Boohoo looking at closing UK factory it set up to improve workers’ treatment

Online fashion retailer wants to ensure efficiency at sites including Leicester as its sales fall

The fast fashion company Boohoo is considering closing a factory that it set up in Leicester as a model for its efforts to improve the treatment of workers making its clothing.

The struggling online retailer is consulting with up to 100 workers at the site two years after it was opened to great fanfare with the intention of using it for “supplier learning and development”, creating 170 jobs.