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the Arcadia Group to the blameless, dedicated and loyal staff who suddenly find themselves unemployed. Secondly, to ‘sort’ the pension scheme and we await details of what he proposes.

“The 11,000 hard working and loyal staff will today be feeling very angry and totally let down following the publication today of the Parliamentary Select Committee Report into the running of BHS. It is clear that the rapid demise of the company is down to a handful of people who have been more interested in indulging in a game of corporate monopoly for their own personal gain. There are still some very serious questions that need to be answered, by former owners of the business, about how a company with decades of history and experience in retail has now come to this very sorry end.

“We also urge other high street retailers to look seriously at quickly re-employing the dedicated and experienced BHS workers who will all soon be unemployed.

“In the meantime we are providing the support, advice and representation our members require at this difficult time.”

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