Endura’s entire sewing facility at Livingstone, Scotland is being sold off, along with all the contents.
The auction site listing shows a whole array of equipment – quite the operation. There’s everything from work tables, rolls of fabric and sewing machines through to industrial racking, forklift trucks, and shipping containers.
The building itself is also up for sale. The property listing describes it as being 64,643 Sq Ft: ‘The standalone unit is of steel portal frame construction with profile metal insulated cladding and a pitched roof incorporating translucent panels. The unit was constructed in 2001 with the warehouse extended in 2014’.
Endura reported significant losses of nearly £14m in 2024, however as part of the much larger Pentland Group, which owns significant shares in brands like Speedo, JD Sports and Berghaus, reported profits of just under £340m. Potentially then, the business can take the hit, restructure, and return Endura to profitability. This seems to be what the closure of the sewing shop is about. A statement from Endura said:
We are now in the process of relocating our Endura operations. The Endura brand team will be going to an office in central Edinburgh, while our operations teams will merge with existing Pentland Brands teams at relevant sites in the UK. We are seeking strategic options for the old Livingston site.
Endura is incredibly proud of its Scottish heritage and will be moving its home to the new site in central Edinburgh.
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The message seems to be that they’re not going away, just moving down the road. If you’re not in the market for a shipping container or a fancy sewing machine, perhaps you’ll dip into their Outlet sale, where there are many items at 50% off?
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This would be a really good sponsorship deal for Pentland… if anyone was going to be watching TNT.
Unfortunately their quality had been on the wane for a while. Some kinds of product were still excellent, but others very poor quality. And the sizing was becoming a joke.
It’s reported by multiple platforms, and there’s not really a joke element to it (apart from TNT’s pricing obvs) – so I’m confident it’s real.
And this has been referenced many times in multiple threads on here for ages so it’s far from something they’ve addressed and resolved.
LOL at the factory comment!
Quite sad, ive got a lot of endura kit and unlike everyone else ive always found the quality and sizing to be good!
What is very sad is that I assume this means the end of their garment repair service, which was excellent and obviously good for the planet, had a few pairs of shorts that had gone in the crotch redone by them and i actually have a pair of single-track shorts id been meaning to send off in the back of my drawer ☹️