Fashion retailer Fat Face has revealed that Director Simon Pickering will be leaving the company after six years and they will not be replacing him.

Fat Face said it will not be replacing him “for the moment,” and the company heads of buying, design and merchandising will be reporting to Anthony Thompson, CEO.

Mr Thompson has said that that company will be focusing on “a stronger and faster business, with sales and profit growth.”

In a note to staff, Thompson said: “I want us to really focus on these priorities and deliver real growth in the core of our business, with pace and conviction. I realise that there is more I can do to help and so I have decided to become more directly involved in the business to lead and drive the move to becoming faster and stronger.

I am also confident that we can become faster and stronger in everything that we do. When we focus as a team we always deliver market-leading results.”