The Pitards (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Lucy Winterborne and Daniel Hurd of EY were then appointed as joint administrators on Monday, September 4. It was understood that Ms Winterborne and Mr Hurd were at an advanced stage of negotiations to sell the company's business and assets, including its Ethiopian subsidiaries. Vivienne and Hugh (live across the way) were happy to answer any question or to give me recommendations/guidance. The rooms were immaculate and totally up to C19 standards. I found it peaceful and very comfortable especially the bed and lovely linen! The upper garden was my retreat in the evening time with a glass to watch the country skyline. This location is so well positioned for walks, NT and the sea. I highly recommend it. Mary Pittards explained: "The company has been operating at or around the ceiling of its bank facilities in recent months, principally as a result of significant adverse foreign currency movements, resulting from the weakening pound sterling. It has been managing its working capital very carefully in anticipation of agreeing new and potentially restructured bank facilities."In addition, Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group PLC has confirmed its intention to increase the company's borrowing facilities by GBP340,000 and to extend its existing banking facilities until June 30, 2023. For decades the fashion industry chased the cheapest needle around the world, abandoning British manufacturing in the process. Supply chains see garments crisscross the globe. Linen grown in Europe is shipped to Asia to be dyed before returning to Europe to be made into shirts. Plastic buttons manufactured in China are transported to Italy to be wrapped in fabric before being sent to Portugal to be attached to clothes. The high carbon cost of such journeys is exacerbated by wastefulness when, due to a lengthy lead time, the finished product is out of date by the time the label is sewn on. It’s important to me that I can turn up unannounced and have a chat and a relationship with the people making my clothes Deborah Bee, Bee & Sons Indeed the Pitard family has a hold over Lannec, as he has borrowed a sizable portion of the cash required to realise his ambition of owning a boat after years of being an enlisted sailor. However, the very fact that Dame Pitard's daughter is married to a ship's captain is itself sufficient reason for their disdain.

The Belgian master of crime confects a compelling tale that is truly noir in a way that arguably many of the Inspector Maigret novels are not, and were perhaps never intended to be. There is often a gentle, inoffensive feel to the tales which may well be the reasons readers like them so much. The most heinous crimes are being committed but Monsieur Commissionaire can still be looking forward to a steaming pot au feu cooked by the loyal missus at home. Take the stairs up to your double bedroom, a romantic room with big bed and atmospheric period fabrics, accompanied by a bathroom with characterful roll-top bath or option of a shower. Also made very welcome in the village pub that has recently changed hands. The food was excellent and good value.

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It's the end of an era for Yeovil as the town's last remaining glove maker has ceased trading. After being a cornerstone of the town's bustling glove trade for nearly 200 years, Pittards has been closed with a large number of workers made redundant. Pittards Farm Cottage is an excellent stay for two, with all the facilities needed.The location is very centrally situated for both the coast resorts and also the many towns, pretty villages and National Trust properties. The firm was founded in 1826 and is part of the history of leather manufacturing and glove-making in the Yeovil and Somerset area. The company today employs around 200 people in the UK and 1000 in Ethiopia. A very relaxing and peaceful property where many things were provided including hand soap dispensers/sanitizer/dishwasher tablets/shower gel/shampoo and much more.

With easy access to the A303 or M5, Pittards Farm Cottage is a smashing location for exploring the area. As consumer awareness grows around the environmental impact of fashion and the welfare of the world’s garment workers – the awareness that clothes do not appear in a puff of smoke, direct from a sketchpad and on to Kate Moss – scrutiny is shifting away from the designing of clothes and on to the making of them. Meanwhile, the benefits of shorter supply chains are challenging the centrifugal forces of globalisation, encouraging more fashion designers to switch to local manufacturing. The catwalk is so last season; the new era of British fashion is all about the factory. When we start producing a new bag, the person in the factory who’s been working with us for 20 years pretty much knows whether it will be a success of not.” Mulberry proves that responsible British fashion manufacturing is possible, says Billington. “At Mulberry we compete with Louis Vuitton and Chanel and Gucci and we hold our own. But it would be great to have a government incentivising UK manufacturing beyond the big boys of the car industry.” Pittards Farm Cottage is a lovely converted building fitted out with quality fixtures & furnishings that made for a relaxing & comfortable stay, also spotlessly clean."

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Whilst a sale process of the business and assets of the company has been initiated, due to the group's current financial uncertainty and in light of increased creditor pressure, following discussions with its advisors the board has regrettably resolved to file a notice of intention to appoint Ernst & Young LLP as administrators to the company as soon as reasonably practicable. The trade investors subscription remains subject to contract and there can be no guarantee that the condition of the trade investors subscription will be fulfilled or that it will completed on the terms set out.”

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