Start-rite Closes UK Factory

Children's footwear brand Start-rite will close its last remaining production facility in Norwich on September 26. The closure will see 28 jobs beings cut.

From September, all products will be sourced from overseas in an effort to improve Start-rite's competitive edge in the children's market, the company stated.

The Norwich ring Road warehouse is set to relocate in November, and the Crome Road offices soon after, to a new complex in the Broadland Business Park.