British Fashion Industry Manufacturers and Designers are uniting to produce Masks and Personal Protective Clothing (PPE) for Front Line Staff during COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Kate Hills, Founder, Make It British: “We are working on finding all of the UK manufacturers that can switch production to provide an end-to-end solution for PPE that is made locally. Whilst the government is currently concentrating on importing these products, this is a short term solution. Once these resources dry up, which they will do as global demand increases, we will need to tap into the manufacturing base that we have in the UK. We have had amazing support from a diverse range of manufacturers and I have every confidence that the UK textile industry is able to adapt and be agile enough to cope with the challenges ahead.”

STEAM Not STEM Education: Not Only Important For The Arts, But Also Essential For Tech.

With UK tech businesses are growing 2X faster than non digital businesses according to TechNation, to not take notice of the numerous and diverse needs to grow that business in a market where a unique USP is a key indicator of success seems not only counter-initiative, it is also clearly bad for businesses, including our UK fashion industry which leads in global FashTech innovations, with companies such as Farfetch, Matchesfashion and Net-A-Porter headquartered in London. Especially vital in a post-Brexit landscape where immigration has played a huge factor in political decision making. If we do not have the domicile talent, how can we hope to shape the global industry of the future?

Tamara CincikJuly 20, 2018steam not stem, steam, stem, tech, FashTech, city am, technation, bluewolf, eric berridge, sophie leach, Sharon Hodgson MP, APPG, art craft and design in education, nsead

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