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30 days to save Wedgwood?

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

WORKERS have been told production will continue for a month at Wedgwood – but its future depends on finding a buyer.

Administrator Deloitte held meetings with staff yesterday, after being called in by the ailing pottery, and told them it would be

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Wedgwood: Who can save us? (AUDIO)

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

THREE potential buyers are eyeing up parts of collapsed ceramic giant Waterford Wedgwood as workers fear for their futures. Administrator...

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Troubled Wedgwood can only pray for another Josiah

THE END? How we reported Wedgwood going into administration yesterday.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

PRAYERS are being sent out for a new Josiah Wedgwood to save 250 years of manufacturing from coming to an end. Community leaders hope...

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Loss of post office blamed for slump

SUFFERING: Sue Bates owns Oatcake Kitchen in Carlisle Street, Dresden, which has suffered a downturn in trade since the Post Office closed last year. Picture: Alex Severn

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

RESIDENTS and traders say their community has been hit hard following the closure of their post office. Dresden Post Office in Carlisle Street...

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Jobs lost as 111 Adams shops shut

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

HUNDREDS more retail workers have lost their jobs after administrators closed more than 100 Adams stores. The childrenswear chain fell into...

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Call for 'something different' to replace Woolies

AT AN END: Woolies in High Street, Sandbach.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

BUSINESS leaders are working to find new uses for empty Woolworths stores to help support other town centre traders. Seventy years of trading...

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Crunch is real Passion killer

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

ANOTHER retailer has collapsed into administration with the loss of almost 200 jobs. Passion for Perfume, which had a branch at the Guildhall...

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So who will be interested in the company's Barlaston factory and the 1,000 people who work there?

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

THE uncomfortable truth about Wedgwood's fall into administration is that it could have been avoided. For 10 years, objective commentators have...

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'I'm amazed the business has kept going this long'

Monday, January 05, 2009

In a 40-year career at the company, Patrick Wenger rose to become chief executive of Royal Doulton. He quit in 1999 – six years before...

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Is this the end for Wedgwood?

Monday, January 05, 2009

MORE than 1,000 North Staffordshire jobs are at risk after two of the most famous pottery brands in the world collapsed into administration. La...

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30 days to save Wedgwood?

Wedgwood: Who can save us? (AUDIO)

Troubled Wedgwood can only pray for another Josiah

Loss of post office blamed for slump

Jobs lost as 111 Adams shops shut

Call for 'something different' to replace Woolies

Crunch is real Passion killer

So who will be interested in the company's Barlaston factory and the 1,000 people who work there?

'I'm amazed the business has kept going this long'

Is this the end for Wedgwood?

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