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Make it British
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Make it British is THE source of information on British-made brands and UK manufacturing. We are passionate about British craftsmanship and want to help YOU find products made in Britain.
At Make it British we believe that a product's provenance is of the utmost importance. By buying authentic British goods, manufactured by skilled craftsman using the finest materials, you are helping to keep these skills alive in the UK. If you don't support those makers in Britain that still have these precious skills, you will lose them forever.
Since its launch in April 2011 Make it British has become the go-to site on the web for news, reports and interviews about British-made products.
At Make it British we believe that a product's provenance is of the utmost importance. By buying authentic British goods, manufactured by skilled craftsman using the finest materials, you are helping to keep these skills alive in the UK. If you don't support those makers in Britain that still have these precious skills, you will lose them forever.
Since its launch in April 2011 Make it British has become the go-to site on the web for news, reports and interviews about British-made products.
Видео
GB News Interview: Britain falls out of top 10 manufacturing nations for first time
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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 with GB News presenter Martin Daubney, Kate Hills from Make it British discusses why we need a robust industrial strategy to stabilise the economy an...
Sustainability Insights for Small Businesses with Mark Shayler
Просмотров 1378 месяцев назад
Chatting with the fascinating Mark Shayler about all things sustainability. Mark is the author of You Can't Make Money From a Dead Planet, he consults with businesses big and small to help them do better when it comes to their environmental footprint, and he is one of the co-founders of Reasons to be Cheerful, a platform for spreading good cheer and hope in a world that can sometimes feel beref...
From Start-Up to Export Champion with Laura Ward from Exeat
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I am joined by Laura Ward, founder of the luxury British tennis brand Exeat. Exeat is the UK's most exported luxury tennis apparel brand, and Laura herself is the winner of many awards, including Global Startup of the Year. She's also one of the government's UK export champions, and the brand has been featured in Vogue, Forbes, The Financial Times, and Vanity Fair. In this episode, she's going ...
APPG for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, Houses of Parliament Nov 2023
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I was invited to speak at the All Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion at the Houses of Parliament, organised by the APPG secretariat Fashion Roundtable. You can hear a summary of the whole event and the full speech that I gave on the importance of localism, transparency, and ethical practices in the fashion industry on Episode 276 of the Make it British Podcast. I...
Mastering the art of selling at Pop-ups with Pip Chawner, founder of Philippa London
Просмотров 579 месяцев назад
Pip Chawner is the founder of womenswear brand Philippa London. In this interview she has some fantastic tips to share about her experiences of setting up her brand; some of the challenges she's had along the way, including a bit of a tricky experience with a manufacturer in India; and how she has had great success selling her products at pop-ups and live events. So if you've ever thought about...
Partnering with UK Manufacturers with Clare Winton, Grow Wild Outdoorwear
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Clare Winton is the founder of Grow Wild Outdoorwear, a new brand for women in pregnancy and the early stages of motherhood. Clare had the idea to develop her maternity brand three years ago, and started, as many start-ups do, by searching Google to find a manufacturer. This led her to a frustrating two years trying to develop her collection in China. She then stumbled across Make it British, a...
My Experience Finding UK Manufacturers For My Brand With Clare Winton, Grow Wild Outdoorwear
Просмотров 178Год назад
In this Instagram live i'm joined by one of our amazing British Brand Accelerator clients Clare Winton, founder of Grow Wild Outdoorwear, an outdoor clothing brand for pregnant women and early motherhood. Join us as Clare shares her incredible journey of launching her UK brand and how we helped to cut her launch costs 80% by working with us. Throughout this interview, Clare dives deep into the ...
Don't Make These Costly Start-Up Manufacturing Mistakes!
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Starting your own brand can be fun but it's not always easy. In this video, I'm going to tell you about some of the most common manufacturing mistakes made by start-ups, and how to avoid them. I'll also give you some tips on how to make your small business manufacturing process run as smoothly as possible. Topics covered in this video: ☑️ The five hidden costs in UK manufacturing and how to avo...
Saving Heritage Manufacturers: The Impact of Brexit on UK Fashion & Textiles
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I'm joined by Tamara Cincik, founder of think tank Fashion Roundtable to discuss the impact of Brexit on small UK textile businesses. We delve deep into the world of UK fashion and textiles, exploring the devastating impact of Brexit on the heritage brands that make this sector so unique. We explore the challenges facing small businesses, the importance of traditional skills, and the urgent nee...
