Piece in The Daily Telegraph

We are pleased to report that we have a piece in The Daily Telegraph today about our tall children story. Click Here The good news is that we have some national coverage, but as is ever the case, the journalist only covered the bits that he wanted which means that part of the story (unfair VAT and Schoolwear members who stock all sizes all year around) was somewhat cut short.

 For your information the full quotation from our Chairman which was supplied was:

 ”This year in particular we have seen a huge range in sizes as children appear to be getting either larger or often slimmer and taller. This is something we rarely saw twenty years ago. Our members aim to stock all these sizes and find themselves regularly charging VAT on uniform for schoolchildren as young as 10 or 11 because they do not fit the norm and are deemed to be too large or too tall for their age”. 

The Telegraph had specifically asked us for a stockist list to go with the article and we would like to thank all the members who agreed at short notice to be part of that list. In particular Mark Stevenson of Stevenson’s in St Albans who was interviewed by The Telegraph.

These things often work slowly and we would hope that even though this journalist only used part of the information supplied we may find that he picks up more of our stories in the future so we will continue to play the long game.