Up to 35 jobs look set to be lost at Ryde-based Liz Earle, it has been confirmed this evening (Wednesday).
Staff both on the Isle of Wight and in London have been told that they are at risk of redundancy just weeks before Christmas, Island Echo can exclusively reveal.
The company has stated that the UK retail market remains challenging and customer behaviours continue to change. This has led to a thorough review of the brand’s performance and organisation.
Liz Earle creates naturally inspired skincare to transform the appearance of skin for all women. The company’s HQ is based on Nicholson Road in Ryde, with a production factory in Cowes and a shop in Union Street, Ryde.
In a statement issued to Island Echo, a spokesperson for Liz Earle has said:
“Over recent years Liz Earle Beauty Co. has delivered solid performances, increasing customer awareness of our brand though new product launches and investment in our online offer as well as delivering exceptional customer experiences through our Retail Advisors in stores across the UK and ROI.
“Our ambition within Walgreens Boots Alliance is to grow Liz Earle Beauty Co., and we have a defined strategy and clear plan in place to do this.
“The heart of the plan is to further develop Liz Earle as a modern vibrant brand, connecting its fantastic sustainability credentials with the ever-increasing consumer demand in this area, as well as growing loyalty amongst existing and new customers with more personalised and innovative/digital marketing campaigns.
Article continues below this advertisement “However, the UK retail market remains challenging, and customer behaviours continue to change and Liz Earle must continue adapt to respond to these challenges focusing on managing business costs whilst leveraging expertise to invest in and grow the brand.
“Following a thorough review of the brand’s performance and organisation, a number of changes to the Liz Earle business structure will take place over the next few weeks.
“The changes will impact circa 30 to 35 employees located on the IOW and in London whose roles will be at risk of redundancy. Liz Earle will continue to operate from the Isle of Wight offices and warehouses and there are no plans to change this in the future.
“This was not an easy decision to take; and the business is committed to supporting employees and there will be some opportunities for those at risk to move to a number of newly created roles.
“The business believes that these changes are in the best interest of the brand and the most appropriate action to drive continued success”.
Sad news. Ten thousand houses, even less jobs. Roads gridlocked, no dentist or doctors.
Good old planning and CQC.
Many of those home ONLY needed because of the overspill from people coming here to ‘escape’ our Governments successful enriching experiment.
Don’t be so bloody daft
Oh dear Az,
I agree with the first part of your comment, but as for the “enriching experiment”, you really do have a problem don’t you,..
how are you going to feel when you finally realise you’ve been duped with all the BS you’ve been fed.
you should seek some counseling before you turn purple & explode
I agree about the lack of jobs and no infrastructure to support more houses even if they are needed. But I disagree about the roads. The island roads are far from being grid locked. Compared to the main land the traffic is light. That time the IOW festival screwed up and it took 4 hours to get from Ryde to Newport, that is grid lock! Any time of the day I can get to Newport in 20 minutes from Ryde.
Very sad news for Liz Earle but I’m sure they will undoubtebly bounce back if their brand and product is strong enough!
There are so many thriving local businesses too, we should all do more to support them as well.
We recently used https://www.cowesmovers.co.uk to move us to the IOW and could not recommend more – lets see more of this sort of community spirit.
That’s all well and good, but to support our local businesses we would have to consider to pay much more for products, when they are available cheaper online with free next day delivery. As the economy is poor at present, I know where most people will shop so they can save a few pounds to help towards bills etc. Unfortunately times are hard all round.
Sadly the Liz Earle brand no longer IS strong enough. I note the description of the products in the piece above, they are ‘naturally inspired’ as distinct from ‘natural’. I used Liz Earle products with confidence, until the day I had a severe reaction. Was it the amalagamation into Walgreen/ Boots that brought reformulation of their products. I don’t know. I won’t risk it again. Sad, as Liz created a reliable company.
Businesses will survive here if they go the extra mile for customers – all to often here businesses let themselves down by not turning up to estimate or quote for a job.
I asked a certain Sandown self employed tradesperson to a quote for job – the response ‘I don’t cover West Wight, it’s too far all the way over there’ ….. glad he is doing so well he can turn down the work!
As for the local removal firm from Cowes- I tried to telephone several occasions, left my telephone number, I emailed, still no response, so I guess they too didn’t want the work!
My friend is waiting for her computer to be returned after a local trader picked it up, albeit 2 days and several phone calls to ask where he was having missed the agreed pick up time, now he keeps changing the times.
I think the best one though is the local landscaper who quoted me for identical pieces of work at two properties. The quotes were massively different – why, probably because one property is a big 5 bed and the other a small 1 bed property – the chap didn’t know the work was for the same person, so I’m guessing the hike on price for the 5 bed property was because ‘they can afford it’!
So to sum up drop the captive audience mentality island tradespersons, we don’t earn anymore because we live here and yes it’s good old fashioned work ethics to turn up and on time.
I use these products , but feel alittle exspensive if the price was lower more people could afford to buy your products .
Try looking online, hopefully you can find them at a lower price than the shops here. Yes it may be a very good product, but the price means people will look elsewhere or change to lower costing items that do the same job.
Sad news feel for the workers