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The buying and selling replace from The Works stated that income is flat however the firm is concentrating on a return to revenue progress within the coming yr.

The Works expects to see a return to revenue progress within the subsequent monetary yr because the retailer experiences “a yr of appreciable change” during the last monetary yr to Might fifth 2024. The replace said that income was flat at £282.6m, and there was a slight 0.9% decline in like-for-like gross sales within the 53 weeks of the buying and selling interval.

Chief govt, Gavin Peck, commented: “We’re happy to have completed FY24 in keeping with market expectations, which displays motion taken to reset our value base and enhance margins, supported by enhancing retailer gross sales within the ultimate quarter.

“Vital adjustments carried out throughout the enterprise make us well-placed to offset value headwinds, and we count on to return to revenue progress in FY25.”

The Works stated that it had made “vital progress” because the begin of 2024 on measures taken to stabilise profitability by rising margins and lowering prices.

This included switching its itemizing from the primary market to AIM, which it stated will end in a considerably decrease audit charge”, and relocating the corporate’s on-line fulfilment centre to a extra environment friendly facility. The Works additionally closed its loyalty scheme in March, in an extra transfer to scale back prices and rebuild margin and profitability, selecting as an alternative to concentrate on sustaining on a regular basis reasonably priced costs.

In the course of the yr, The Works stated it had improved the standard and general profitability of its retailer portfolio. 9 new retailer openings happened, in addition to 24 closures, 5 relocations and 21 retailer refits. The report said that, of the corporate’s 511 current shops, greater than 96% are worthwhile.

Because of this, the retailer stated it expects to ship secure gross sales for the subsequent monetary yr and an pre-adjusted EBITDA of £8.5m.

Gavin Peck added: “In a yr of appreciable change at The Works, I’m extremely grateful to our colleagues for his or her ongoing dedication to our enterprise and to our prospects.”