The British destinations cashing in on big-spending Chinese tourists | World news. Bicester Village is one of the most popular destinations for Chinese visitors to Britain. Photograph: Alamy In a move that should have high-end British businesses rubbing their hands with glee, George Osborne has unveiled a new visa system to make it easier for wealthy Chinese tourists and businessmen to visit the UK. Motivated in part by a study that found Chinese tourists were buying vastly higher numbers of expensive designer handbags in Paris than in London, Osborne said: "I don't want us to try to resist your economic progress, I want Britain to share in it. " In other words: "Hey big spender, spend a little time with me. " But while Chinese tourists are one of the fastest growing groups of visitors to the UK – a record 179,000 in 2012, spending a total of £300m – there remains a well-trodden path that most tours go down.
Blue Badge guide Nai-Lin Yeh has been organising tours for Chinese visitors in the UK for over 15 years. Make Great Britain more attractive for high net worth Chinese shopping tourists | Growth Britain | Prelude Group. British-made fashion is back in business | Prowess | Women in Business. Made in Britain is back in fashion. The trend among up and coming designers is to keep manufacturing close to home. It’s more than a badge of quality or a commitment to local economies.
Increasing fuel and labour costs overseas means that it can be a cost effective choice for smart fashion businesses to keep production in the UK. This article titled “British-made fashion is back in business” was written by Melanie Rickey, for The Guardian on Wednesday 30th January 2013 07.01 UTC It is fair to say that I am more knowledgeable than most fashion writers on the subject of British clothing manufacture, both the loss of it to the far east and the reasons for its tentative return to our shores.
My qualification? I’m married to Mary Portas, who 18 months ago reopened a defunct lingerie and nightwear factory in Middleton near Manchester, and brought it back to life by creating a self-funding knicker brand entirely made in Britain, by trainees fresh from the dole. CITY FOCUS: Will Made in Britain fashion trend really take off? Made in Britain – means most to older Brits. Summary 60-69 years most likely to buy product with a GB label Made in Britain label influences 67% of middle income households Product label – do the Brits prefer home grown?
It is probably a natural reaction for most consumers to look at the label of the product they are thinking about buying. mingle Trend asked the consumers in the UK whether they would be more likely to buy a product if it was labelled “Made in Britain”. Just under two-thirds of the British participants of the representative survey said they would be influenced by a home-grown/made label. However, it is noticeably the older generations, especially the 60 -69 years (71%), who would be most likely to take a British item home with them. Interestingly, the Brits who have a higher disposable income and would be more able to afford the often costlier home-grown products are not that bothered whether something is made in the UK or not. Survey data base. STILL) MADE HERE. First published: June 2007 | Last month, we discussed TRANSPARENCY TYRANNY. The month before that, it was all about CROWD CLOUT. Two trends firmly rooted in the online revolution, offering further proof that the most disruptive innovations are now to be found online.
However, that’s not to say the bricks-and-mortar world has become an innovation backwater. Two mega-trends of our time, the greening of consumption and the proliferation of alternative status symbols, hold the promise of vast new riches for real-world entrepreneurs, while wreaking havoc on those that lag behind. “(STILL) MADE HERE encompasses new and enduring manufacturers and purveyors of the local. In this briefing, we’ll focus on three big drivers behind this trend — social responsibility, status and support. Now, let’s start with everyone's favorite 800-pound gorilla: social responsibility, from eco to ethics.
THE story of 2006, 2007, 2008 and many years to come? Let's start with 'eco'. American Apparel. Made in Britain: Why UK SMEs are bringing manufacturing back to Blighty. Is the trend here to stay? For decades the move to overseas manufacturing was seen as inevitable, irreversible and possibly even desirable. The allure of cheaper foreign-made goods proved too strong and gradually caused manufacturers to shift their production abroad. The exodus had a devastating impact on domestic manufacturing, which declined from about 30% of national GDP in the late 1970s, to 14% before the recession, to just north of 11% today. But as hypnotising as overseas manufacturing once was, there are growing signs that the trend has started to reverse. The Made in Britain brand may be heading for a genuine revival as more UK companies choose to swap their international suppliers for UK-based ones and move more of their operations back to the UK.
In recent months, we have seen a string of high-profile high-street names publicly profess their conversion to Made in Britain. These major players, though, have actually been relative newcomers to the repatriation game. One in six UK manufacturers reverse offshoring in growing trend. CITY FOCUS: Will Made in Britain fashion trend really take off? Made in the UK. Back in 1985, Lord Weinstock who was then chairman of GE, made the following remark to a House of Lords select committee: "… what will the service industries be servicing when there is no hardware, when no wealth is actually being produced.
