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069 Live! – Small Batch Manufacturing
069 Live! – Small Batch Manufacturing
What's the best way of successfully manufacturing small quantities in the UK?In this episode, recorded at Make it Britis... Read more
5 Jul 2019
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54mins
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094 – How to crowdfund your brand – Sophie Slater, Birdsong
094 – How to crowdfund your brand – Sophie Slater, Birdsong
How can you grow a clothing brand sustainably and ethically?In this interview I speak to the inspiring Sophie Slater fro... Read more
15 Oct 2019
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37mins
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067 Live! – Craftsmanship versus Technology
067 Live! – Craftsmanship versus Technology
How can technology help UK textile manufacturing become more viable?Our panellists discuss what innovations and technolo... Read more
28 Jun 2019
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57mins
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066 Live! – IP: The Basics & the B Word, Potter Clarkson
066 Live! – IP: The Basics & the B Word, Potter Clarkson
Want to understand more about protecting your designs?Potter Clarkson are Intellectual Property (IP) specialists, and in... Read more
25 Jun 2019
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45mins
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071 – The One Thing Holding UK Manufacturing Back
071 – The One Thing Holding UK Manufacturing Back
This week I was at the Houses of Parliament for a meeting with the All Party Parliamentary Group for textiles and fashio... Read more
12 Jul 2019
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13mins
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070 Live! – Barbara Burton, Behind Bras
070 Live! – Barbara Burton, Behind Bras
There are around 3,800 women in UK prisons at any one time and only one in ten are able to get a job when they leave.It ... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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31mins
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118 – Supplying the UK Knitwear Industry – David Williams, Knit Design Centre
118 – Supplying the UK Knitwear Industry – David Williams, Knit Design Centre
David Williams has been supplying the UK knitwear industry his entire career.He is the UK agent for Stoll knitting machi... Read more
12 May 2020
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35mins
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113 – The History of Harris Tweed – Ruth Masson, Harris Tweed Hebrides
113 – The History of Harris Tweed – Ruth Masson, Harris Tweed Hebrides
Harris Tweed cloth is renowned the world over. Woven entirely in the Outer Hebrides, using wool from the local sheep, yo... Read more
31 Mar 2020
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27mins
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103 – What does a manufacturer include in a cost price?
103 – What does a manufacturer include in a cost price?
What does a manufacturer include - and NOT include - in a cost price?In this episode I breakdown what you can expect a m... Read more
21 Jan 2020
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18mins
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101 – Nine Manufacturing Trends for 2020 and Beyond
101 – Nine Manufacturing Trends for 2020 and Beyond
What will 2020 hold for UK manufacturing?In the first episode of the year, and the new series, I look at some of the tre... Read more
7 Jan 2020
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31mins
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BONUS: 6 Reasons why UK-made gifts are more sustainable
BONUS: 6 Reasons why UK-made gifts are more sustainable
Have you bought your Christmas gifts yet?Well, if you haven't, stop right there.Before you get bombarded by all the Blac... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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9mins
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100 – 10 Things that make British-made businesses great
100 – 10 Things that make British-made businesses great
In this episode I look back over the first 100 episodes of this show to find out what makes British-made businesses grea... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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29mins
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099 – Should raw materials come from the UK to call a product British?
099 – Should raw materials come from the UK to call a product British?
There is a lot of confusion about the labelling of products.Can we truly call something 'made in the UK' if the raw mate... Read more
1 Nov 2019
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9mins
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096 – A visit to an umbrella factory – Richard Ince, James Ince & Sons
096 – A visit to an umbrella factory – Richard Ince, James Ince & Sons
Take a tour round a traditional East End umbrella factory with me as we visit James Ince & Sons. Richard Ince is the... Read more
22 Oct 2019
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30mins
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095 – How to validate your UK-made product idea
095 – How to validate your UK-made product idea
Lots of people try to launch a business or collection with a huge range of products. They then find they don't have enou... Read more
18 Oct 2019
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24mins
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092 – Elaine Stewart, Longthorne Guns – The Ultimate English Shotgun
092 – Elaine Stewart, Longthorne Guns – The Ultimate English Shotgun
England used to be one of the biggest manufacturers of shotguns in the world, but sadly, like many manufacturing industr... Read more
8 Oct 2019
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29mins
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089 – Why aren’t manufacturers getting back to your emails?
089 – Why aren’t manufacturers getting back to your emails?
Reaching out to manufacturers and struggling to get a response?Don't be like Mr Vague, Mr Long, Mr Price and Mr Clueless... Read more
27 Sep 2019
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9mins
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088 – A Visit to a Footwear Factory – Crown Northampton
088 – A Visit to a Footwear Factory – Crown Northampton
Join me on a tour round Crown Northampton's footwear factoryIn this episode I chat to Chris Woodford, owner of Chancery ... Read more
24 Sep 2019
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39mins
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085 – The Mistake to Avoid when Developing a Made in UK Range
085 – The Mistake to Avoid when Developing a Made in UK Range
Are you making this one big mistake when developing a made in the UK product?On today's episode I tell you how to make s... Read more
13 Sep 2019
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15mins
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084 – A Visit to Duchess China and Heraldic Pottery
084 – A Visit to Duchess China and Heraldic Pottery
A trip to Stoke-on-Trent this week to visit one of the last remaining potteries.I meet Andy Tooth and Jason Sims, owners... Read more
10 Sep 2019
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38mins