In March 2018, due to financial issues, the company ceased trading and closed all of its 67 shops, leading to the redundancy of 400 employees.

Stores were opened in Grimsby, Hull, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Leeds, Derby, York and Sheffield, with the most recent being a concession in Fenwick, Newcastle.

The company hired dwarves and booth models to present the awards, as well as littering the dinner tables with orange condoms.

[6][7] On 21 March 2018, amid the closures of other retail chains, such as Toys "R" Us and Maplin, multiple investors pulled their credit offerings for Grainger Games, leaving the company in a financially critical situation.

[9] All of Grainger Games' roughly 400 employees were made redundant, receiving payments for all working hours through to 31 March.