HAWKIN'S Bazaar, the retailer best known for novelty toys, has been given a new lease of life - thanks to one of its investors.
The business went in administration after Christmas, threatening the futures of 380 staff working at its head office in Suffolk and 65 shops. But Investment fund Primary Capital - which put [pounds sterling]42m into Hawkins' parent company Tobar in 2006 - has injected funds.
Most employees will still go and creditors will lose out but Hawkins' mail order operation and at least eight shops will stay in business. About 150 jobs will be saved.
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