Spode Under the name 'Spode Ltd' the same factories and business was continued after 1970. In 2006, the business merged with Royal Worcester. The merged company entered administration on 6 November 2008. The brand names and intellectual property were acquired by Portmeirion Group on 23 April 2009. On 23 April 2009, Portmeirion Pottery purchased their rival Royal Worcester and Spode brands, together with some of the stock, after they had been placed into administration the previous November. The purchase did not include Royal Worcester or Spode manufacturing facilities. Many items in Spode's Blue Italian and Woodland ranges are now made at
The Code of the Woosters Spode has a shameful secret. Because of the club's strict rules, Jeeves cannot reveal anything more to Bertie than one name: "Eulalie". Confident that he can blackmail Spode by pretending to know all about his secret, Bertie rebukes Spode with sarcastic insults, orders him to leave Gussie alone, and is about to threaten to reveal the truth about "Eulalie", but, at the crucial moment, is unable to recall the name. Enraged by the insults, Spode attacks. A brief scuffle ensues; Bertie tries to flee, but suddenly remembers the name, and tells Spode he knows about Eulalie. Terrified, Spode backs down