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115 – Does your business need a PLM system? Lucy Blackley, BombyxPLM Apr 21, 2020

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In this week's episode I talk to Lucy Blackley who founded technology company BombyxPLM to help fashion business owners manage their product development.

A Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system helps your business have total visibility over the development of your brand from design through to production.

Traditionally these software systems are expensive, but Lucy wanted to make something that was affordable and usable for small businesses too.

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114 – PPE – can we make it in the UK? Apr 14, 2020

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Until a few weeks ago most people probably had no idea what PPE stood for. But during the Covid_19 outbreak PPE has regularly been in the news because Personal Protective Equipment can mean the difference between staying fit and well or catching the deadly coronavirus. In this episode I look at why there is such a terrible shortage of PPE in the UK and whether we can make the Personal Protective Equipment that we need locally.

Why is there a worldwide shortage of PPE?
What have UK manufacturers and designers been doing to help?
What is the UK government doing to address the shortage?
How is Make it British getting involved and what is the British Textile Consortium?

More about the British Textile Consortium Shownotes for this episode including links to organisations helping to make PPE in the UK can be found at www.makeitbritish.co.uk/114

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113 – The History of Harris Tweed – Ruth Masson, Harris Tweed Hebrides Mar 31, 2020

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Harris Tweed cloth is renowned the world over. Woven entirely in the Outer Hebrides, using wool from the local sheep, you could say it was the ultimate sustainable fabric. In this episode Ruth Masson, Marketing Manager at Harris Tweed Hebrides, tells us all about the history of the cloth and what makes it so special.

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112 – How you can help manufacturers at this difficult time Mar 24, 2020

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The number one concern for all manufacturers right now is how they are going to pay their staff. They need help to support the jobs of their workers and retain their skills otherwise they may be gone for ever. We have so few manufacturers that we really can’t afford to lose any more.

What is left of our manufacturing base in the UK needs to be protected at all costs. We cannot afford to lose these skills.

In this episode I look at ways in which you can support local manufacturers at this difficult time.

Shownotes: www.makeitbritish.co.uk/112

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111 – Going Virtual Mar 17, 2020

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This episode was published on the day our Make it British Live! trade show was due to fling its doors open to 1,000s of visitors.

Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 outbreak we have had to postpone the live show until further notice.

But never has there been a more important time to manufacture locally and support brands that make in the UK.

As much of the world is in lockdown and the UK looks to be following suit, many people are looking to continue life as normally as possible.

Schools and universities are teaching lessons online, and instead of going to the gym people are taking exercise classes virtually.

So why can't finding and working with UK manufacturers be any different?

In this episode I talk about how we plan to take out trade show virtual - and how you can work with manufacturers when you can't get to the factory.

Show notes for this podcast can be found here: www.makeitbritish.co.uk/111

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110 – How the coronavirus impacts supply chains – and what we can learn from it Mar 10, 2020

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The coronavirus (Covid-19) is having a devastating impact on businesses all over the world. One of the industries likely to be hardest hit is manufacturing, because so many raw materials cross borders. In this episode I look at we can learn from how the coronavirus is impacting supply chains. Could it cause drastic changes in the way people work, manufacture and shop?

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109 – Protecting your design rights – Dids MacDonald OBE, ACID Mar 03, 2020

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On today's episode we're covering a topic that I know bothers a lot of you - how can you protect your designs from being copied. Dids MacDonald OBE has dedicated the last 20 years of her career in helping designers to protect their design ideas.

Discover in this episode:

What the myths are around protecting your design ideas.
How you can make sure that your design ideas are covered.
The difference between registered and unregistered design rights.
What a trademark is and why you might need one.
What to do if you think someone has copied your designs.

If you're interested in finding out more about how ACID can help your business go to acid.uk.com

Our trade show: www.makeitbritishlive.com

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108 – Lingerie Manufacturing in the UK – Steff McGrath, Something Wicked Feb 25, 2020

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In this episode I interview Steff McGrath, managing partner at lingerie brand Something Wicked.

The collection is entirely made in the UK by Steff's team in Leeds, giving the brand the flexibility to make everything to order.

She is now helping other brands to make luxury lingerie in Britain too.

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107 – Silk Weaving in Suffolk – Laura Gore, Vanners Feb 18, 2020

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Vanners is one of the oldest textile businesses in the UK.

They've been weaving silk since 1740, and moved their weaving business from London to Suffolk in the late 18th Century.

In this interview I speak to Laura Gore, Vanners managing director, about what makes their business such a special UK manufacturer.

Shownotes at www.makeitbritish.co.uk/107 More Vanners

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106 – How to print sustainably on wool – Nick Morley, Faering Feb 11, 2020

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Nick Morley is the MD of Faering, an innovative, UK manufacturer that prints digitally onto wool and other natural fibres.

Using the latest technology and renewable energy they can print direct to garments on-demand and with low minimum order quantities.

In this interview Nick talks about how Faering uses the T-shirt printing model to minimise stock by printing multiple designs onto knitwear.

Shownotes at www.makeitbritish.co.uk/106

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