Because that wasn't the problem. Had the raw materials been available, supply would have continued and the company would have been making a lot of money. I assu

Because that wasn't the problem. Had the raw materials been available, supply would have continued and the company would have been making a lot of money. I assume that inability to ship would have led to difficulty paying staff. Could be wrong on that score, but it was a sound business in its own right, and personally I don't like to see profitable British companies being sold abroad.