It had been assumed their contributions to the album remained on the finished product. I think Bonehead might be on it - not that you'd hear him though. The company said it would be closing its loss-making flute factory in Edgware, north London, at a cost of 60 jobs. Boosey and Hawkes employs a total of 260 people in Britain and will continue to make brass instruments at the factory. A spokesman for Boosey and Hawkes confirmed the flute-making operation had been running at a loss for some time.
Analysts expect the operation to be transferred to east Germany where labour costs are lower.
Boosey and Hawkes already make most of its instruments in France and Germany. Having successfully completed rigorous medical tests and training, Steklov will blast off to the Russian orbiter on March 31 on a Soyuz rocket with cosmonauts Sergei Zaletin and Alexander Kaleri. Steklov, an actor in Moscow's Theatre of Modern Play, will stay at Mir for 45 days to film the space sequences of The Last Journey . Steklov will give his last pre-flight performance on March 11 in a play called Notes of a Russian Traveller , and has invited acting President Vladimir Putin to join an audience of art and culture celebrities. Sir Cliff's contribution towards the Children's Promise fund came from sales of his number one hit single, Millennium Prayer , and from his New Year's Eve concert in Birmingham.