HBC

The move comes after the company, also known as HBC, liquidated all its stores, citing a shifting retail landscape post-pandemic and US tariffs as insurmountable challenges.

Founded in 1670, HBC was granted a royal charter to control trade in parts of Canada.

HBC said the roofs in these buildings - which were first used in the 1960s - "had not only lost their useful life but were in a dangerous state".

HBC, which owns Elstree Film Studios, previously agreed to rebuild the stages in the future, although plans remain unclear.

Coca Cola HBC said on Wednesday it was temporarily withdrawing batches of two soft drinks from sale in Croatia while the authorities there investigate cases of illness suspected to have been caused by the beverages.