From Design to Fabric: A Masterclass in Printing Techniques with Contrado
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Do you know your reactive printing from pigment and sublimation? Or how printed colours appear on silks vs. muslin vs. jersey? If not, or you'd like more knowledge, then this video is for you! In this video, I'm joined by Chris Childs, co-founder of print-on-demand manufacturer Contrado, as he shares his years of expertise and knowledge on fabric printing techniques to help small business owner...
What Job Skills do Brand Owners Need to Run a Successful Product-Based Business?
Просмотров 129Год назад
When you run a UK-made brand you need to wear a lot of different hats! In this video I explain all of the different jobs you need to do and the skills you need to have, on top of producing fantastic products. 🔴 Subscribe for more tips and tricks on developing products in the UK. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:08 Why being the chief executive officer of your business is your first title 05:47 How ma...
How Long Will it Take to Get My Products Made in the UK?
Просмотров 174Год назад
How Long Will it Take to Get My Products Made in the UK?
Luxury Silk Scarves Celebrating the Art of Science with Siwan Oldham, By Biology
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Luxury Silk Scarves Celebrating the Art of Science with Siwan Oldham, By Biology
Sharing Wellness Through Well-Made Bags with Oscar Boatfield, BearMade
Просмотров 257Год назад
Sharing Wellness Through Well-Made Bags with Oscar Boatfield, BearMade
How to Start a Printed Textile Business with Republic of Happy 😃
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How to Start a Printed Textile Business with Republic of Happy 😃
Making in the UK: In Conversation with 3 UK Manufacturers
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Making in the UK: In Conversation with 3 UK Manufacturers
Launching an Innovative New Dog Product Made in the UK - Rosie Macpherson, Where’s Winnie
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Launching an Innovative New Dog Product Made in the UK - Rosie Macpherson, Where’s Winnie
The Cambridge Satchel Company's Julie Deane CBE - Interview with Make it British
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The Cambridge Satchel Company's Julie Deane CBE - Interview with Make it British
The Best of Made in Scotland: Meet the Person Showcasing Scotland’s Textile Heritage
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The Best of Made in Scotland: Meet the Person Showcasing Scotland’s Textile Heritage
How to Launch an Athleisure Brand Made in the UK
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How to Launch an Athleisure Brand Made in the UK
Running a Conscious, Luxury Womenswear Brand Championing Diversity
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Running a Conscious, Luxury Womenswear Brand Championing Diversity
How I dealt with the copycats and came out on top with Monika Young
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How I dealt with the copycats and came out on top with Monika Young
Celebrating the North of England’s creativity and manufacturing with Charlotte Raffo
Просмотров 2202 года назад
Celebrating the North of England’s creativity and manufacturing with Charlotte Raffo
30 years of knitwear manufacturing in Leicester with Mars Knitwear
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30 years of knitwear manufacturing in Leicester with Mars Knitwear
20 Tips for building a great UK-made business
Просмотров 912 года назад
20 Tips for building a great UK-made business
Kate Hills Make it British on Radio 4 on the rise of UK textile manufacturing
Просмотров 1322 года назад
Kate Hills Make it British on Radio 4 on the rise of UK textile manufacturing
What do unidentified illegal migrants do to contribute anything to this country that's costing us the taxpayers 9.5 million pound a day ? More Islamic troops landing in Dover as i write. Explain what government other then an Islamic Muslim one, would knowingly do this to their own people ?
We cant afford to make anything... I wonder why...😘
Better start making prayer rugs. You are going to need a LOT of them soon.
Making this country more efficient is relatively easy. Firstly, our manufacturing base is crying out for a cheap sustainable energy sauce. Utilise our natural resources to the maximum, take full advantage of the energy resources we have beneath our feet and just off our shores. Invest in and build nuclear power stations not vanity projects like wind farms or solar panels which only work for a limited period of time, and only to make our politicians look good amongst all their green tree hugging environmentalist mates at the annual Davos party. Bye British manufactured products even if they are slightly more expensive in the first instance, The jobs created and the tax generated from those jobs will far outweigh any losses because it’s made in the UK. Then Stop all this Net Zero malarkey, the UK. trying to Achieve the impossible by 2050 is only going to cost this country billions if not trillions and will make people colder hungry at poorer. Notwithstanding the fact all that's it’s doing is exporting our jobs to China where they don't give a damn about the climate.
