Dawson calls in administrators over £50m deficit

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Dawson International has entered administration after directors and trustees failed to agree on a solution to the plug the firm's scheme deficit.

The luxury textile producer had been struggling to fund the scheme, which reported a deficit of £12.9m on an accounting basis in December, but has a shortfall in excess of £50m on an actuarial basi...

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