SEVEN jobs were axed by the receiver at car dealers Seed Ford of Nelson.

But initial signs that a buyer would rescue the troubled family-run firm as a going concern were described as "encouraging" by joint receiver Malcolm Shierson, of Manchester accountants Grant Thornton.

The Rigby Street garage and salesroom site was later to close.

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