Gravesend and Dartford will lose 37 jobs after the announcement that two discount stores are set to close.

Poundworld has revealed that it will be closing its stores in the area at the end of next week.

Administrators of the company have said that they will be closing 78 stores across the country, on either Thursday 26 July or Sunday 29 July, which will result in more than 900 redundancies.

Clare Boardman, Joint Administrator, said: " We would like to thank all the employees for their continued support and commitment during this difficult time.

According to the company, staff are being kept up to date with what is happening.

Today, it will be shutting down its distribution centre operations as they prepare for a further 112 stores to close by the start of August.

However, discussions over sale of parts of the remaining business are still set to continue between administrators and interested parties.

The stores are now cutting back prices with a 50% sale to try and get as much of their stock gone as possible.