'A good business, it shouldn't be going to the wall' Leaders in the ceramics sector in Staffordshire say they remain hopeful there is a future for the industry despite the collapse of Moorcroft ...

A pottery firm boss has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to give the ceramic industry a "level playing field" on energy ...

More than 3,000 supporters have signed a petition to try to save an iconic pottery brand 'from extinction'. They hope a buyer can be found for Moorcroft after the Burslem company collapsed into ...

The directors of Moorcroft Pottery have announced the firm has stopped trading after more than 100 years, which the GMB Union says means the loss of 57 jobs. In a post on social media on Wednesday, ...

10:38, Thu, May 1, 2025 Updated: 10:39, Thu, May 1, 2025 A pottery firm is closing its doors after 128 years. Founded in 1897 and operating from its Sandbach Road site since 1913, Moorcroft Pottery, ...

A vase described as an 'important piece of British ceramic history' fetched a record-breaking sum when it went under the hammer this week. The ‘Flambé Carp’ vase - designed by William Moorcroft around ...

A new collection of fine art pottery inspired by the wildlife of RSPB Bempton Cliffs and created by prestigious ceramics company and “potters to the Queen”, Moorcroft, is to be launched with an ...

Pottery workers campaigning to save a factory which has gone into liquidation have said soaring energy prices are to blame. Moorcroft Pottery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ceased trading at the end of ...

David Broom of Keys Fine Art Auctioneers previews a stunning collection of pottery that goes under the hammer later this month. Fashions in ceramics come and go, but one name which has never really ...

Natalie Murray, collections manager at Cannon Hall, near Barnsley, with Golden Jubilee, by Rachel Bishop, a piece of Moorcroft pottery. Stunning pieces of Moorcroft held at the museum have gone on ...