Make it British Podcast

Reaching out to manufacturers and struggling to get a response?

Don't be like Mr Vague, Mr Long, Mr Price and Mr Clueless - make sure that your email goes to the top of the inbox by avoiding these 4 c…

Join me on a tour round Crown Northampton's footwear factory

In this episode I chat to Chris Woodford, owner of Chancery Footwear, the factory which makes the Crown Northampton collection, and Mark Hi…

If you've got an idea for a product but you're tearing your hair out because you don't know what the next steps are, this episode is for you.

You may have tried approaching manufacturers to help you a…

When Pippa Dziubinski started a business making printed bamboo baby muslins 2 years ago one of the most important things was being able to make the product in the UK.

But she faced many of the same st…

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 sure you avoid this costly error if you're launching a brand made in the UK. It …

A trip to Stoke-on-Trent this week to visit one of the last remaining potteries.

I meet Andy Tooth and Jason Sims, owners of Heraldic Pottery, a company which bespoke prints fine bone china and glassw…

It’s very difficult to raise your prices for a product after you have launched it or communicated it to your customers.

So how you can make sure that you’ve got them right from the start?

Whilst the co…

Isn't it disappointing when you buy something you love and it then needs replacing?

Joel Chudleigh wants to solve that problem, by helping people to slow down on their purchasing. His ethos is to buy …

Why do two similar looking items often cost totally different prices, even in the same shop? 

A lot of it is to do with the cost price of the product. Yet so many different factors can affect that cos…

Join me on a journey around the Gosha London studio to find out what the life of a high-end garment manufacturer is really like.

Mustafa Fuat started his manufacturing studio 23 years ago, knowing not…

If you're purchasing something new does seeking out a product that is made in the UK offer sustainability benefits over one made overseas? There’s a lot of talk about sustainability at the moment whe…

Katie Walker studied furniture at The Royal College of Art in the mid-90s and has had her own business making furniture in the UK ever since.

She has three sides to her business; iconic Katie Walker F…

Join me on a factory tour around the Her Majesty The Queen's button maker. Established in 1655, Firmin & Sons are the oldest, privately-owned manufacturing company in the UK. At their prestigious met…

Billy Tannery is the first new goat leather company and tannery in the UK for over 50 years. Despite knowing nothing about leather production when they started, Jack Millington and his co-founder Ror…

Made Here, Sold Everywhere The UK imports considerably more fashion and textiles than it exports. But the UK Fashion & Textile Association are aiming to address that. Paul Alger is Director of Intern…

The Truth About Branding...it's not about a logo and it's not about generating content

Simon Middleton has had a parallel career for the last decade, as a brand strategy adviser, speaker, and author o…

Government figures say that manufacturing is only worth 9% to the UK economy - is this correct? 

A report by Cambridge University says that the Government has got it wrong when it comes to calculating…

Tom Glover is from a family manufacturing business originally founded in Wigston in Leicester in 1796. He graduated with a degree in product design, and used his design skills to create the Peregrine…

This week I was at the Houses of Parliament for a meeting with the All Party Parliamentary Group for textiles and fashion to discuss the issue of the lack of skilled garment machinists in the UK.

The …

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 costs £46,000 a year to put women in prison in the UK - why not put this money …