By Naomi Braithwaite
UK heritage shoemaker Russell & Bromley has been bought by high-street clothing giant Next. Despite the brand’s rescue from administration, dozens of jobs will be lost in initial redundancies, and there are rumours that more than 30 shops could close. As one of the few independently-owned footwear brands left in the UK, the sale spells another loss to the industrial heritage of the British footwear industry.
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