Lond... |
| 17.08.2026 | Activist investor accuses The Works chair of working from home – in New Zealand | The activist investor locked in a boardroom battle with The Works has accused its chair of switching his residence to New Zealand and dialling in to crucial meetings. Kelso, a London-listed investment fund, is pushing to appoint a director ... |
| 13.08.2026 | The Works braces for boardroom battle as activist investor pushes for more control | Discount retailer The Works has been engulfed in a boardroom drama as a notorious activist investor pushes to install a retired private equity partner as a director. The retailer, which sells toys and arts and crafts, warned on Thursday tha... |
| 13.08.2026 | The Works activist investor hits back at retailer’s ‘absurd’ claims | The activist investor seeking to gain a seat on the board at The Works has hit back at the discount retailer’s “absurd” claims the move would undermine its growth plans. Kelso, an activist investor, has criticised the AIM-listed retailer fo... |
| 21.05.2026 | The Works shares soar as families look for ‘screen-free’ fun | Shares in The Works soared on Thursday morning after the retailer said growing demand for “screen-free” entertainment is driving up revenue. The Aim-listed stock jumped 11 per cent on early trading, to 60p, after it reported revenue growth ... |
| 07.10.2025 | Regulator fines KPMG for N Brown Group audit errors | Big Four firm KPMG and a former partner have received heavy fines and formal reprimands from the accountancy regulator for serious failures in their audit of N Brown Group plc’s 2022 accounts. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) found tha... |
| 22.07.2025 | The Works: Shares triple in value after ‘living to fight another day’ | Shares in The Works have more than tripled in price in the space of four months after recovering from investors questioning “its relevancy in modern retail”. Stock in the West Midlands-headquartered company was priced at 20p towards the end... |
| 24.01.2025 | The Works: Arts and crafts retailer slashes losses as new strategy unveiled | - |
| 05.04.2022 | Retailer The Works Forced to Shut Shops After Cyber-attack | High street retailer The Works has been forced to close several locations after a cyber-attack disrupted deliveries and internal IT systems. In total, five shops have been closed since last week after hackers gained access to computer syste... |
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