Axminster Carpets were tasked with recreating the original 1822 carpet at The Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Axminster Carpets has collapsed into administration after weeks of trying to secure a ...

Axminster Carpets, the historic British manufacturer rescued by a group of local businessmen, can trace its history back 250 years. Here is a brief history of the company.

Axminster Carpets, as it happens, had the JD Wetherspoon contract for only two years, during which it produced about 100 pub carpets.

Axminster Carpets was previously rescued in 2013. It had gone into administration, also overseen by Duff & Phelps, but was bought out by a consortium led by private investor Stephen Boyd.

Along with its signature wool area rugs, Karastan also became known for wall-to-wall carpet, introducing their patented Karaloc broadloom in 1951.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: The market town of Axminster, on the River Axe in Devon, is synonymous with the manufacture of luxuriously woven carpets.

Devon's Axminster Carpets factory reopens for business after a deal was made to save the company and secure about 100 jobs.

Royal carpet-maker Axminster races to find rescue deal The Devon-based royal warrant-holder has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators, Sky News learns.

Royal carpet-maker Axminster floored as rescue bid falters The Devon-based royal warrant-holder appointed Duff & Phelps as administrator on Wednesday afternoon, Sky News learns.

Historic carpet maker Axminster is to go into administration in a move putting 400 jobs at risk. The Devon-based company, which dates back 250 years, said the decision will provide the company and ...

Axminster Carpets were tasked with recreating the original 1822 carpet at The Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Axminster Carpets has collapsed into administration after weeks of trying to secure a ...