Poundland in Inverness High Street is one of 44 stores across the UK to temporarily close from Sunday due to coronavirus lockdown
The Inverness High Street branch of Poundland has announced that it will be temporarily closing.
In a Facebook post a spokesman said the shop would be "hibernating" but the nearby store at Inverness Retail Park would still be open for business.
He said: "Some sad news guys we served you all through lockdown but having a well deserved break we will stay open until Saturday, January 9.
"Our colleagues at Inverness Retail Park will still be open to get all your essential goods, stay safe, see you all on the other side."
It is one of 44 branches across the UK to be temporarily closed to allow the business to focus on larger stores in consolidated areas – around 800 Poundland stores will remain open
The move follows an 80 per cent reduction in footfall since the start of the coronavirus pandemic after shopping centres and high streets were forced to close their doors.
The company has said that affected staff will be placed on furlough and Austin Cooke, Poundland’s retail director, said: "We learned valuable lessons during the lockdown in March about how buying patterns change as people stick to government advice to stay at home.
"Putting a small number of stores into hibernation helps protect them for the long term and focus our attention on the majority of stores that remain open to serve their neighbourhoods.
"We hope this lockdown is short and we can reopen our hibernating stores as quickly as possible and we remain grateful for the vital support schemes available to us that help protect jobs."
