IKEA customers are being urged to check their bank accounts after the company confirmed today that some people may have been charged twice for goods.

A computer glitch has led to extra charges on over 100 transaction, said the Swedish interiors firm.

An outage on the BT network on Thursday, July 12, affected all of the retail chain's 20 UK stores causing some customers to be overcharged.

Donna Moore, Ikea’s UK and Ireland customer service relations manager said: “We are actively working with the payment service provider to rectify these transactions as quickly as possible, so that those affected will have the duplicate payments released back to them by their banks.

"We apologise for any inconvenience that this caused and if any of our customers are concerned they are welcome to contact us to discuss the matter."

If you think you might have been affected by the glitch, call IKEA’s customer service on 020 3645 0000.