The Ted Baker at Swindon's Designer Outlet has closed. 

The local branch of the big fashion chain is among 31 stores that will be shut by Tuesday August 20 across the UK and Northern Ireland. 

This will see Ted Baker disappear from the high street completely and follows the company that owns it - No Ordinary Designer Label Limited (NODL) - being plunged into administration in March this year. 

Despite the closure deadline being Tuesday, the store at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in Rodbourne, Swindon, was closed on Monday. 

The outlet had already covered up the store with a placeholder graphic advertising the outlet's recently opened stores. 

Ted Baker did have 46 UK stores and employed around 975 people before becoming insolvent. 

Initially, 15 stores closed following the administration's announcement, resulting in about 245 staff being made redundant.

Staff working at the 31 remaining stores were told in July that they would lose their jobs when the rest of the shops were shut 'within three weeks' 

That has now happened, with 500-plus staff also losing their jobs. 

Other Ted Baker stores that will be shutting include Ashford, Bath, Belfast, Bluewater, Braintree, Brent Cross (London), Bridgend, Cannock, Cheshire Oaks, Dublin Grafton Street, Gatwick North, Gatwick South, Glasgow Buchanan Street and Gloucester Quays

Heathrow T2, Heathrow T3, Heathrow T4, Heathrow T5, Kildare, Livingston, Luton, Manchester Shambles, O2 Outlet, Portsmouth, Regent Street (London), Sheffield, St Pancras (London), Stansted, White City (London) and York will also be closed. 

Ted Baker's intellectual property is still owned by Authentic Brands, the US-based firm behind Juicy Couture and Reebok, and it hoped to find a new partner to run the retail and online business in the UK and Europe. 

Authentic blamed the administration process on “damage” done during a partnership with Dutch company AARC Group, and the “significant level of arrears” that had built up during the association.

Ted Baker had also flagged economic challenges in recent years, having faced weaker consumer demand and difficulties in its supply chain, after being among the luxury retailers to take a hit during the Covid pandemic.

For now, the brand's retail presence in the country is ending, having been here since 1988, although Ted Baker clothing is still available in department stores.