Hays is involved in talks with Thomas Cook with a view to taking on some of the high street stores that are set for closure. Hays Travel founder and managing director, John Hays, says that his group had experienced ten consecutive months of year-on-year profit growth, and achieved sales in excess of £500 million last year. He said, 'We are still in an exercise with regards to Thomas Cook shops and I do not know what we will do but we are still looking at a reasonable number. I really am an optimist with regards to the high street. There are real opportunities. We are getting a good pipeline of Thomas Cook people and others wanting to be homeworkers.