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 the words “By ...

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 ...

One of the oldest names in British carpet-making is on the brink of collapse. Axminster needs to find a buyer to avoid going bust for the second time in seven years. The Royal Warrant holder, which ...

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 ...

Manufacture Of Axminster Woollen Carpets...Employees inspect a length of finished carpet at Axminster Carpets Ltd's factory in Axminster, U.K., on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The price of wool has surged ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More than 400 jobs in East Devon are in jeopardy after Axminster Carpets, the 250-year-old maker of tufted ...

Axminster Carpets, the 250-year-old Devon company that made the coronation carpet for George VI in 1937, is on the brink of collapse. About 400 workers could lose their jobs as the company, awarded a ...

Few businesses make it to their 250th birthday and unless Axminster Carpets finds a buyer quickly it could fall short by two years. The plush tufts produced by the family-run firm have adorned famous ...

The majority of staff at Axminster Carpets are set to lose their jobs, administrators have said. Administrators Duff and Phelps said about 300 employees out of 400 would be made redundant at company ...