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Old 06-11-2011, 20:50   #13
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Re: Who owns Bodycare and Poundworld?

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Originally Posted by yerself View Post
A quick Google found the following excerpt from 'The Holy Bible according to jaysay'. It seems Bodycare have been banning the wearing of poppies since 2009 at least.

Bodycare is owned by husband and wife Graham and Margaret Blackledge, whose wealth has been estimated at £40million, and is based in Preston, Lancashire. It has more than 1,600 staff.

Read more: Anger and outrage as national toiletries store bans employees from wearing poppies | Mail Online
If you read the story in the paper its appears simple enough, they dont allow any charity badges, pins, bands etc so they can not be accused of being biased to any one organisation. They only backed down so as not to lose customers.
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