Last Carpet Factory in Halifax Closing

Halifax, England, March 17, 2009--The last carpet factory in Halifax is closing.

Avena Carpets in Haley Hill has appointed a liquidator, due to market conditions.

Director Nick Crossley, whose family set up Crossley's Carpets at Dean Clough, Halifax, in the 1800s, said: "The decision was sudden. I had no option but to put the business into liquidation.

"There has been a complete collapse in orders in the last three to four months."