Many big high street names began 2026 with a continuing gloomy outlook reminiscent of Eeyore seeking his lost tail. Primark, the doyen of the fast fashion sector issued a profit warning and saw an 11% fall in parent ABF shares. Tesco, still our leading grocer, saw...
Amongst the range of interesting and varied topics for HTA Regional Events I’ve attended recently (if you haven’t been to one yet, you’re missing out and they’re FREE to membershta.org.uk/regional-member-events), most enlightening wasthe subject of retail theft. It’s...
Paying a late Sunday afternoon visit to my local Garden Centre last week, I was so impressed with the impact and colour on display in the plant area. The contrast with a visit to a similar garden centre on a Sunday in July twenty or thirty years ago is noteworthy....
The British Garden Centres acquisition of Hayes Garden World is just the latest in a long series of bold and ambitious additions to what is now the largest (as measured by number of sites) garden centre groups in the UK. It serves to demonstrate the success of an...
I’m proud to be supporting the new YPHA initiative, LAUNCH SUCCESS Many young professionals embarking on a career in industry, services or consumer goods rightly expect diverse skills training throughout their early career along with the experience and on the...
