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Uniform investment creates new jobs and smarter schools (21/1/11)
A £300,000 investment in traditional tailoring allied to smart internet retailing and relocation to larger premises has created over 30 new posts and saved ten existing jobs at a historic Leeds tailoring firm... |
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Manufacturing advice helps company measure up to major new contract (09/04/10)
A Leeds workwear company has won a major new contract worth half a million pounds to supply a leading international utility company thanks to a package of business support from the Manufacturing Advisory Service... |
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Future is green for dye company (29/03/10)
Textile dye manufacturer Town End (Leeds) plc has developed a unique product to open new markets and grow its business during tough times for the textile trade. |
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Relocation and 30 new jobs as Perry Uniform go for gold... (01/12/08)
Perry Uniform, a historic Leeds tailoring firm rescued from administration by a serial entrepreneur and former military man, is set to relocate to new premises in Bramley, where a self-funded £300,000 investment will create over 30 new jobs... |
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King-Sized
Blanket’s Royal Price (30/10/07)
Skilled weavers and finishers at a traditional
Leeds woollen manufacturer are wondering if
they’re now producing the world’s
most expensive blanket. The king-sized John
Atkinson brand pure cashmere bed-mate emerging
from Hainsworths Farsley mill is now crossing
the counter at Harrods at a hefty £2,300
retail And there’s no shortage of customers
in cash-rich Britain... |
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Never
Mind The Width – Feel The Quality
(06/09/07)
Exactly 200 years ago, a young General Arthur
Wellesley (later to become the first Duke of
Wellington) successfully fought the second Battle
of Copenhagen... |
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Apprentices
Get Weaving As Textile Sales Take Off
(05/07)
Continued diversification and exploitation of
unique niche markets has led to new sales avenues
for a Leeds woollen manufacturer founded in
the 18th Century... |
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Diversity
Key to Wool Firm’s Long-running Yarn
Never has wool from the sheep’s back been
woven into such a long-running yarn with so
many product twists and turns... |
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