Berghaus: Loss widens after lower sales through JD Sports Retail A fall in sales through JD Sports saw outdoor clothes brand Berghaus make a pre-tax loss for the sixth year in a row, it has been revealed. The Sunderland-headquartered business, which is owned by the Pentland Group, has reported a pre-tax loss of £9.1m for 2023, after also making a loss of £3m in 2022, [...]
Represent: ‘Exceptional’ performance hailed by clothing brand as sales surge Retail Clothing brand Represent has hailed its “exceptional” performance in 2023 which saw its sales jump by almost 70 per cent. The company, which is headquartered in Horwich, near Bolton, has posted a turnover of £80.8m for its latest financial year, up from the £48.4m it achieved in 2022. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House also show [...]
Donations a ‘feature of our politics’, Angela Rayner tells BBC amid gifts row Politics Donations to MPs are “a feature of our politics”, Angela Rayner has insisted amid a row over Labour politicians accepting gifts and freebies. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had come in for criticism in the past week over accepting more than £100,000-worth of gifts, including tickets to football matches, concerts and luxury clothes. But he, [...]