When I were a lad, Woolies, Boots, WH Smith and the Post Office were the staples of every high street. Towards its bitter end, it was hard to work out why you’d go to Woolworths, and if you found a reason, it was a depressing experience. The writing was on the wall. Now, I go to WHS if I forget to order stationery online, or to queue to see the one person behind the post office counter. Neither it nor Boots have had a lick of paint in years; so much so that, yes, you really can see the writing on their walls.
“Arcadia collapse sees 10,000 pensions head to PPF”
“So will Arcadia’s employees lose their pensions?”, asked the R4 interviewer. “No, no, they’ll get at least 90% of their entitlement paid by the Pension Protection Fund” said the Philip Green apologist (“he just didn’t have the skills to be a retailer”). And how is...
