Beales launches ‘Rachel Reeves closing down sale’ as it shutters final store

Beales is holding a ‘Rachel Reeves closing down sale’ as it winds down the business after more than 140 years.
The department store chain, which first opened in Bournemouth in 1881, is closing its remaining shop in Poole’s Dolphin Centre at the end of May.
Chief executive Tony Brown told The Telegraph that the increases to employers’ National Insurance contributions and minimum wage announced in Labour’s first fiscal Budget last year meant the business had