Poundland up for sale as budget tax changes drive up costs

Owner Pepco Group considers ‘all strategic options’ amid ‘increasingly challenging UK retail landscape’Business live – latest updatesPoundland is to be put up for sale after the owner of the UK cut-price retail chain said it faced tough competition and increased wage costs from next month under Labour’s tax-raising plans.The Poland-based Pepco Group said it was considering “all strategic options” to spin out the struggling 825-store chain from the