The carpet firm Axminster has been saved from closure by a consortium of local business people. The company went into administration in March after a 258-year history that saw it supplying carpets for ...

The axe is about to fall on Axminster. After 258 years, the future of the carpet maker, whose name is synonymous with grand, large-scale woven floor coverings, is looking distinctly threadbare. The ...

QUESTION How did Axminster become so associated with carpets? What became of the industry? The market town of Axminster, on the River Axe in Devon, is synonymous with the manufacture of luxuriously ...

One of Britain's most famous carpet-makers has collapsed into administration, threatening the 265 year-old royal warrant-holder’s survival prospects. Sky News has learnt that Axminster Carpets called ...

As soon as Frieda Gormley and Javvy M. Royle, the couple behind the British interiors and lifestyle brand House of Hackney, began contemplating a foray into rugs, they knew that historic and ...