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Bonus: How to Find a UK Manufacturer

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Finding a UK manufacturer doesn’t have to be a challenge!

In this bonus episode, I share the recording of my recent webinar, where I break down the 5 essential steps to finding your perfect manufacturing partner.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why manufacturers don’t respond to emails—and how to fix it.
The biggest mistakes small businesses make when looking for a factory.
How to prepare before reaching out to a manufacturer to save time and money.
The 5 steps you need to follow to confidently approach the right manufacturing partner.
Why finding a manufacturer isn’t just about Googling names—and what to do instead.

Resources & Links Mentioned:

Join Get Set for Manufacturing: In just 4 weeks, learn exactly how to get your products made in the UK and find your perfect manufacturing partner.

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#Fashion and Beauty #Madeinbritain #UK Entrepreneur #Marketing #Business #Entrepreneur #Arts #Kate Hills #Podcasting Education

Make it British Podcast

Bonus: How to Find a UK Manufacturer

Make it British Podcast

1,189 subscribers

published 약 1년 전

MP3•에피소드 홈

Finding a UK manufacturer doesn’t have to be a challenge!

In this bonus episode, I share the recording of my recent webinar, where I break down the 5 essential steps to finding your perfect manufacturing partner.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why manufacturers don’t respond to emails—and how to fix it.
The biggest mistakes small businesses make when looking for a factory.
How to prepare before reaching out to a manufacturer to save time and money.
The 5 steps you need to follow to confidently approach the right manufacturing partner.
Why finding a manufacturer isn’t just about Googling names—and what to do instead.

Resources & Links Mentioned:

Join Get Set for Manufacturing: In just 4 weeks, learn exactly how to get your products made in the UK and find your perfect manufacturing partner.

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#Fashion and Beauty #Madeinbritain #UK Entrepreneur #Marketing #Business #Entrepreneur #Arts #Kate Hills #Podcasting Education

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Bonus: How to Find a UK Manufacturer 1:07:07

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Finding a UK manufacturer doesn’t have to be a challenge! In this bonus episode, I share the recording of my recent webinar, where I break down the 5 essential steps to finding your perfect manufacturing partner . What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why manufacturers don’t respond to emails—and how to fix it. The biggest mistakes small businesses make when looking for a factory. How to prepare before reaching out to a manufacturer to save time and money. The 5 steps you need to follow to confidently approach the right manufacturing partner. Why finding a manufacturer isn’t just about Googling names—and what to do instead. Resources & Links Mentioned: Join Get Set for Manufacturing : In just 4 weeks, learn exactly how to get your products made in the UK and find your perfect manufacturing partner.…

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300 - Words of wisdom from UK manufacturers featured on this show 30:59

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Welcome to episode 300! Celebrating the 300th episode of this podcast I look back at some of the amazing guests that I've had on this show from the world of UK fashion and textile manufacturing. Manufacturers that have shared their stories, their challenges, and their successes with us. Episodes / Manufacturers featured in this episode: Episode 102 - David Collinge | John Spencer Textiles Episode 005 - Keith Hanshaw | The Leather Satchel Company Episode 088 - Chris Woodford | Crown Northampton Episode 193 - Ian Maclean | John Smedley MBE Episode 55 - Lance Mitchell | Mitchell Interflex Episode 113 - Ruth Masson | Harris Tweed Episode 290 - Christopher Nieper | David Nieper OBE Episode 96 - Richard Ince | Ince Umbrellas Episode 004 - Jo Ashburner-Farr | Red Dragon Flagmakers Episode 254 - Chris Childs | Contrado Episode 21 - J enny Holloway | Fashion Enter Episode 31 - Mick Cheema | Basic Premier Episode 299 - A visit to Vagabond bags with Simon Michelson Episode 118 - David Williams | Stoll GB Episode 203 - Saed Saleh | Mars Knitwear Episode 060 - Diana Kakkar | Maes London Episode 252 - Maxine Wells | Intimate Apparel Samples Episode 080 - Mustafa Fuat | Gosha London Episode 054 - Peter Philips | Abbey England Episode 292 - David Courtney | Courtney & Co This episode also marks the final episode of series 6. I'll be taking a break from podcasting for a while. Whilst there won't be making any new episodes for you to listen to, there are over 150 hours of previous episodes to catch up and re-listen to. HANDY LINKS British Brand Accelerator - Work closely with me to start or grow your UK-made brand. Newsletter - Subscribe for a weekly dose of inspiration and advice on making in the UK Make it British Website YouTube Instagram Mentioned in this episode: British Brand Accelerator…

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299 – A Visit to Vagabond Bags 16:50

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Join me on a tour round a factory! In this episode I'm chatting with Simon Michelson, owner of Vagabond Bags, a sewing factory in Swindon that makes cosmetic bags, shower caps and hot water bottle covers. Meet some of the people working in the factory, hear about the jobs they do and find out how many shower hats one person can make in a day. Spoiler - it's quite a lot! HANDY LINKS British Brand Accelerator - Work closely with me to start or grow your UK-made brand. Newsletter - Subscribe for a weekly dose of inspiration and advice on making in the UK Make it British Website YouTube Instagram…

