DEBT-ridden East Lancashire bakers Kenyon's closed down with the loss of around 160 jobs.
Receivers at the troubled company finally called time after negotiations to sell the business as a going concern collapsed.
The receivers, called into the company in June, said they had no option but to make the 70 bakery workers redundant and close the 26-strong chain of Kenyon's shops.
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