UK’s largest retail chain reports strong 2019 results

Force 4 chandlery

Owner comments positively on post-lockdown trading

Windward Marine, trading as Force 4, operates 11 retail stores in the south and west of England and has recently filed its accounts for the year ended 31 October 2019 which show that sales had risen by 4% to an all-time high of £14.3m with pre-tax profits of £829,6k. Our news report describes the evolution of the business as the UK’s largest in its sector and the effects of recent events which provide an insight into how the equipment market in the UK is recovering from the crisis…

 
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