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Waterford Wedgwood Waterford Wedgwood is planning to shed up to 210 jobs at its pottery operations in Stoke-on-Trent over the next two years. 29-Jun-2007 Waterford Wedgwood is planning to close its Tuscan pottery in Stoke-on-Trent by the end of the year, with the loss of up to 300 jobs. 03-Apr-2006 Waterford Wedgwood is to shed up to 160 of the 2,000 jobs at its pottery operations in Longton, Barlaston and Stone over the next few weeks. 09-Mar-2006 Waterford Wedgwood of Ireland has announced plans to shed up to 1,800 jobs, which is likely to affect its recently-acquired Royal Doulton business in the Potteries. 06-May-2005 Royal Doulton has received a £70m takeover offer from Waterford Wedgwood of Ireland. 25-Oct-2004 Waterford Wedgwood is to close its two Johnson Brothers earthenware factories in Stoke-on-Trent with the loss of 1,000 jobs, and the work will be transferred to China. 05-Jun-2003 Waterford Wedgwood of Ireland is to shed 1,400 jobs, including 500 in Stoke-on-Trent, 220 at its crystal manufacturing plant in Stourbridge and 400 in UK-based retail and administrative positions. 08-Nov-2001 Waterford Wedgwood is creating 140 new jobs at plants in Hanley and Tunstall, having won a £4m contract to produce tableware products for Williams-Sonoma of the US. 04-Oct-2000 Waterford Wedgwood is planning to acquire Hutschenreuther, the German porcelain and giftware brand, and will transfer production to its existing Rosenthal factories. 08-Aug-2000 Waterford Wedgwood has bought a 14.9% stake in rival ceramics group Royal Doulton for £11m. 20-Nov-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007