Castle Hill. Waterford Wedgwood Aust is OK

Waterford Wedgwood Australia, based at Castle Hill, has insisted that the 250-year-old UK-based company going into administration had not affected its Australian operations. “We are not in any form of administration or receivership. The Australian operations … are separate corporate entities within the global. It’s business as usual,” said spokesperson, Lesa Horntvedt. The collapse of the company was blamed on the slump in the demand for luxury goods and the poor sales in North America, the company’s main market