BBC NEWS 24 121 08 Oct 17:24/17 ************ ************** ****** * *** *** ** ************** ****** ************ ************************** SHIRT FIRM CLOSE TO FOLDING DESPITE CUT The Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates has come too late for one clothes manufacturer. Replica football shirt-maker Robert H Lowe has axed 300 jobs, by shutting three of its four factories. The firm, based in Congleton, Cheshire, blamed the strong pound for forcing its customers to choose overseas suppliers. The firm's chairman said the business might still be viable if rates had been cut or the pound fallen before now. Finance 200 Sport 300 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV 460 Regional 500