Vogue Business has launched a new series dedicated to exploring the future of UK manufacturing. I’m proud to have been quoted in the opening article, offering my perspective on the challenges and opportunities that small businesses face when making locally. […]

Britain has fallen out of the top ten manufacturing nations for the first time since the Industrial Revolution according to analysis by manufacturer trade body Make UK. We’re now in twelfth place behind Germany, Italy and France. In this interview […]

Kate will be sharing her knowledge on the increase in demand for manufacturing in the UK, and the benefits of making locally. Kate’s talk called Micro Factories: Fashion’s Reshoring Rush will cover: About Source Fashion Source Fashion is the UK’s […]

Recognised for her commitment to the UK retail industry, Make it British founder Kate Hills has been named as one of the Top 25 UK Retail Influencers for 2023 amongst industry experts Mary Portas and Theo Pathitis. Kate Hills, founder […]

The pandemic and Brexit have changed the way that UK consumers shop, with over two thirds now more likely to buy UK-made products than ever before, according to a survey by Make it British to mark Made in UK Day […]

The English Home, November 2020 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British has been celebrated by The English Home magazine for her dedication to UK manufacturing and supporting British-made brands. Make it British members such as Putnams and Revival Beds […]

Our founder, Kate Hills, and members of Make it British, were quoted in The Sun business section this week in an article about firms bringing their production back to the UK. We should see more goods made in the UK […]

According to the Office of National Statistics UK textile manufacturing has grown from £9 billion to £11 billion between 2018 to 2020. Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, was invited to discuss these figures on BBC Radio 4. She […]

With just over 2 weeks until the UK leaves the EU, Adrian Chiles made a radio programme for BBC Radio 4 called Living British. He challenged me to dress him head to toe in British-made, and I obliged with the […]

In December 2020 The Express newspaper ran a ‘Brilliantly British’ campaign shining a light on UK-made firms. Dozens of Make it British members were among them… Over a period of two weeks, the Express newspaper is encouraging its readers to […]

Kate Hills features on Fashion Roundtable’s first ever podcast.  I was delighted to be featured as the first ever guest on Fashion Roundtable’s great new podcast ‘From Front Row to Front Bench’. Fashion Roundtable is an organisation that collaborates with […]

Vogue Business. 15 May 2020 Make it British founder, Kate Hills, comments on fashion’s role in manufacturing PPE Equipment in this Vogue Business article discussing Covid-19 relief efforts paving the way for more local production and collaborations. Read the full […]

I was interviewed on BBC Breakfast on 19th April 2020 about the nationwide shortage of PPE. In the interview I discussed why we needed to make Personal Protective Equipment in the UK and how I was in discussion with the […]

Marketplace.org. 13 April 2020 Kate Hills features in an article on marketplace.org regarding the impact of Covid-19 on British manufacturing. Kate Hills of Make It British, a manufacturing advocacy group, said that British clothing retailers and brands are now focused on […]

How is the cost of clothing in stores calculated? Ever wondered how big retailers work out the price of clothing you see in stores? Is it genuinely related to how much it costs to manufacture? Or do they make up […]

UK manufacturers have warned the fashion industry could face a “severe” shortage of skilled workers if a recommendation to restrict the migration of workers comes into force after Brexit. The below article was featured on drapersonline.com in July 2019, by […]

Knitting Industry. 5 June 2019 www.knittingindustry.com shares news from the successful Make it British Live! 2019 trade show and conference. Read the full article here.

CWB. 5 June 2019 CWB, the UK’s leading trade magazine dedicated exclusively to the childrenswear industry takes a look at Make it British Live! 2019 trade show and conference. Read the full article here.

Drapers. 29 May 2019 Drapers celebrates the success of Make it British Live! in its new home at the Business Design Centre Read the full article here.

BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake asks “Is Made in Britain a label to be proud of?” in this interview live from the Grenson factory in Northampton. Click the link above to listen to the interview In this special edition […]

Drapers. 15 May 2017 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, writes for Drapers to debunk the myth that manufacturing garments in the UK is more expensive than overseas. Read the full article here.

