Mackie International has called in the receivers after it failed to secure sufficient money to buy out a Leciester-based engineer, the Shield Group.It needed the deal to come off to provide the working capital it needed to stay afloat.Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams tried to secure backing for the Belfast textile machinery factory from the US International Fund for Ireland.
The Guardian 03/02/99 page 23
Financial Times 03/02/99 page 24 (Lex),page 26
The Independent 03/02/99 page 23
