Fears are growing for about 150 jobs at the headquarters of Carpets International.

The receiver in charge at the firm, which was placed into administration last month, was today expected to make an announcement regarding its future.

Union leaders fear jobs could be axed at the company, which has its head office in rented premises in Rooley Lane, Bradford, as it continues to make losses while receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers hunt for a buyer.

The business, the biggest carpet manufacturer in the UK and trading under brand names such as Kossett and Wilton Royal, has suffered a slump in sales partly due to the growing trend for hardwood floors.

It employs about 1,200 people across Britain, with manufacturing plants in Hull, Hartlepool, Abingdon and Northern Ireland.

Nick Halton, regional industrial organiser for the Transport and General Workers Union, said representatives from all the sites met in Bradford last Thursday.

He said the mood was not good and that rumours of job losses were rife.

Mr Halton said the receivers had indicated job losses would have to be made, but the number and sites affected had not been confirmed.

"The people at the Bradford site are at risk like everyone else," he said.

"But if any job losses are announced at this stage, the workers will not have been given the statutory 90 days' notice and we will, of course, be happy to support our members in any claim."

The fate of the Bradford site, which hosts the design, administration and finance departments of the business, could depend on the nature of any buy-out. If it is snapped-up by a rival carpet manufacturer, it is feared the Bradford workers might not be needed.