More than 400 jobs at two textiles factories in the North were threatened today after the plants' parent company was placed in receivership.
The future of West Yorkshire-based company Carpets International Ltd's operations in Co Down were in doubt after the appointment of a receiver.
Carpets International's Northern Ireland operations consist of a carpet manufacturing plant in Donaghadee, employing 289 people, and a spinning plant in Killinchy with 144 workers.
