Woolworths Group had been opened, although in April the company also entered administration and closed. The Woolworths store in Dorchester, Dorset was reopened as an independent business named "Wellworths" by the store manager Claire Robertson. The store was officially opened by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans on 11 March 2009. It was later renamed "Wellchester". Wellchester ceased trading in August 2012, after store manager Claire Robertson left to set up her own retail consultancy business. The Woolworths brand and domain was bought by Shop Direct Group, owned by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, on 2 February 2009. The company announced
Woolworths (Ireland) not proceed beyond the market research phase. After withdrawing from the Republic, F. W. Woolworth plc took full control of stores in Northern Ireland where these stores were popular with cross-border shoppers from the Republic, especially stores close to the Irish border. The stores continuted to trade normally until the Woolworths Group went into administration in November 2008. Stores in Northern Ireland begain to close during Christmas 2008 and the final stores closed on the 3 January 2009, when the Woolworths brand disappeared off the island of Ireland. Woolworths (Ireland) Woolworths (Ireland) was a retail chain that operated on the