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Pottery firm plea to help industry 'on its knees'

Jennie Aitken
BBC Stoke and Staffordshire political reporter
BBC Emily wears a colourful jacket over pink overalls, she is wearing hoop earrings and has bright blonde, short hair with a quiff. She is on the factory floor surrounded by shelves displaying mugs and plates, and looking directly at the camera. BBC
Emily Johnson is the co-owner of 1882 Ltd, a ceramics brand produced in Stoke-on-Trent

Ahead of the government spending review on Wednesday, pottery bosses are not holding out hope for it to contain with spiralling energy or employment costs.

"Our industry is on its knees," said fifth generation ceramicist Emily Johnson, from one of the oldest traditional Stoke-on-Trent manufacturing families - the Johnson brothers.

"There is a lot of hope and opportunity, however, we need help. If our industry fails, where do people work":[]}