Not unexpectedly, the steady decline in the UK’s leather and footwear manufacturing sector continued into autumn and winter 2002

According to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), employees involved in the manufacture of leather and leather products, including footwear, had fallen to 16,500 by September 2002 – 1,300 down on the March ’02 figure.  Of the total, the leather and leather goods sector shed 500 jobs, bringing the total down to 7,100

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