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Silentnight Silentnight is to shed an unspecified number of the 900 jobs at its bed factory in Barnoldswick, in order to stop working the night shift. 16-Jun-2008 Stag Furniture has undergone a management buy-out from Silentnight for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 650 workers at its Sunderland factory. 06-Jun-2005 Silentnight is planning to shed up to 70 of the 620 jobs at its furniture factory in Sunderland. 04-Mar-2004 Silentnight has confirmed plans to close its Parker Knoll bed factory in Chipping Norton at the end of the year, with the loss of 250 jobs. 09-Feb-2004 Silentnight, the bed manufacturer, is to return to private ownership following a £72m takeover offer from its founding family. 15-Sep-2003 Silentnight has delayed the relocation of its bed factory in Edmonton until September, while the relocation of its Parker Knoll upholstery factory from Chipping Norton is delayed until July 2004. 26-Jun-2003 Silentnight is to close two bed factories in Andover and Bridgend and restructure sites in Chipping Norton and London, with the loss of up to 800 jobs. 11-Apr-2003 Silentnight is to shed 200 jobs at its Cornwell Parker furniture factory in Chipping Norton, and further jobs will be lost in High Wycombe. 10-Mar-2003 Silentnight, the beds and furniture manufacturer with a valuation of £96m, has received an approach from its founding family to return the business to private ownership. 21-Aug-2002 Silentnight is closing a cabinet factory in Keighley with the loss of 220 jobs, in order to relocate production to its site in Sunderland. 11-Mar-2002 Silentnight is to shed 90 of the 300 jobs at its Ducal furniture factory in Andover. 01-Mar-2002 Silentnight is planning to sell K Raymakers & Sons, the former Cornwell Parker fabric business, for £2.5m. 12-Dec-2001 Silentnight has acquired Ducal, the Andover-based wooden furniture manufacturer, for £15m. 02-Nov-2000 Silentnight is to acquire Cornwell Parker, the fabrics and furniture group, for £23m. 16-Oct-2000 Silentnight is to invest £3m at its Sunderland furniture factory, in order to improve efficiency and safeguard the 774 jobs. 17-Apr-2000 Silentnight is looking to spend up to £40m on acquisitions in order to expand its bed and cabinet making business. 30-Sep-1999 Silentnight is selling Wellhouse Wire Products, the spring making business, to Legget & Platt for £10m, in order to focus on bed manufacturing. 24-Aug-1999 More from the Engineering sector Related pages: James Walker Outokumpu Greenberg Glass Durham Scientific Crystals Solaglas Silentnight website: www.silentnight.co.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008