Whilst sales of alcohol have rocketed by 22% during lockdown in the UK, sales of clothing have plummeted by 34%. As more of us spend time at home, the need and desire for new clothes has fallen. There’s no real incentive anymore to buy the fun going-out outfit, smart formal workwear, or ‘barely there’ summer dress for the beach holiday abroad. Loungewear, on the other hand, has become the preferred choice; with sales increasing by 433%, between March 24 and April 7; followed

Scrolling through your news feed, you’re left with one-word ringing loud and clear through your ears – CORONAVIRUS. Open the homepage of your favourite news outlet and discover that every section has been taken over… ‘Coronavirus Explained’, ‘Coronavirus UK’, ‘Coronavirus Opinion’, and so it goes on. We chat to our families virtually, endlessly dissecting the horrors we are faced with, and try to find humour and a semblance of normality in the most banal of tasks. But from al

As we all know by now, a lot has changed since my last post. Looking back at those initial few glorious days of working from home when we were all excited about the prospect of lazy mornings of breakfast in bed and the legendary bed-desk, things have become much more serious. My soon to be Father-in-law recently sent me an article from The Times, entitled, "How the High Street’s Big Boys Leave Suppliers in the Lurch on the Other Side of the World". This article focussed on Sr