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Johnson Service has acquired the corporate wear business of Dewhirst Group for £22m. 05-Jan-2005 Dewhirst is to shed a further 150 jobs at its clothing factory in Hendon, Sunderland. 25-May-2004 Dewhirst is closing its two textile factories in Sunderland with the loss of 380 jobs, in order to consolidate its local operations on one remaining plant in Hendon. 27-May-2003 Dewhirst is to close its clothing factory in Ashington with the loss of 420 jobs, in order to transfer production to Morocco. 18-Nov-2002 Dewhirst is to close its clothing factory in Fishguard with the loss of 183 jobs. 29-Aug-2002 Dewhirst is to close its skirt and trouser factory in Cardigan with the loss of 400 jobs. 22-Jul-2002 Dewhirst is to close a clothing factory in Swansea in August with the loss of 435 jobs, in order to transfer production to Morocco and Turkey. 24-May-2002 Dewhirst is to shed 390 jobs at its clothing factory in Sunderland plant, and further jobs are under threat at an Ashington plant. 11-Feb-2002 Dewhirst is to close its clothing factory in Lampeter in April with the loss of up to 165 jobs, although some staff will be offered jobs in Swansea and Cardigan. 15-Jan-2001 Dewhirst, the clothing manufacturer, is considering plans for a management buy-out. 11-Jan-2001 Dewhirst has announced plans to shed about 90 jobs at clothing factories in Hull and London. 28-Nov-2000 Dewhirst is to close textile factories in Peterlee and Winsford with the loss of 1,000 jobs, and production will be moved to existing factories in Malaysia, Morocco and Indonesia. 14-Jan-2000
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