Thanks are due firstly to my dissertation/project supervisor Dr. Virginia Cano, who suggested this topic and who has provided invaluable guidance throughout.

Thanks are also due to the managers of the four companies who agreed to be interviewed, thus providing the data for the page on Current Wool-Textile Manufacturers. The copyright of all the images remain with the companies and their contracted photographers. Reproduction of these photographs will require their consent. Contact details were previously provided.

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