Eighteen months ago we set out to prove to people that there was still products made in Britain – and now there are more than ever As a nation, Britain has had a long and successful history of making things. […]
News feature by BBC makes depressing viewing as retail experts declare price sole driver of British buying decisions Last week the BBC News posed the question of how much of the clothing bought in the UK is actually made in this
A video showing why Ally Capellino uses a Hackney factory to make 40% of her bags inspired us to come up with our top 10 reasons to support local manufacturing The below video is one of a series by DISC (the Designer
The story of how British bag makers The Cambridge Satchel Company ended up receiving an undisclosed sum from rival bag firm Zatchels in an out of court settlement It goes something like this…The Cambridge Satchel Company was launched by Julie
Sharing the websites that we love to read about products made in Britain – the first of these is the Harris Tweed Authority blog What’s it all about? Harris Tweed is a fabric dyed and spun in the Scottish Outer
Designer supports British manufacturers with a map depicting location of British suppliers Margaret Howell has produced a stunning map, currently displayed in the window of eponymous London store, showing all of the British manufacturers that the company uses.
Where were your shoes made? If they aren’t from Northamptonshire then they should be. Here’s why… – You are buying into a piece of manufacturing history With 900 years of experience in producing leather and footwear, the English county of
How everybody is using the Union Jack to sell their product this year, whether it is made in Britain or not Regular readers of this website, as well as those that follow me on Twitter, will know that one of my biggest
Stuck for what to wear to your street party this weekend? All of the best Jubilee products are made in Britain Here at Make it British we have searched high and low, amongst all of the faux-British paraphernalia, to bring
A little history lesson on the Lancashire cotton mills and a great video made by the British council in 1941 Did you know that Britain used to be the biggest cotton cloth producer in the world? The mechanised spinning and
