Fashion wholesale group Whispering Smith has filed its accounts for the year to March and managed to push some numbers upwards, despite the year clearly being a tough one for the Manchester-based business that remained loss-making.

The company is a designer, importer, exporter and wholesale distributor for major retailers, e-commerce platforms and independent outlets in the UK, Europe and beyond.

It said the latest 12-month period saw it achieving a turnover of £39 million, up slightly from £38.2 million in the previous year. Gross profit edged up to £10.8 million from £10.4 million.

Although its sales rose, the cost of those sales also inched up and the company’s operating loss was wider at £1.56 million after a loss of £1.16 million in the previous year. The loss before tax was £1.54

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