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Make it British Podcast

By: Kate Hills
  • Summary

  • Kate Hills is on a one-woman mission to save UK manufacturing. In this podcast she shines the light on British brands and manufacturers, and goes behind the scenes of their businesses. With tips, hints and tricks to help you manufacture in the UK and buy British. Never has there been a more critical time to get behind 'made in Britain'.
    Copyright 2024 Kate Hills
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Episodes
  • 295 – 4 Reasons NOT to Make in the UK
    May 2 2024

    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

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    18 mins
  • 294 - Should you offer discounts to get people onto your mailing list?
    Apr 11 2024

    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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    22 mins
  • 293 - Save English Fine Cottons
    Apr 4 2024

    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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    44 mins

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