- Newgate Clocks
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Newgate Clocks Type Private Industry Retail Founded 1991 Headquarters Shropshire, UK Key people Jim Read (Managing director)
Chloe Read (Managing director)Products Clocks, Mirrors, Photoframes Employees 50 Website http://www.newgateclocks.com/store/ Newgate Clocks is a British company that design and manufacture decorative wall, mantel and alarm clocks for the home and gift industry. Owned by Jim and Chloe Read[1] and based in Oswestry, Shropshire in the United Kingdom, Newgate Clocks has been described as a "quintessentially British"[2] high-value added business that sells to high end department stores such as Selfridges and John Lewis.[3]
Newgate Clocks took over the use of a disused Laura Ashley factory unit in Oswestry that urgently needed repairing and a full refurbishment. As a result, Newgate called in the support of the Rural Regeneration Zone’s Redundant Buildings Grant Scheme. They provided a wealth of advice as well as financial support throughout the project.[4] The rural areas of the West Midlands have largely been a low wage, low skill economy based on declining industries.[5] With the help of the RGB grant "a disused warehouse [had] been brought into productive use, supporting the creation and safe guarding of jobs in the area".[6]
Clocks manufactured by the company have appeared on various television programmes including Eastenders, and many celebrities have professed to owning Newgate Clocks, including Gordon Ramsay.[7]
References
- ^ "The Newgate Story"
- ^ The Good Web Guide
- ^ Advantage West Midlands Aug 10 2009
- ^ Rural Regeneration Zone Summer 09 PDF Newsletter
- ^ Rural Regeneration Zone About Us
- ^ Birmingham Post Aug 11 2009
- ^ Telegraph Jan 28 2010
External links
Categories:- Clockmakers
- Companies based in Shropshire
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