Mystery over future of centenary firm
Reporter: Helen Korn
Date published: 05 June 2013
WILLAMSONS: closed on Monday
MYSTERY surrounds a landmark business in Mumps as its approaches its centenary year.
Oldham family business Williamsons, established in 1920, supplies fire and rescue equipment, tools and industrial machinery.
But on Monday workers were sent home at lunch time and told the company had ceased trading.
Calls and emails to the business have gone unanswered, and yesterday the business was closed.
In 2011 the company’s Susan Steer expressed concern about Metrolink’s impact on her family’s business.
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