I was told this was coming before Christmas (can't say who by) - that person reckoned there was a big hole in the pension fund. I was also told the reason Garden Organic dropped Chase (after 25 years) was the £50K Chase were donating wasn't considered enough and Suttons / Dobies got the endorsement which enabled them to leverage the purchase of Chase's retail arm. SO endeth 100+ years company
The HDRA was lovely in the early days but as it grew it seemed to lose the plot (for me anyway). I understand you have to change somewhat with the times, but if you lose sight of your core..