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Apr 22, 2016 · With a £250,000 loan from his dad Steve and another former employee of Hooty’s, Dave Dodd, launched Poundland. They opened their first store in Burton upon Trent on December 13, 1990, selling everything from Cadbury’s chocolate and Walker’s crisps to knickers, golf clubs and garden gnomes for, you’ve guessed it, £1.
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Poundland was co-founded by Dave Dodd and father and son team Keith and Steven Smith in April 1990 with a starting capital of just £50,000 and an office in Sedgley. The firm was funded by a loan from Keith Smith, who had set up the wholesaler and discount store Hooty's in 1963.
May 14, 2015 · It was the brainchild of father and son market traders Keith and Steve Smith, from Willenhall, who created the business with fellow former market trader Dave Dodd.
May 4, 2010 · The Poundland chain, based in the West Midlands, was founded in 1990 by three former market traders – father and son Keith and Steve Smith, and Dave Dodd – with a single store in...
Feb 15, 2014 · When he sold it more than 20 years ago he and Steve's mum retired to Mallorca. With a £250,000 loan from his dad Steve and another former employee of Hooty's, Dave Dodd, launched...
Jan 25, 2014 · Smith, who is backing the venture with his own money, said there was no plan to open physical shops. “I’ve been there and done that,” he said. Smith co-founded Poundland with Dave Dodd in 1990. Smith sold his share in Poundland for £50m in 2002.
