Jeweller reports flat sales and fall in underlying operating profit as retailers anticipate October budget.
The retailer, founded in 1919, revealed a 9% fall in underlying operating profit to £7.8m last year after an increase in employer national insurance contributions and the legal minimum wage introduced by former chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Total sales slipped 0.1% to £217m at the group, which operates 56 Beaverbrooks and four Loupe stores as well as 22 outlets for specific brands including watchmakers Omega, Breitling, Tudor and TAG Heuer.
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Jeweller reports flat sales and fall in underlying operating profit as retailers anticipate October budget.
The boss of the family-owned jeweller Beaverbrooks has called on the government to give business “a bit of a break” by halting cost increases amid flat sales and falling profits.
The retailer, founded in 1919, revealed a 9% fall in underlying operating profit to £7.8m last year after an increase in employer national insurance contributions and the legal minimum wage introduced by former chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Anna Blackburn, the managing director of Beaverbrooks, said she was positive about the performance against the backdrop of a challenging retail market: “Everything we hear in the jewellery industry [suggests] this is a pretty strong performance,” she said.
Total sales slipped 0.1% to £217m at the group, which operates 56 Beaverbrooks and four Loupe stores as well as 22 outlets for specific brands including watchmakers Omega, Breitling, Tudor and TAG Heuer.
Blackburn said she wanted to see the government help boost consumer confidence and provide stability by tackling unemployment and inflation and not adding new taxes in next month’s budget as retailers prepare for Christmas.
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