document.write('<p><b>In December 2009</b> IBS-STL UK (a division of the USA giant, Biblica), ')
document.write('Wesley Owen\'s parent company, went into administration. ')
document.write('Along with the Wesley Owen brand, eight branches were <a href="http://www.wesleyowen.com/press-release.html">')
document.write('taken over by Koorong</a>, of which only the following six branches are now trading following the sudden closures of <a href="wobath.htm">Bath</a> and <a href="wobristol.htm">Bristol</a> in January 2012:</p>')
document.write('<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3" summary="List of Branches">')
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document.write('<a href="wobirmingham.htm">Birmingham</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="wobromley.htm">Bromley</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="wocoleraine.htm">Coleraine</a>')
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document.write('<a href="woderby.htm">Derby</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="woglasgow.htm">Glasgow</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="woyork.htm">York</a>')
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document.write('<p>Sadly, at the end of January 2012 it was further announced that the status of these branches is also uncertain as the company focuses on its online operations rather than the physical stores: ')
document.write('<a href="http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/2012/01/31/bookseller-report-all-but-one-wesley-owen-bookshop-likely-to-close/">Bookseller Report: All but one Wesley Owen Bookshop likely to close</a> (UKCBD News, 31/1/2012).</p>')
document.write('<p>The following six branches were ')
document.write('<a href="http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/2010/01/03/wesley-owen-and-clc-looking-to-the-future/#clc20100103">')
document.write('taken over by CLC</a> and are now trading under the CLC name:</p>')
document.write('<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3" summary="List of Branches">')
document.write('<tr><td valign="top" nowrap>')
document.write('<a href="clcbolton.htm">Bolton</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="clccambridge.htm">Cambridge</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="clccoventry.htm">Coventry</a>')
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document.write('<a href="clcguildford.htm">Guildford</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="clckingston.htm">Kingston-Upon-Thames</a>')
document.write('<br><a href="clcstockport.htm">Stockport</a>')
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document.write('<p>Twenty six branches did not find buyers and although most ceased trading by the end of ')
document.write('February 2010, several reopened as independents whilst the majority ')
document.write('were taken over by the now defunct Living Oasis chain whose parent company, Nationwide Christian ')
document.write('Trust, <a href="http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/2011/08/04/nationwide-christian-trust-enters-insolvency/">')
document.write('entered insolvency at the beginning of August 2011</a>. All branches of Living Oasis have subsequently ceased trading. ')
document.write('For latest news, please see either the ')
document.write('<a href="http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/qa/wesley-owen/">Wesley Owen</a> section or ')
document.write('<a href="http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/tag/living-oasis/">posts tagged Living Oasis</a> ')
document.write('on the UKCBD blog.</p>')