The high street giant yesterday snapped up the online furniture retailer in a so-called pre-pack administration but 400 staff have still lost their jobs and 12,000 people are left with unfulfilled orders
Simon Wolfson, who is a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, said the government needs to take a different approach to economically productive migration since firms are desperate for labour.
The online furniture business agreed to sell its brand, websites and intellectual property to the clothes retailer Next, but kept its stock and staff out of the deal.
EXCLUSIVE: A staggering 12,000 orders will not reach Britain s shores, MailOnline revealed today, as they have yet to be made or finished or are on the water somewhere in the Far East.