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• Waterford Wedgwood deal reached

  - 2009-02-28

  Business in brief LUXURY GOODS Hundreds of British and Irish jobs could be saved after a deal was reached to sell the assets of the chinaware firm Waterford Wedgwood, which went into receivership on 5 January. The assets have been sold to the US-based turnaround shop KPS...

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• Hundreds of jobs saved as Denby is sold in Pounds 30m MBO

  - 2009-02-25

  Denby Pottery, the 200-year-old manufacturer of premium tableware, has been sold to a management buy-out team in a 30m deal that will save hundreds of jobs. Garry Biggs, Denbys managing director, is leading the MBO of its UK and US businesses that was funded by Valco, the private...

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• Hopes rise for jobs at Waterford

  - 2009-02-22

  THE sale of Waterford Wedgwood was close to a deal last night. The company is believed to have been sold to an American private equity fund for an undisclosed sum. Administrators Deloitte were in discussions with KPS Capital Partners, who have also just bought...

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• Clarion Capital bids for Waterford Wedgwood

  - 2009-02-02

  Briefing THE PRIVATE equity group Clarion Capital has laid a firm bid on the table for Waterford Wedgwood, the luxury glassware group, although it faces opposition from rival US group KPS. Waterford went into receivership last month, and Deloitte, its administrators, has been in talks with interested...

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• Your money: CREDIT CRUNCH UPDATE

  - 2009-01-18

  THE Government announced plans to guarantee bank loans to medium- sized businesses, and Gordon Brown unveiled a pounds 500million package to get the long-term unemployed back to work. But it was overshadowed by more job losses with 875 going at logistics company Wincanton, 360 at Waterford Wedgwood, 700 at JCB...

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• I KNEW IT WAS DOOMED

  - 2009-01-11

  COLLAPSED crystal giant Waterford's most famous worker quit the company-after she saw confidential documents that revealed it was going bust SEVEN years ago. The jobs of more than 800 workers now hang in the balance unless a buyer is found for the troubled company which went into...

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• Waterford Wedgwood in buyout talks with US firm

  - 2009-01-09

  Hopes for the future of Waterford Wedgwood were raised last night as a little-known American private equity company said it was in advanced talks to buy the company. New York-based KPS has signed a letter of intent, signalling its determination to secure a deal to buy many of...

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• The rise and fall of Wedgwood

  - 2009-01-06

  The company best known for Wedgwood china and Waterford crystal has appointed Deloitte as administrator after debts overwhelmed it. James Thompson reports The cracks had started to appear a number of years ago, but more than 200 years of Anglo-Irish industrial history was in the balance last...

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• Wedgwood china falls victim to credit crisis

  - 2009-01-06

  * Up to 2,700 jobs at risk as administrators try to find a buyer for historic pottery and crystal company The future of the 200-year-old Wedgwood pottery in Stoke-on- Trent was thrown into doubt yesterday as its owner, Waterford Wedgwood, said it had called in administrators. ...

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• Waterford posts 3% drop in sales

  - 2008-02-16

  Business News IN BRIEF --Waterford Wedgwood reported a 3 per cent fall in sales in the final three months of 2007 after a delayed cash injection disrupted production over the Christmas period. The Irish crystal and fine china maker, which is chaired by Sir Anthony O'Reilly, who is...

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