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How reshoring his footwear manufacturing to the UK was a success for designer...
We took our Facebook Live to Wimbledon Village, to interview designer Joseph Azagury in his shop and to find out more about why he decided to reshore his footwear manufacturingJoseph Azagury has been...
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2017 ends on a high for UK textile manufacturers
The annual Make it British survey of fashion and textile manufacturers has revealed that 2017 has been another great year for the sector. This comes despite economic uncertainty with issues...
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How can we make manufacturing more appealing to young people?
Does the UK’s younger generation really not have the same work ethic as the older one? Or is it just that manufacturers are not presenting themselves in a way in which to attract them?In this article I...
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What have plates, passports and bikes got in common?
Answer: The UK Government seems to think that they are all better made elsewhere!We once had a fantastic volume bicycle manufacturing industry in the UK. Just think Rayleigh – they were ubiquitous in...
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Why UK manufacturers shouldn’t budge on their prices
If UK manufacturers started to charge what they were really worth then everyone would be better off…here’s whyIf manufacturers have to lower their prices every season soon there won’t be any leftI...
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Greatest threat to renaissance of British fashion manufacturing is lack of...
If UK fashion manufacturing is to get the revival that it is looking for the skills issue needs to be addressed URGENTLYPhoto: Abraham Moon & SonsA common concern amongst UK manufacturers that I...
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Why manufacturing in the UK is more sustainable
We’re never going to stop people from buying clothing, but what we can do is aim to produce it in the most sustainable way possible. One of those ways is to make it locally, and here’s why… When it was...
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Why the value of UK manufacturing is underestimated
There’s barely any manufacturing left in the UK, everyone works in the service industry instead, right? Wrong! Due to the outdated way that the Government looks at statistics, we are all being led to...
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How do we address the shortage of textile workers?
Thousands more textile workers are needed to meet the increasing demand for locally made clothing and textiles. Lobbying organisation Fashion Roundtable is working on a solution – but they need your...
View ArticleDCR Machines – Supplying essential PPE making equipment to UK manufacturers
DCR Machines is a family business that has supplied 170 mask making machines to the UK manufacturing industries Established in 1989, DCR Machines is a family business, acknowledged as the UK’s leading...
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