Burberry CEO in the UK, making £16.9m, the first time an English woman has held that title. In October 2013, it was announced that Ahrendts would take up the position of Senior Vice President of retail and online at Apple, Inc. from April 2014, and be replaced as CEO by Bailey. During her tenure, sales increased to over £2 billion, and shares gained more than threefold to £7 billion. Although Burberry promotes its British connection, according to The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper, as of July 2012, Burberry maintains two production facilities in Great Britain, one in Castleford producing raincoats,
CEO Sleepout UK events have been held at numerous locations including Wembley Stadium, The Oval, Old Trafford Cricket Ground and Cardiff Castle, raising nearly £800,000. More than 90 businesspeople took part in a Wembley event in October 2014, which helped to raise funds for the Cardinal Hume Centre and DePaul UK. DePaul UK is part of Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. At a second London event in 2015, £180,000 was raised in what represented the biggest CEO Sleepout event to date. Just before Christmas 2016 CEO Sleepout opened a not-for-profit restaurant in Middlesbrough, The Fork in the Road, which gave training and