The 50-strong flooring chain backed by Sir Richard Harpin’s Growth Partner has appointed restructuring advisers, raising the prospect of store closures and redundancies as the cost-of-living squeeze continues to drag on consumer spending. Flooring Superstore, which employs around 300 people from its Bishop Auckland headquarters in County Durham, has draftedContinue Reading

Jamie Oliver has launched a withering attack on the government’s tax treatment of British entrepreneurs, warning that ministers are “battering” the very people who power the country’s hospitality sector and risk turning Britain into an economic backwater. Speaking to Times Radio, the celebrity chef said the cumulative weight of recentContinue Reading