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Dawson likely to split

Dawson International could be split up, with various parts of the cashmere group to be sold to the highest bidder. The Scottish textile group said last week that it had entered takeover talks "with a number of parties which may or may not lead to an acquisition of a substantial shareholding of existing shares in the company or an offer for the...

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Dawson acquires John Laing cashmere

Dawson International has bought Scottish cashmere knitwear maker John Laing of Hawick after the latter went into receivership last month. John Laing will continue to operate under Dawson's Barrie Knitwear division. The sale has cost the loss of another 30 jobs. Receiver KPMG Corporate Recovery ordered the termination of 52 employees in January....

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Dawson reveals reduction losses

Dawson International, the Scottish textiles group, revealed this week that it has reduced its pre-tax losses by GBP17.1 million. The company also said that its core Barrie and Todd & Duncan divisions had made a profit. The company reduced its losses for the year ended 1 January 2005 to GBP 2 million from GBP 19.1 million the year before....