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298 – What’s going on with UK manufacturers? [with special guests] 41:46

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I'm joined today by 3 amazing people that work tirelessly in the UK fashion and textile industry. You may have seen in the press recently that several high profile brands have been affected by the close of Matches, but did you know about the knock on affect that has had on the UK manufacturers? I also heard yesterday the sad news that the Mackintosh factory in Lancashire is closing. What the heck is going on? So I went live on Instagram with 3 special guests to discuss the topic, and this episode is your opportunity to hear the full discussion if you missed the live. My guests are: Tamara Cincik from think tank Fashion Roundtable Mustafa Fuat from Gosha London Diana Kakkar from Maes London Some of the keys points we discussed: How the Matches collapse has impacted local manufacturers. The financial instability of fashion brands. Why the industry needs to be regulated. How other countries support their local production. How public procurement buying British could help the entire industry. The grants and tax credits needed to make local production more affordable. Why lobbying for changes in government policies is essential. The need for STEAM education, putting creativity back on the curriculum. Watch the original Instagram live here…

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297 – The Biggest Mistake Made by Product Businesses 12:52

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The title says it all. Listen to find out what it is! HANDY LINKS British Brand Accelerator - Work closely with me to start or grow your UK-made brand. Newsletter - Subscribe for a weekly dose of inspiration and advice on making in the UK Make it British Website YouTube Instagram

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296 – Behind the Scenes at KC Manufacturing with Adam Robertson and Nina Falk 27:09

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Join me on a visit to KC Manufacturing (previously Kalopsia Collective) in Dumferline, Scotland to meet with husband and wife team Adam Robertson and Nina Falk. KC Manufacturing is a social enterprise specialising in small batch manufacturing. Discover: How Adam & Nina met and ended up setting up their business. What it's like to run a factory together as husband and wife. Why 'made in Scotland' is so important. How KC Manufacturing are supporting other UK textile firms. The challenges of working with deadstock materials. Where Adam & Nina got the funding to set up their factory. How they get young people to work in the industry. About KC Manufacturing KC Manufacturing website Episode 51 - Small Batch Manufacturing with Adam Robertson, Kalopsia Collective. HANDY LINKS British Brand Accelerator - Work closely with me to start or grow your UK-made brand. Newsletter - Subscribe for a weekly dose of inspiration and advice on. making in the UK Make it British Website YouTube Instagram…

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295 – 4 Reasons NOT to Make in the UK 18:04

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Regular listeners to this podcast will know that I am all about encouraging brands to manufacture locally. But in some cases, it might not make good sense to do so. In this episode I explain the 4 reasons why you might NOT want to make in the UK. Want my advice on whether your product should or could be made here? Reach out to my with a direct message on Instagram @makeitbritish here HANDY LINKS British Brand Accelerator - Work closely with me to start or grow your UK-made brand. Newsletter - Subscribe for a weekly dose of inspiration and advice on. making in the UK Make it British Website YouTube Instagram…

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294 – How to get people onto your mailing list 21:44

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One of the questions that came up on one of our recent British Brand Accelerator group coaching calls was so good, I thought I'd bring it to you on the podcast this week. The question was about whether a small business that makes in the UK should be offering a discount when someone opts in to their newsletter, and whether this strategy works. It opened a whole discussion amongst the group about the pros and cons of discounting and other ideas for getting potential customers to sign up to your newsletter. So if you are wondering the same thing about discounting, this episode is for you! Sign up the the British Brand Accelerator waitlist here - www.makeitbritish.co.uk/waitlist…

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293 – Save English Fine Cottons 44:01

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This week I’m bringing some very sad news - that the UK’s only cotton spinning mill, English Fine Cottons, which brought cotton spinning back to Greater Manchester in 2018, has very sadly gone into administration. In case you don’t know about the history of English Fine Cottons, it was set up by the technical textile spinners Culimeta-Saveguard, who invested £4.8m of its own money, £2m of which was a loan from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, to regenerate a former Victorian cotton mill and install new technology to create luxury yarn. A further £1m was awarded as a grant by the N Brown Textile Growth Programme. English Fine Cottons was the start of something very exciting in UK manufacturing, and for this to have happened is tragic. The collapse into administration is caused by the parent group Culimeta-Saveguard going down, and unfortunately that has taken the cotton spinning down with it. Something needs to be done to save our only cotton spinning mill, otherwise this is history repeating itself. So today's episode is a remastered version of a visit that I did to English Fine Cottons in 2019, along with an interview with Andy Ogden, who was the general manager at the time.…

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292 – Reviving the UK Button Making Industry with Courtney & Co Button Makers 31:34

