Flooded-out family firm to close after 127 years
Flooded-out family firm to close after 127 years Sarah Cosgrove A 127-year-old family print business is to close after being devastated by flooding. Duffield Printers, on Kirkstall Road in Leeds, was hit by the Boxing Day deluge that caused the Aire River to burst its banks. Kirkstall Road was transformed into a waterway. Owner Martyn Duffield was on the way to join his wife in Sydney, Australia when he got the call telling him his business was under a metre of water. Unable to rearrange his flights from his stop-off at Abu Dhabi he had to fly on to Sydney and then fly all...