“From my experience in running an up-cycled children’s studio and regular mending workshops, I’ve seen micro-communities forming where people will pass on caring and mending tips. Mending has a set of values that anticipate the need to preserve and covet our belongings and knowledge – something that we have lost touch with, but now is the time to salvage these skills.”
Read More“This information highlights the problems with the UK government`s customs options. It shows that currently the UK is struggling to maintain an effective border control with this fairly simple border arrangement that we have today. The UK border ideas include a highly technological alternative which does not exist today and an option for Northern Ireland border control to distinguish and apply different procedures for goods arriving to the UK from those that arrive and go through to the EU. As we can see there are problems today with a high amount of fraudulent clothing and footwear entering through the UK border, these undervalued goods are not stopped and checked, meaning we don`t know if they are genuine Chinese brands that are dumped on the market below market value or counterfeits. More people and a more effective procedure is needed today on the borders to screen containers. The threat of continuous duping of Chinese goods particularly textile and footwear is very real.”
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