FASHION firm Aquascutum is to shut its factory in Corby – where the company has had a presence for more than 100 years – making 115 staff redundant.

The clothing retailer, which has dressed Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother, collapsed into administration on Tuesday after making “significant losses” despite efforts made by owner Harold Tillman to turn it around.

The closure of the Northamptonshire manufacturing site was “necessary” to stem losses and to protect the positions of the 135 remaining employees, administrator FRP Advisory said.

Aquascutum has three high street storesAquascutum has three high street stores – at Westfield White City, Canary Wharf and Windsor – and a further 16 concessions.