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Ceramics news and Staffordshire news on industry events and developments.
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Ceramic Industry Pitch for Sector Deal
17th July 2017
Representatives from the UK ceramic industry will launch a proposal for a ‘sector deal’ at an event in Parliament today. It will include a call on Government for a number of measures designed to unleash the industry’s full growth potential. The bid also focuses on economic benefits for North S…
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Ming Cup Discovered at Staffordshire University Fetches £3m
26th July 2016
The Stem Cup was the highlight of a specially curated sale of Chinese Works of Art produced in-conjunction with the company’s sister saleroom Freeman’s of Philadelphia, America’s oldest auction house. The Stem Cup’s journey to Hong Kong began at Asian Art in London in November 2015 – with its first …
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Pottery designer Anita Harris explains why Stoke-on-Trent deserves to be UK City of Culture
15th July 2016
As Stoke-on-Trent bids to be named the UK’s City of Culture, LAURA JAMES speaks to a pottery designer about her journey to live and work in the Potteries, and why she feels we deserve the accolade…
Read more at http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/pottery-designer-anita-harris-explains-why-stoke-on…
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Rare vase made by Josiah Wedgwood leaves Staffordshire after 37 years under £480k sale
9th July 2016
ONE of the rarest and first pieces of Wedgwood pottery has been lost to Staffordshire after being sold for nearly half a million pounds.
Josiah Wedgwood created the First Day’s Vase on the opening day of his Etruria factory on June 13, 1769, and it had been on loan at Hanley’s Potteries Museum an…
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Steelite to create 112 new jobs and develop ‘eyesore’ site in expansion
2nd July 2016
MORE than 100 jobs are set to be created as one of the city’s biggest pottery firms looks to expand its operation.
Steelite International has lodged plans to build a new finishing and packing facility at its Middleport factory.
Dozens of terraced houses, which were compulsory purchased, have n…
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Could Stoke be City of Culture?
2nd July 2016
If you want a proper cup of tea from a proper teapot, the place to go is Stoke-on-Trent – not so much for the tea itself as because the chances are it’ll be served in decent china.
Ceramics, after all, are what they do here – the six towns that came together in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent were know… -
Hudson and Middleton pottery firm saved in buyout
1st July 2016
A historic pottery firm in Stoke-on-Trent has been bought out of administration.
Hudson and Middleton, which went into administration on 20 June, has been acquired by BID Group, which helps turn around struggling businesses.
The firm, dating back to 1875, makes fine bone china products and previou…Read more about “Hudson and Middleton pottery firm saved in buyout”
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Hudson and Middleton pottery firm saved in buyout
1st July 2016
A historic pottery firm in Stoke-on-Trent has been bought out of administration.
Hudson and Middleton, which went into administration on 20 June, has been acquired by BID Group, which helps turn around struggling businesses.
The firm, dating back to 1875, makes fine bone china products and pr…
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Steelite International to be sold to U.S. investor
28th June 2016
Staff at hotelware giant Steelite International are this morning being told that the business is to be taken over by an American investor.
The Burslem firm, which employs more than 1,000 people, will today appoint John Miles, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, as new chief executive after joining force…
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