Albemarle & Bond pawnbroker stores close

Nearly 400 jobs at risk with customers fearing they may not be able to get pawned items backThe future of the pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond and nearly 400 staff is in doubt, leaving customers fearful that they will not get their belongings back, after it shut shops and its website warned that parts of the business had “ceased trading”.In a statement on its website, Albemarle & Bond told customers, who pawn valuables for short-term cash, that their items would be held at its paw