Print and Promotion. 20 September 2017 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British and Meet the Manufacturer, takes a look at the current state of the UK textile manufacturing scene and what the future holds for it. Read the full […]

Virgin Start Up. Virgin Start Up in conversation with Make it British founder, Kate Hills, on why making in the UK is great, how British startups can keep their manufacturing here, and what’s next for UK manufacturing. Read the full […]

Innovation In Textiles. 20 October 2017 Innovation In Textiles announce the Manchester Make it British forum. Read the full article here.

Smallbusiness.co.uk. 20 February 2017 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, discusses the launch of ‘Ask Kate Live’ to help designers find the right UK manufacturer for their brand. Read the full article here.

Knittingindustry.com. 26 August 2016 Knittingindustry.com discusses the launch of the Make it British Forum. Read the full article here.

Drapers. 15 May 2016   Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, discusses her career in fashion and British brands with Drapers. Read the full article here.  

Boutique Magazine. 1 November 2017 Boutique Magazine talks to Kate Hills, founder of Make it British about the MIB Forum 2017 in Manchester. Read the full article here.

Drapers. 6 July 2017 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, talks to Drapers about re-shoring manufacturing. Read the full article here.

CWB. 4 October 2017 CWB announce the Make it British Forum 2017 in Manchester. Read the full article here.

Drapers. 15 August 2017 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, contributes to Drapers article on ethical UK manufacturing. Read the full article here.

The Telegraph. 12 September 2015 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, contributes to The Telegraph’s article on buying British. Read the full article here.

Fashion Network. 1 November 2016 Fashion Network rounds-up the first Make in British forum in Leicester. Read the full article here.

Print and Promotion. 10 November 2017 Print and Promotion discuss the success of the Make it British Forum 2017 in Manchester. Read the full article here.

De Montfort University. 28 October 2016 De Montfort University, Leicester celebrates the success of the 2016 Make it British forum. Read the full article here.

The following article appeared in Drapers Magazine, July 2017 ‘A return of manufacturing to the UK was only a matter of time’ As interest in reshoring grows, Make it British founder Kate Hills says retailers that really want to make […]

In this interview for the Manufacturing at Heart Podcast I talk about my previous career, and the tipping point that made me decide to give up my jet-setting job as a buyer and dedicate myself to supporting UK manufacturers. Manufacturing […]

The following article appeared in The Sunday Times on 26th march 2017 Kate Hills, founder of  Make it British was asked to comment about the increased demand for UK production. You can read the full article below.  

Lingerie Insight, 17th March 2017 Kate Hills, the founder of Make it British, was named as an Industry Influencer in Lingerie Insight’s first annual Power List – an indispensable guide to the top 50 most important and influential professionals in […]

The following article appeared in Fibre2Fashion, 16th March 2017

Kate Hills was asked to give her thoughts on how the Spring Budget might effect UK manufacturers You can read the article on The Independent website here

Thanks to the Independent for their feature on the Make it British story. You can read the full article here  The Independent ran a feature for International Womens Day about the Make it British team, and how we are all […]

The Observer. Sunday 30th October 2016 Kate Hills from Make it British contributed to a piece about the rise of British womenswear brands that are working with UK manufacturers. The full article can be read here

The Manufacturer. Friday 27th October 2016 Read the article here An interview with Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, by Victoria Fitzgerald in The Manufacturer magazine. Kate gives her thoughts on the rise of UK textile manufacturing and what […]

BBC Radio Leicester. Tuesday 25th October 2016 Kate Hills, founder of Make it British was interviewed by Lukwesa Burak – listen to the interview to find out why she was in Leicester, what buying British means, and why she launched […]

Textile manufacturing in Leicester is booming – hear all about it in this interview with Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, on BBC Radio Leicester I was interviewed this morning by BBC Radio Leicester about buying British. It was fantastic to be […]

Why We Should Be Searching For ‘Made In Britain’ On Our Clothes Labels The below article was featured on www.marieclaire.co.uk in August 2015: Kate Hills, founder and editor of Make it British is on a crusade. With so many of […]

Make it British was in two articles in the press this week – fighting the cause for UK manufacturing The first article was a soapbox piece for The Telegraph entitled ‘The government must clamp down on firms that claim to manufacture […]