A SHOP specialising in Apple devices will remain closed permanently after attempts to find a buyer failed.

Business advisors said the Bournemouth branch of Solutions will be returned to the landlord.

The company is still trying to find buyers for its branches in Guildford and Chelmsford.

The Old Christchurch Road shop closed unexpectedly in February with the loss of 10 jobs.

Staff were given no notice of the closure and were warned not to try to get back into the premises.

Solutions was also in possession of customers' property, such as phones and laptops which had been brought in for repair.

And a number of people had placed orders for goods.

Ian Vickers, partner at FRP Advisory LLP, said: "We are in the final stages of assisting employees with their redundancy claims via the Redundancy Payments Service and liaising with customers regarding outstanding orders.

"In the absence of a suitable buyer for the Bournemouth branch of Solutions Inc the property will now be returned to the landlord, and we remain in discussions with interested parties for the Guildford and Chelmsford branches, which we hope to conclude in the coming weeks."

There were a total of six Solutions stores and all stopped trading at the same time after the business ran into cashflow problems.

Staff received an email at 7pm on a Monday evening after working at the store all day.

They were told the closure had taken immediate effect.

One member of staff told the Daily Echo: "There are 10 staff at the Bournemouth store. It is bad for us but we are also worried about the customers.

"Many of them are elderly and come in to the store for our help. If they want repairs now they will have to go all the way to West Quay in Southampton."

The closure is the latest in a series which have left rows of shops in Old Christchurch Road unoccupied.