The family behind the cookware retailer Lakeland has put it up for sale amid rising cost pressures from Rachel Reeves’s Budget tax raid.

The business was founded as Lakeland Plastics in 1964 by Alan Rayner to sell plastic bags for freezing food. He later handed the reins to his three sons, Sam, Martin and Julian Rayner, who ran the ...

The 61-year-old retailer has called in advisers to field interest from potential bidders in a reflection of growing cost ...

The family behind Lakeland, one of Britain’s most prominent privately held retailers, is exploring a sale after more than 60 years amid growing cost pressures sweeping the industry. Sky News has ...

Lakeland, which was established in 1964 as Lakeland Plastics, employs roughly 1,000 people across a chain of 59 stores, at its head office in Windermere and its distribution centres. Money latest ...

BEIJING, Jan 16 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would apply provisional duties on imports of industrial plastics from the United States, European Union, Japan and Taiwan after a months-long ...