Lovely lady and proudly British. I think she represents the large majority of the UK population. Sourcing food locally also helps.
Ever since Blair we have had the relentless swelling of the Un productive classes in Britain with Parliament and the EU , as the ultimate goal in Gravy Train achievement closely followed by a grotesquely over bloated and non pr5oductive Civil Service. E ven the police are full of Pension planners working their tickets. No wonder Britain is sinking fast whilst the rest of the world copies what Britain used to be, an industrial power House thatr could fight5 for freedom. Now it persecutes its productive classes with an ever increasing police StATE. AND THE USE OF IMPOVERISHMENT, AS A WEAPON, AGAINST THEM.
Russia now 10 the sanctions are really working
BREXIT
No we can't be... We making tens of thousands of houses to put all theses illegal immigrants.
Manufacturing is what made Britain and other nations great, now we are NOT great so we don't need manufacturing. We are still leaders in DEI and pronouns ...
itll be all those doctors and brain surgeons sat in the Holiday Inn on Oldham rd swilling their Carlsberg and gutting the pizzas WE PAY FOR thats dragging the country into hell
I worked in engineering all my working life (now retired). Most of the companies I worked for exported most of what they manufactured. The last place I worked for 25 years and had a large manufacturing facility in the UK. In 2008, manufacturing was moved to India and over 100 people lost their job. I was surprised that we were still in the top 10 to be honest. Back in the early 80’s hundreds of UK manufacturing companies closed down.
I'm sorry to hear that David. Far too many people that worked in manufacturing have lost their jobs, and with that we've also lost many of the skills needed for manufacturing.
@@MakeitBritishLtd My company actually sent senior engineers over to India to train them. This then kept the jobs for a handful of staff based in UK. It is still in business that way.
Half the Country want to return to the 7th Century and the other half want return to the Stone Age
Mexico and Russia have over taken the UK in that area.
extortionately raise the input costs of manufacture. genius move. somehow the sale of these products is not competitive.
Its by design that decline is happening, we have the most costly fuel prices in the western world. And it will get even more expensive with the imposition of the so called green agenda. As a cosequence manufacturer find it impossible to be able to compete with lower energy cost nations.
Another Brexit benefit !!! Well done !!
Dumba$$!!! Hope you voted Liebour. You'll get to blame everything else,so long as you don't have to open your eyes. How many times do you need to be told. The facts are out there,you just get your information from....Where? YOU'RE THE PROBLEM!!!
49% of the population still want to be in the "use British tax payers money to move all the UKs wealth and skills into Europe" club. Britain is dead, given away to the same European powers who spent centuries trying to destroy us, when all the really needed to do was get our own establishment to do it for them.
Who knew if you make electricity really expensive then companies leave!
Britain wants british rule only.
Not always a bad thing. Overrelying on making stuff is not currently doing the Chinese economy any favours, and it is not about the volume of production it is about making a profit. Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity. We still make plenty of stuff in the UK. I should know I have been running my own manufacturing company for over 45 years. I make more profit employing 2 people than most Chinese companies make employing hundreds. Assuming they still are in business. I need to as well judging by the size of my domestic bills. Back in the early 80s before the Chinese and far-east took over virtually all of the volume orders my company employed over 40 workers. Now I make more money for myself employing 2, indeed, infinitely more. No doubt as we now have a Labour government not really running anything, the UK will be bouncing back up the table. Obviously giving junior doctors a 22% pay increase is going to help the UKs manufacturing base face the 3rd world competition head-on. As Labour ministers are so brilliant at picking winners, perhaps they would like to give me a large interest-free loan to help out with my cash flow problems? After all, I could do with a new top-of-the-range executive Merc and a much longer holiday in Mauritius and they don't come cheap. Perhaps I will meet my own NHS doctor there, that would be nice.
Sure what can you buy in the world like food if you dont sell anything?
Maybe talking to the right wing media, who hate working class people is not such a good idea. I'm out.
We need the industries in the Uk - we need to stop buying everything "cheap" in China etc.
You should repost any chance you have become the Uniparty has instructed citizens to only buy Made in China starting in 2025. Godspeed
Hi Clare mentions she spent £7000 on launch costs and that this includes manufacturing. Can I please what sort of order quantities Clare ordered, if she's happy to share that info. This seems a low cost for manufacturing in UK.