We will be servicing, presumably, the production of wealth by others. We will supply the Changing of the Guard, we will supply the Beefeaters around the Tower of London. We will become a curiosity. I do not think that is what Britain is about; I think that is rubbish. " The point was followed up 12 years later by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson in a book called Fantasy Island and an article in the Guardian, originally entitled "Bullshit Britain" - "Only our gift of the gab is keeping Britain's economy ticking over. Here are some UK-owned companies which actually do still make things in the UK. Bicycles Brompton: Factory in West London. Pashley Cycles: Clothes Vander: Food.
Boxford Joins a Select Number of UK Manufacturers in Government’s ‘MADE BY BRITAIN’ Initiative | Boxford Group. Boxford has been chosen as one of a select number of UK manufacturers to be included in the government’s new ‘Made by Britain’ initiative. The company, which is currently relocating to a new purpose built facility in Elland, was nominated by Calder Valley MP Craig Whitaker, as an example of ‘British design and manufacturing ingenuity’. It joins the likes of McVities, Dyson, Land Rover and Rolls-Royce as part of the new government-backed drive to celebrate British manufacturing in the last 160 years. Paul Barraclough, Managing Director, said: We’re extremely proud to be among the best in British manufacturing. As a company, we have made a strategic decision and significant investment to retain manufacturing in the UK enabling us to fully control all aspects of our operation and quality.
Business Secretary Vince Cable launched the Made by Britain initiative in July. “British industry remains among the very best for the quality and originality of what it makes,” said Mr Cable. Made in Britain: why UK craftsmanship is good news for the environment - Green Living. Since 1966 the family-run Michael Edward Ltd factory in Walthamstow, London, has been turning out fashion for the cream of the world’s designers. Renowned for its attention to detail and fast turnaround, it’s now at risk of closure due to decades of dwindling orders. Now former costume designer Jeanette Ferrier and owner Michael Edward, along with PR brain Anisa Topan, have launched a tote bag emblazoned with the words Shut Tup in the hope that sales can keep the factory alive. ‘It's about educating people about our British factories shutting up shop,’ says Topan. ‘We have so many exciting ideas but we need other designers to come on board and get their ranges made in our fashion factory.’
The Shut Tup slogan, adds Topan, combines politics and wit to get people to put their money where their mouth is, stop complaining about goods being made overseas and to buy British instead. The decline of the London factory is a story that is being repeated nationwide. Clothing Archives - Make it British. Made in Britain's new wave. Made in China? So last year. Phong Luu reveals a dozen all-British highly-desirables that are leading the fashion for domestically manufactured luxury goods. BY Phong Luu | 30 May 2012 Dress, £310, Henrietta Ludgate; henriettaludgate.com 'Made in Britain, created in Britain, designed in Britain, invented in Britain," trumpeted George Osborne at the last Budget. Fashion manufacturing employment rose from 2 to 2.5 per cent of manufacturing jobs in 2010, according to the British Fashion Council's Future of Fashion report.
READ: Why 'Made in Britain' is the most fashionable label this season Based on the current rate of growth, fashion manufacture will contribute £2.1billion to UK GDP by 2015 and employ 68,900 people. The high street, too, has recognised that customers are starting to appreciate buying British. READ: Britain's got it all sewn up Which isn't to say there aren't niggles. That might just be the boost the Government needs to open its coffers more than a miserly millimetre or two. 'British family' attack lack of UK-made clothing on the high street. James Bradshaw said his family, in Westerham, Kent, were now tracking down websites selling UK-made clothing, or making garments at home themselves. Mr Bradshaw said: "We've been able to buy most things, even electronics, and at cheaper prices than foreign-made products.
But we've really struggled with clothing, I don't understand why the big retailers don't do more. The Bradshaws hit the headlines earlier this year after their idea, initially posted on a blog, snowballed. A "British Family" fete takes place next month and is so far being supported by 40 companies. The Daily Telegraph revealed last week John Lewis was "repatriating" part of its textile production from Europe to the UK, such as towels and sheets, but the department store chain insists it is finding it harder to source UK-made clothing.
Marks & Spencer, once synonymous with UK fashion, has been putting more investment back into sourcing British made clothing. British-made fashion is back in business | Fashion. Mary Portas and employees at the reopened lingerie factory near Manchester. Photograph: Channel 4 It is fair to say that I am more knowledgeable than most fashion writers on the subject of British clothing manufacture, both the loss of it to the far east and the reasons for its tentative return to our shores.
My qualification? I'm married to Mary Portas, who 18 months ago reopened a defunct lingerie and nightwear factory in Middleton near Manchester, and brought it back to life by creating a self-funding knicker brand entirely made in Britain, by trainees fresh from the dole. Living through the Middleton experience – oh, there were drama and tears – demonstrated the problems of the entire British manufacturing industry. Today, that factory, though tiny by Chinese standards, is thriving.
