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Axminster Carpets were tasked with recreating the original 1822 carpet at The Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Axminster Carpets has been bought out of administration by a group of investors which includes ...

Axminster Carpets were tasked with recreating the original 1822 carpet at The Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Axminster Carpets has collapsed into administration after weeks of trying to secure a rescue ...

AXMINSTER, England — The royal coat of arms is affixed to a sign on the front of the Axminster Carpets factory, near the train station in this town of 6,000 in southwest England. Beneath the seal are ...

QUESTION How did Axminster become so associated with carpets? What became of the industry? The market town of Axminster, on the River Axe in Devon, is synonymous with the manufacture of luxuriously ...

Axminster Carpets is the latest household name that is close to collapse by confirming its intention to appoint administrators. The 250-year old company - based in Axminster in Devon with more than ...

Axminster Carpets, the historic Devon-based carpet manufacturer which supplies Buckingham Palace and Wetherspoons with bespoke flooring, is shedding jobs. The shock move was announced to staff today, ...

Staff at Axminster Carpets set to lose their jobs are being offered support. About three-quarters of the luxury carpet firm's 400 staff in Axminster and Buckfast are to be made redundant, ...