It is announced that Messrs Strong and Fisher, fancy leather manufacturer, of Grantham, have taken the factory of Messrs Radburne and Bennett Ltd., in the Irchester-road, Rushden. New machinery and plant is now being installed and it is expected that the factory will be in full production by the first of January 1932.

Messrs Strong and Fisher are manufacturers of clothing leather, and their Aquatan and Shawtan leather are well known in the leather clothing trade.

It is anticipated that immediate employment will be found for about 50 workpeople, and this number may be doubled in the height of the season.