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| Dudson: More than 300 jobs go at Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm | Dudson: More than 300 jobs go at Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm |
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| More than 300 people have lost their jobs in the collapse of a 200-year-old pottery manufacturer. | More than 300 people have lost their jobs in the collapse of a 200-year-old pottery manufacturer. |
| Dudson, in Stoke-on-Trent, has been making tableware, glassware and fine china since 1800. | Dudson, in Stoke-on-Trent, has been making tableware, glassware and fine china since 1800. |
| Representatives from the GMB union said staff were told to leave the premises "with no notice whatsoever" and called it a "devastating blow". | Representatives from the GMB union said staff were told to leave the premises "with no notice whatsoever" and called it a "devastating blow". |
| Administrators PWC said it was "not commercially viable to continue trading the company". | Administrators PWC said it was "not commercially viable to continue trading the company". |
| A total of 318 people have been made redundant with immediate effect. | A total of 318 people have been made redundant with immediate effect. |
| In March, Wedgwood - another of the city's potteries - announced plans to cut its workforce by about a third. | In March, Wedgwood - another of the city's potteries - announced plans to cut its workforce by about a third. |
| PWC blamed "a deterioration in sales and increased costs" for the failure of Dudson, which made a profit of £150,000 in 2017. | |
| The company employs 390 people, and 72 members of staff "will be retained to support the closing down of the business," a PWC spokesperson said. | The company employs 390 people, and 72 members of staff "will be retained to support the closing down of the business," a PWC spokesperson said. |
| The firm's Nile Street factory shop will continue to trade while administrators value existing stock. | The firm's Nile Street factory shop will continue to trade while administrators value existing stock. |
| The Dudson brand and other intellectual property, as well as certain items of plant and machinery, have been sold to Churchill China, which is also based in Stoke-on-Trent. | The Dudson brand and other intellectual property, as well as certain items of plant and machinery, have been sold to Churchill China, which is also based in Stoke-on-Trent. |
| Wendy Greiveson, from GMB, said the union would be pursuing a protective award for members as Dudson had "failed in the duty to consult" with staff or the union before it collapsed. | Wendy Greiveson, from GMB, said the union would be pursuing a protective award for members as Dudson had "failed in the duty to consult" with staff or the union before it collapsed. |
| Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North & Kidsgrove, Ruth Smeeth, said the collapse was "heart-breaking" and the way workers had been treated was "disgraceful". | |
| "There's no information and no support," she said. "It's completely unacceptable - you don't treat people like that." | |
| Administrators said it would support staff - 384 of whom are based in Stoke-on-Trent - "at this difficult time". | |
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