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Denby Pottery Calls in the Adminstrators

Due to a drop in demand for its pottery and increasing energy prices, this wonderful British company is under threat of closure.   The company is over 200 years old.  600 staff are at risk of losing their jobs. We have a Denby dinner service and it has been part of our life since we married in the 1970s.  It was a wedding present.  My in-laws also had a Denby dinner service and the girls I worked with also bought it when they married.  Arabesque is iconic and groovy. What sad news for this country and the pottery industry.

Martine Guy ● 21d10 Comments

Interesting article on NCP's problems ...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl5rwgr5l2o

Michael Ixer ● 13d

Yes, very 70s.  I had some breakfast bowls.  I've bought odd pieces of tableware on Ebay to make up the set I now have on Ebay. It was better though when you could also list what you were looking for.

Philippa Bond ● 17d

I too have Arabesque crockery.  Desparately sad. I guess our energy pricees are so high it is difficult for pottery/ceramics manufacturers. But I feel great sadness. Abd it is awful for the employees, their families and neighbourhoods

Elizabeth Balsom ● 17d

There are 9 constituencies in Derbyshire, all of them Labour, so it will be interesting how the loss of Denby Pottery will affect the voting in the future.

Martine Guy ● 17d

I think it’s unbelievable about NCP too, Ivonne. I have read online comments about Denby and some people are saying the same as me.  They bought it, as did their family and friends.  A great British company. Denby has been very popular in South Korea because it was in Squid Game.  The company are saying that it’s employment costs and the price of energy that has made them go into administration.

Martine Guy ● 17d

Oh, my  goodness, NCP into administration????  Unbelievable!

Ivonne Holliday ● 18d

Just read that NCP car parks are going into administration.  Last week I heard from an acquaintance that the trading company he worked for had gone out of business. Are we at the start of a downturn in the economy with lots of job losses?

Martine Guy ● 18d

"However, since Britain’s exit from the European single market in 2021, Denby had been challenged by the complexity of meeting new regulations required to get its products into the Eurozone. The result was a poor customer experience, increased delivery costs and reduced revenue after the brand had to pull out of key European markets, including Spain which had been a strong market for Denby Pottery."

Michael Brigo ● 20d

Thanks Ivonne.  This is really bad for Derbyshire.

Martine Guy ● 20d

Hello Martine,That is really bad news! Such an iconic make, desperately sad...

Ivonne Holliday ● 20d