A report headed "Hampden to open more stores in Republic" in the editions of March 4th said "at present, only five of its 32 Texas Homebase, Kwik-Fit, Allied Carpets and Reid Furniture outlets are in the Republic". Solicitors for Allied Carpets Ltd, trading as Allied Carpets of Robinhood Industrial Estate, Dublin 22, state that the Hampden Group has given an undertaking that it will not trade in the Republic of Ireland in the name of "Allied Carpets".

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