Following in the Footsteps of Some Brilliant Business People
Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › September 22, 2009
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TOP of the pops at last year's awards in the Business of the Year stakes was Emma Bridgewater Ltd - a comparative newcomer to the pottery industry finding favour around the globe with an international clientele eager to snap up its wares.
Launched in the mid 1980s the company had gone from strength to strength and, at the time of judging, was employing 160 people and producing more than a million pieces of table and decorative ware per annum. Since then, head count has gone up to almost 200, and annual sales have topped Pounds 8 million. A vociferous supporter of North Staffordshire manufacturing, director Emma Bridgewater said: "Everyone at Emma Bridgewater was so thrilled when we won the Business of the Year Award from The Sentinel, because the award proves that the ceramics industry is alive and kicking.See the full content of this document
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Following in the Footsteps of Some Brilliant Business People
"We all feel very strongly that the market in the UK has a real appetite for home-made wares." The enterprise was started when founder Emma - failing to find the 'perfect' cup and saucer as a present for her mother - designed her own collection and found a small, quality earthenware manufacturer in Stoke-on-Trent to make it for her.
When that factory faced closure a decade later, she and her business partners took it over, almost overnight, alon...See the full content of this document
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