The boss of a much-loved Edinburgh clothing chain has blamed the Scottish Government for their lack of support, as she was forced to close half of her shops.
Karen Forret, the managing director at Wilkies, fought to save six of the 11 stores in Scotland after dealing with trading issues and spiralling business rats. 40 of the 95 people employed by Wilkies had to be let go, reports the Scottish Daily Express.
Ms Forret said: "We put up a good fight to keep all our teams in jobs and keep trading on high streets some had long given up on many years before, but sadly without eventually having to shut all the stores we couldn’t continue in our current form.”