In Cardigan, David Hieatt saw the same thing happening to his town. New made-in-Britain fashion labels JW Anderson (left) and House of Hackney; and the traditional British label Mulberrry (right). UK Manufacturing at three-year high. The death of UK manufacturing (15Jan13) Britain's manufacturing decline. Economic Collapse 'How the Banks Won' - Documentary. صنع في بريطانيا افلام وثائقية مترجمة BBC.Made.in.Britain.1of3 House of Lords - UK Manufacturing Industry Debate.
الجزء الثاني من صنع في بريطانيا BBC Made in Britain 2 of 3 What's made in Britain? part2/2 (14Nov11) الجزء الثالث من صنع في بريطانيا BBC.Made.in.Britain.3of3 Manufacturing in the United Kingdom. In June 2010 manufacturing in the United Kingdom accounted for 8.2% of the workforce and 12% of the country's national output. This was a continuation of the steady decline in the importance of Manufacturing to the Economy of the UK since the 1960s, although the sector was still important for overseas trade, accounting for 83% of exports in 2003.
The East Midlands and West Midlands (at 12.6 and 11.8% respectively) were the regions with the highest proportion of employees in manufacturing. London had the lowest at 2.8%. Recent trends in British manufacturing[edit] Although the manufacturing sector's share of both employment and the UK's GDP has steadily fallen since the 1960s, data from the OECD shows that manufacturing output in terms of both production and value has steadily increased since 1945. This is a trend common in many mature Western economies. However, manufacturing employment fell faster in Britain since 1998. Engineering and allied industries[edit] See also[edit] How ‘Made in Britain’ is reinvigorating our fashion and manufacturing industries. Like many areas of British manufacturing, clothing and footwear has been in steady decline for the past 30 years. Whilst British fashion still receives global acclaim, 90% of the clothes we wear now come from abroad with a net import value of £12.5bn.
In the past six months a number of manufacturers of apparel and leather goods went into liquidation, with a further 4% of companies considered to be at high risk of failure in the next 12 months. The stark truth is that since the 90s, Britain’s clothing industry has been left devastated as many brands departed the UK in favour of more economically advantageous manufacturing conditions and cheaper production facilities overseas in the emerging markets. For businesses, the quality of goods produced abroad, which so often had tipped the balance in our favour, had by the mid-1990’s come to rival what could be produced in Britain but at a fraction of the cost. So how can the UK supercharge its manufacturing capabilities? What is the future for UK apparel manufacturing? UK high street retailers have been making a lot of noise of late about increasing their local sourcing.
But with the domestic manufacturing sector now just a shadow of its former self, how realistic is such a move? Petah Marian reports. In the last couple of weeks, supermarket fashion brand George at Asda has revealed plans to bring some of its production closer to home, while Charlie Mayfield, chairman of department store retailer John Lewis said he expects to see a "resurgence" in UK sourcing. Marks & Spencer also says its new tailoring collaboration with Richard James uses all British fabrics, despite being manufactured in China. In its heyday, UK production was responsible for most of the clothing sold in the country. But while there are a number of reasons for bringing production back on shore, few seem to hinge on servicing patriotic UK consumers' desires to buy locally sourced products to support the British economy.
A feasible move? But is the industry in terminal decline? Made in Britain - we're passionate about supporting British-made. Made in Britain Campaign launches new marque. One step closer towards a recognisable Made in Britain logo. New Made in Britain Logo If you have been reading this blog for a while you will recall that I started a petition back in June for a standardised made in Britain logo. I also talked about the need for such a marque when I was interviewed on Radio 4 earlier in the year.
When on the show I was slightly critical of the design of a made in Britain logo that cooker manufacturer Stoves had launched as part of competition. But I was nonetheless impressed by the fact that their campaign had already gathered over 1000 companies to use the student-designed marque. Stoves were keen to involve more pro-British manufacturing people in a committee that they had formed to help manage and distribute their logo, and it made sense to join forces rather than campaign individually, so I signed up to the committee. What do you think of the new logo?
Find out more about the Made in Britain Campaign www.madeingb.org. What will UK manufacturing look like in the future? What do shoppers really thing about buying British-made products? Old Aquascutum factory is reinvented as The Clothing Works. Government announces support of UK manufacturing. British manufacturing: Dead or alive? Made in Britain label under threat following new EU proposal. EU threat to 'Made In Britain' labels.
Is ANYTHING you're wearing made in Britain? Not made in England: The lost art of manufacturing - Features - Gadgets & Tech. UK Manufacturing at three-year high. Demand for British made luxury brands grows.