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Gaskell Gaskell is to sell its tile division, including sites in Lancashire and London, to Low & Bonar for £17m, while its carpet factory in Kidderminster is expected to close with the loss of 70 jobs. 29-Jan-2003 Gaskell has sold Mid-Wales Yarns, its Powys-based yarn-spinning business, to Fred Lawton & Son for a nominal sum, securing the future of 100 jobs. 22-Aug-2002 Gaskell has sold the Crucial Trading business of Tomkinsons to Headlam Floorcovering Distributors for £1.8m, as part of a strategy to focus on its contract carpet tile and broadloom activities. 06-Jun-2002 Gaskell is to shed 60 jobs at its carpet factory in Kidderminster, in order to transfer production of Axminster carpets to Rishton, Blackburn. 05-Sep-2001 Gaskell is to close its carpet factory near Skipton with the loss of 130 jobs. 19-Nov-1999 Gaskell is to acquire Tomkinsons, the carpet company, for £11m, and closures at the combined group's 10 plants have not been ruled out. 03-Sep-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007