Last week I had the good fortune to be invited to Somerset to meet Deborah Meaden, best known for her appearances on TV show Dragon’s Den, and to hear all about how she is supporting a revival of the British […]
Are you a clothing or accessories designer who works with UK manufacturers? Are you looking for a UK factory to make your products? Are you a UK manufacturer who makes clothing or accessories in the UK? If so, Make it
Last week’s Made in Britain debate with the MD of Brompton Bikes got us thinking about cycling and the accoutrements that go with it. Can you kit out both yourself and your bicycle only with British-made products? You most certainly
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English Shoes? Yes, there are some that are still made in Britain When I read that the British shoe company Clarks were thinking of bringing their manufacturing back to Britain, having made their last pair of shoes in the UK in
Further to my post a while back with some interesting UK manufacturing statistics , I now have some more great findings* kindly given to me by Stoves, who still manufacture cookers in the UK from their Merseyside headquarters. Their survey
As I mentioned in one of my first posts, we are trying to find a handbag factory in the UK that we can work with to develop our new British handbag brand. A few phone calls to some of the
An article in this weeks Sunday Times, entitled ‘Made in Britain is so much sweeter’, has some interesting statistics on UK manufacturing. Apparently manufacturing accounts for only 11% of gross domestic product today, compared to 22% 20 years ago. There
Where to start to find handbag factories in the UK? A cursory glance reveals around a dozen potential manufacturers of bags in Britain, but my previous experience tells me that not all factories are made equal. The type of bag
…and what will happen when it no longer becomes cost effective to source from the Far East? These are a couple of the questions that I have been asking myself over the last few years. Having worked in fashion design
