Thirty-three full and part-time jobs will be axed just before Christmas at the Deane Apparel clothing factory in Leeston, south of Christchurch.  The closure on December 18 will bring the curtain down on the factory that has been owned by Deane Apparel since 1970.

Total losses = 33

Quoted from the Shields Gazette

A MAJOR north-east-based British menswear retailer has gone into administration.
The Officers Club was put up for sale by auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP after seeing business hit by the credit crunch.

Joint administrators Ian Green, Steve Ellis and Nick Reed announced that 118 of the 150 stores have been sold, securing the jobs of more than 1,000 members of staff – but the remaining 32 stores will close immediately.

Job losses: 280

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