Hilco took £25m in dividends from Homebase despite £10.6m in UK Covid aid
Many other large UK retailers have handed back government supports
Homebase to close three of its 11 Irish stores
Store also plans to cut 1,500 jobs as struggling home-improvement chain seeks to shore up performance
Homebase takeover becomes tale of retail disaster
Australian owners write down almost £600m after totally misjudging market
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