Family members bid for Wedgwood

Two members of the Wedgwood family said today they were considering a bid for the ceramics business which bears their famous name.

The eighth-generation descendants of Josiah Wedgwood, who founded the firm in the UK in 1759, are in talks with five investors over a possible bid for the business and plan to bring production of Wedgwood and Royal Doulton back to the UK if successful.