It is so good to see the people behind the screen. I have bought a couple of things from Contrado and was very pleased with the colours and speed of delivery. I would have ordered a lot more if it wasn't for the Contrado web site from hell. I have complained about it on a number of occasions but was just told to clear my cache. It did not help with either the speed or things that don't work properly. Sometimes there are washing instructions and sometimes the link is not to be found, the design your product does not always work, just to name a couple of things. I have often gone round in circles trying to find the design. When seeing the final product before buying, the illustration is too small and the magnifier does not always work properly. Checking out and shopping basket was a special kind of hell. Is it because there are many businesses trying to access the site all at once? I think it would have been quicker and easier to have simply visited and bought from the factory. I was curious about the factory and thanks to these videos it has been satisfied.
Hello, great interview. Could you please open a Contrado in Berlin, or in Germany? Thank You!
Brilliant masterclass very informative.
and a Nightmare for the People too, Re-Join Now.
Is it prohibited to say the name of the manufacturer? Because it may be useful for someone who is trying to fine manufacturers and don't know where to look.
P r o m o S M 🤷
I posted a question in your “planning your production “ video and would appreciate a response since this video on is about cost of living crisis. I have a product I would love to introduce, made in the UK source here even if the prototype used an italian sourced item it is also readily made here and correlates with reducing in small but significant increments reasons given for rise in energy costs. 1 item deals with simple flips of light switches and is a thin lightweight strip that can be placed at the tops of windows which charge during the day via small solar strips and during dusk when people start flipping the light switch to see it illuminates the area with as much light as there is at dusk maybe as much as the grid tied light . Calculating what it costs to operate a single rooms light even if it saves just 2-3-5 quid a month if 8 million homes incorporated it ,then it collectively equates to 16-24-40 million pounds worth of fuel the power companies claimed they purchase at absurd prices in savings nationally and that’s if each home used them in 2 rooms frequented and light usage is normally neglecting like one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen as I do at home. Mine stays lit until 2-3 in the AM depending how much charge is collected during the day. I extended it by incorporating a photo resistor so when it is absolutely necessary to turn the lights on like cooking a large meal it shuts off and conserves battery but that’s just one item if I had the information required on what gov site to start the research at was clear. So far I found nothing. I’m serious but my effort produces nothing to the point I’m about to abandon all desire to even start anything and just think for myself. As stated that is just one I also have ideas on keeping the cost of heating a little lower but what’s the use when I can’t even get a product on market that could sell for as little as 3-5 quid for a pair and pays for itself in no time, the only issue is people need to get used to not flipping the switch , to add to this the materials besides being locally sourced could be 100% recyclable without any harmful chemicals or massively evasive procedure inexpensively. If possible and others in the same boat as I am would appreciate some information. Thankyou.
What about self production? I have several ideas for products but my plan is a fully automated production line, maybe a final production QC inspection but from the source delivering the raw products that go into it everything like one product I would like to introduce used vacuum forming and pick n place components and everything including packaging and boxing on skids/pallets is done by robotronics . I find it hard to find info on gov sites on such a buisness and insurance info. Not trying to keep jobs from people just trying to maximise the profits while avoiding expenditures like workman’s comp and so on.
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What manufacturing? The EU stripped the UK of it and handed it to Germany
Typical British gammon peasant, blame everything on the EU
It's actually quite facile to discuss EU as being an ideal trading partner purely because of its proximity to the UK given that EU's largest trading partner is China and second is United States both of which Britain now trades with independently. Britain's trading partners prior to EU membership were Commonwealth nations one being Australia. The Australian Dairy Board in Tooley Street London closed on joining the EU as did many British companies large and small whose main export markets were in Commonwealth countries. Rather than sending lace to France for dying why not use one of the Nottingham dyers like Baltex who specialise "Silk & Lace fabrics (including tulle & voiles)" or one of the other lace dyers listed like "Huddersfield Dyeing is a commercial bespoke dye house based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire a town that has been synonymous with textiles and dyeing for centuries." There are more listed even with the scantest of Google searches. I hope one of these companies makes an outreach to Cluny lace to exclude the expensive step in the production process of sending lace to France for dying! Cluny was clearly successful for centuries prior to EU membership in 1973 - did it have trouble sending its lace to France for dying prior to EU membership or did it use British companies? I hope it used British companies and will restart this. I used to buy Cluny lace from suppliers like Olney Amsden of Thame for my fabric shops in Basingstoke Hampshire and Farnham, Surrey. Unfortunately Olney Amsden of Thame (founded in 1810) ceased trading about 15 years ago - nothing to do with Brexit.
