In late 2020, the Barron family pulled down the shutters on 12 of their fashion outlets for the last time. The decision was driven by changing retail trends and the impact of pandemic restrictions. But the move was also designed to save the group’s 12 remaining Pamela Scott stores. The corporate restructure involved the liquidation of two group companies and the loss of 100 staff as part of a redundancy programme. “This is a very sad day but the right decision if we wanted to survive in these very difficult conditions,” Richard Barron, son of the company founder Sean Barron,…