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Today's guests are Andrea and David Courtney from Courtney & Co buttonmakers Back in 2012 I was contacted by someone who was trying to save the UK’s last remaining horn button maker - Grove & Sons. He was looking for investors to buy up the machinery and pattern books from the business so that the art of natural button making in the UK was not lost. Well it turns out that the investor that this guy eventually found was someone called David Courtney, who saw an ad to buy the machinery and patterns, and decided that he wanted to help. But things are never as easy as the seem, and this initial investment took David Courtney down a very long and winding path to bring button making back to the UK. Over a decade later and David Courtney now has an amazing button-making factory in the Cotswolds, with state of the art machinery, producing buttons from 3 different types of materials. He’s also enlisted his lovely wife Andrea to head the factory up, and they now supply the most beautiful buttons to brands and designers wanting an authentic UK-made button, still made using the original patterns that David saved from Grove & Sons. This interview was recorded onsite in their factory in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, and Andrea and David recount the full tale of how Courtney & Co buttons got to where they are today. About Courtney & Co Courtney & Co Website Courtney & Co on Instagram FURTHER RESOURCES Quiz: Are you ready to work with a UK factory? HANDY LINKS British Brand Accelerator Make it British Website YouTube Instagram…

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291 – Micro Factories & Supply on Demand: UK Manufacturing at its Best 46:04

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This episode celebrates 15 years since I registered the domain makeitbritish.co.uk and busts some of the myths about UK manufacturing. You'll find out: Why I started Make it British and why I'm such a firm believer in UK manufacturing. The current UK manufacturing landscape. How the UK fashion and textile industry is made up of 1,000s of micro factories. How many garment factories there really are in the UK. The benefits of making in the UK. And why supply on demand is best done locally. To see the video recording of this talk, go to makeitbritish.co.uk/microfactories Want to work together? Fill in this form so I can find out more about your business goals, and I'll get back to you with ways I can help.…

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290 – From the archive: Why UK Manufacturing is More Sustainable with Christopher Nieper OBE 36:03

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Christopher Nieper OBE is the managing director of David Nieper , a womenswear business in Alfreton in Derbyshire. The firm was set up by Christopher's parents sixty years ago and is now one of the most vertical textile operations in the UK. Christopher recently invested in state-of-the-art digital printing equipment so that the factory can print it's own fabric onsite. David Nieper already prints all their own catalogues and produce their own knitwear in house, alongside the garment production. In this episode you can hear about the research Christopher commissioned from Nottingham university looking at the greenhouse gas emissions produced to make clothing at the David Nieper factory in Derbyshire. The study then compared these findings to the emissions produced by making garments in China, Turkey and Bangladesh and then shipping them to the UK. It makes for very interesting insights into how making in the UK can be quantified as more sustainable. A big advocate for slow fashion, Christopher has also found that his customers keep and wear his clothes 10 times longer than average. Listen to this episode to discover: How the David Nieper factory uses 'just-in-time' manufacturing to achieve a 98% sell-through on their garments Christopher's plans to make the David Nieper factory the greenest factory in Europe, recovering the heat generated by the factory to use as renewable energy How he's changing the attitudes of young people in his local town by giving them a taste of what it's like inside a real manufacturing environment The charity that the business has set up to help rebuild a local secondary school that was in the bottom 2% of schools in the UK and make it over-subscribed for the first time in 30 years Christopher's idea for a labelling scheme for clothing that ranks the environmental sustainability of every garment This episode is the recording of a talk that Christopher did at Make it British Live! Online event in October 2020. About David Nieper Watch my Instagram reel showing behind the scenes at the David Nieper factory. David Nieper website Stay in Touch British Brand Accelerator - Find out how you can work with me to build your British-made brand Make it British website…

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289 – Creating Adaptive Clothing with Caron McLuckie from Bealies Adaptive Wear 30:45

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In this episode of the Make it British podcast, Karen McCluckie, the director of Bealies Adaptive Wear, shares her inspiring journey of creating adaptive clothing for wheelchair users and disabled individuals. Motivated by her son's disability and the lack of suitable clothing options in the market, Karen embarked on a mission to design stylish and functional joggers tailored to the needs of wheelchair users. From the initial idea to overcoming challenges and securing funding, Karen discusses the process of bringing her innovative designs to the market while juggling her role as a social worker. With a commitment to UK manufacturing and a vision for expanding her product range, Karen's story highlights the power of innovation and determination in creating inclusive fashion solutions. About Caron McCluckie Caron on Linkedin Bealies Adaptivewear Website…

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288 – Why You Should Visit Your Factory 15:16

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This week I’ve been in the Midlands visiting factories, which is always one of my favourite things to do. I’d planned to take my podcast mic with me and get an episode to you today with an interview with one of the manufacturers, but sadly I was in such a rush when I set off early Sunday morning that I left my mic behind! So on today’s episode instead I'm discussing one of the amazing factories I went to see, and also sharing a recording from the archives - which is to encourage you to get out there and visit factories yourself!…

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287 – How To Sell Your Products 12:11

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Today's episode is all about selling and sales, and how it's closely linked to product development. A lot of creative business owners say that they aren't any good at selling, so the natural tendency is to drop their prices or default back to making more products. I'm going to give you a different way of looking at sales, so that selling doesn't make you feel like a used car salesman.…