I don't see what brexit has to do with it. All these industries died years ago here. Car exports up 6% year on year just announced. Perhaps you should try selling stuff people want to pay for.
Not surprised that the area where factory is voted leave
@Make it British. I am sorry it was not a negotiation but just posturing. I had a grandmother that was Egyptian and a grand-mother that was northern I also had a great-grandmother that was Irish, another one that was Manx and finally a Sudanese great-grandmother. As I happen to be a man I did not do all the knitting and sewing. However, I became fascinated by the history of British manufacturing. The shared history of the United Kingdom with the EU is not really shared. I see the History of the UK that is different from Europe. Yes people came here from Europe. However, events in the UK have not always gone the same way as Europe, but what you say about the Huguenots makes sense. I also think that business should be lead by both men and women. Talent should not just be only female.
I hate the uk and all it represents
So why don’t I leave I hear u say. Well I’m planning on that. Taking my nursing skills with me. 20 +yrs . The uk represents everything I hate.
Where r our cheap shoes🤣
This is incredibly sad. Why people would vote against frictionless trade with our nearest neighbours is beyond me.
Easy, voters who did not understand being fed BS by those who also did not understand. A referendum was a foolish thing to do.
EU's biggest trading partner is China and second is United States - are they on EU member nation states' borders?
@@shelaco1321 If you look at internal trade then no, trading within it's borders is much more significant.
@@jonathanwetherell3609 EU exports to China were $240 billion in 2022 and to United States $520 billion the same year. Britain has access to EU's internal market through the negotiated UK/EU trade deal but can now also trade freely with its former Commonwealth partners as well as US, China and emerging markets in India, Africa and South America. Export markets are important to a nation's economic well being and it seems that the EU trades with those well beyond their doorstep as do many nations and have done for centuries. The European internal market was in existence well before the EU was seeded by the US in 1948 with the American Committee on United Europe absent the requirement to have EU laws on a nation's statue books.
Think we need figures on exactly where markets are . One complaining has a huge market in asia . But i am only british in a area with old textile mills thats been closed before the eu ever existed 🤔
good luck haha,,did you vote for brexit??? my first words after 2016 vote .. if you freuck up ill go back .. where do you go?
Brexit means Brexit and we will make a success out of it 😂😂😂
How's that going for you?
@@esm7708 Brexit can be a success if we stop playing the ideology and stop acting like children.
@@jonathanaldridge4114 if the government can't make it work with a massive majority then it's not going to work. It's not failed because we're acting like "children".and as for ideology...
it's called democracy f.fs
Yeah and we get to democratically vote out the Tories next year - great isn’t it.
Exactly and in democracies we can re-evaluate.
The talentless ruling cliche in the Conservative Party, having never done a decent days work in their lives, are out to trash "The Trades".
The like button doesn't work, but it is a yes for me. Happy to have found your channel
The like button works for me - i've given them a like in your name, if you allow 🙂
This is all so sad. Our country just doesn't seem to value its home grown skilled and heritage industries anymore. :( I've recently started moving away from selling via ecommerce sites and I've set up my own online shop. But trying to negotiate overseas customers is a nightmare. Small businesses can't get IOSS numbers to ship to Europe - the cost and the bureaucracy, and the lack of information is a joke. And as for further afield. Well who knows if that will ever be sorted?!?!?!? I can't believe that after all the time they've had to sort this out, we still don't have a mechanism that allows small UK businesses to ship out of the UK. It's ridiculous and frustrating and makes me mad!!!!!
Blame Brexit for everything 😂
The Government said the move would bring stability and support for UK manufacturing... Look where it is now.
do you think we would be better under rule of EU?
no answear there 😀
Kate it’s so wonderful to see and hear your voice again! This is all great pieces of advice that I hadn’t even considered - I’ve always had my family involved in the business but it’s clear there are certainly job roles we’re missing! Thank you for this 👏
So glad that you found it useful Deborah. When you have a small business there are so many job hats you need to wear! But it's fun 😃