Sad news today: The factory, owned by Headen and Quarmby, that rose to prominence due to their manufacture of Mary Portas’ Kinky Knickers brand has recently gone into administration, making all 33 of it’s staff redundant. This is very sad for us as we have had the pleasure of being able to sample some of their fantastic products early last year and had much interaction with them on Twitter.
There is little information in the press about this at the moment but here is a summary from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25781549
We wish the owners and skilled workers of Headen & Quarmby well at what must be a very stressful time. We just hope now that a buyer can be found to take over the factory as a going concern. Fingers crossed!
On the positive note, it was arguably Mary Portas’ program The Bottom Line which really started the modern debate about the benefits of championing British manufacturing. I know it went a long way to influencing us. All involved should be very proud of their achievements.
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