Paperchase has secured a rescue deal which will see around a thousand jobs saved.
But the high street retailer's announced 37 of its 127 shops will close permanently as part of the agreement.
Bosses say it's a "tough but necessary decision" to safeguard the company's future.
The stationary chain has stores in Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester and Cheltenham.
Sheds housing nearly 200,000 broiler chickens at a Herefordshire farm are to be demolished and rebuilt to a higher standard.
A planning application by Avara Foods, one of the county’s largest employers, says the replacement sheds at Parkway Farm, Madley west of Hereford would have the same footprint as the current eight within the two-hectare site, and “will not result in any increase in floor area, bird numbers, or operational intensity”.
