THE city's House of Fraser store closure has been approved by creditors.

Earlier this month, we reported how the department store was set to close its Worcester shop, putting 149 jobs at risk.

Creditors have now given the green light to the plan to close 31 stores, resulting in up to 6,000 job losses across the country.

The Worcester shop will remain open until early 2019.

House of Fraser chairman Frank Slevin told the Press Association the vote was "satisfactory".

He added: "I am now focused on the implementation of the business plan.

“We will continue to focus on that going forward. Today has given us part of the solution to that."

Mr Slevin added: "The approval of the CVAs is a seminal moment in House of Fraser's history.

"This is also an important milestone in the transaction with C.banner and moves us toward the completion of the capital injection first announced in May."

Chief executive Alex Williamson said: "The CVA proposals have been approved by our creditors and we are grateful for their ongoing support and belief in the future of House of Fraser.

"This was clearly a difficult decision to take but is, ultimately, the only one to secure our future."

Will Wright, restructuring partner at KPMG and joint supervisor of the CVA, said: "The approval of these CVAs provides House of Fraser with the breathing space it needs to proceed with its proposed operational restructuring plan across a smaller core portfolio of stores."