The jobs of 100 workers at pram firm Silver Cross are still hanging in the balance today.

Workers at the Guiseley firm will have to wait a few more agonising days before a decision is made about the company by a judge.

Yesterday the Otley Road firm's bosses appeared in the High Court in Leeds calling for an administration order to be granted.

This would have allowed the firm to be placed in the hands of administrative receivers and would have meant employees laid off two weeks ago could go back to work until a buyer could be found for the company or it had to be wound up.

Bosses were hoping for a quick decision from the judge but he decided to delay the judgement.

Now a second set of emergency meetings are being held with a number of people interested in buying the company as the directors wait for the judge's decision. One of them is believed to be a well-known business person from West Yorkshire.

A spokesman for the company said: "The directors are currently in talks with their legal advisors and a further statement will be issued in the next few days following the outcome of the judge's ruling. Several interested parties are also involved in the current talks."

Last August Harry Moore, the firm's managing director, and Sara Bird, its sales and marketing director, won a £4 million re-financing package to keep the firm going.

At that time the White Cross company employed nearly 200 workers and was hoping sales of its top-of-the-range prams and pushchairs would take off.

Directors of the 122-year-old firm, which has made prams for Royalty, pop and film stars, have been trying to find a buyer for the company or work out a re-financing package for a number of weeks.

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