Make it British Podcast

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  Kate's Sunday Journal 13 Sept 26: Reflecting on a talk by Paul Smith and a visit to 13.09.2026 5min

  Subscribe to Kate's Sunday JournalReady to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/applyFollow @makeitbritish on InstagramKing's FoundationPaul Smith's book Threads
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  How to pivot an existing brand with fashion designer Emily Millichip 11.09.2026 36min

  Ready to scale your UK-made brand? Apply for the British Brand Accelerator at makeitbritish.co.uk/applyIn this episode I'm joined by Emily Millichip, a fashion designer based in Edinburgh who is relaunching her eponymous brand of 15 years after deciding it no longer aligned with where she is now. In this episode we cover:Why Emily decided to pivot after 15 yearsHow she took her existing customers and Instagram followers with her through the rebrandCollaborating with local craftspeople on small limited edition batchesHow every piece in the collection is made within an hour of her studioAbout Emily MillichipEmily Millichip is a fashion designer based in Edinburgh who also has a parallel career in farming. Her new collection, Pagan, is made from natural materials and everything in the collection is manufactured within an hour of her studio.You can find Emily and Emily Millichip at:Website: www.emilymillichip.comInstagram: @emilymillichipFollow Kate @makeitbritish on Instagram
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 6 September 26: Celebrating 120 years of Hackney’s oldest haberdashers 🧵 06.09.2026 4min

  Find out more about William Gee at williamgee.co.uk2a Forest Road, London, E8 3BYSubscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal Sign the Open Letter calling on the government to source military and NHS uniforms from UK manufacturers Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/applyFollow @makeitbritish on Instagram
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 30 August 2026: Help Onshore Our Uniforms 30.08.2026 3min

  Sign the Open LetterBook a place at The British Made Showcase hereThursday 1st October 6-8pm Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/applyFollow @makeitbritish on Instagram
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 23 August 2026: A Trip to Leicester to Visit Manufacturers 23.08.2026 3min

  Register for Make it British Live! hereSave the date 12 & 13 January 2027 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/applyFollow @makeitbritish on Instagram
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 16 August 26: My take on wholesale 16.08.2026 5min

  Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/applyFollow @makeitbritish on Instagram
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 9 August 26: Demand for UK clothing manufacturers up 90% 09.08.2026 5min

  Subscribe to the mailing list to get Make it British Live! event updates.Follow @makeitbritish on Instagram Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 2 August 26: Sharing a secret I’ve been keeping a while… 02.08.2026 4min

  Register for Make it British Live! hereSave the date 12 & 13 January 2027
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 5 July 2026: Save the Date 05.07.2026 5min

  Subscribe to the mailing list to get Make it British Live! event updates.Follow @makeitbritish on Instagram Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 28 June 26: Update on my goal to visit 100 manufacturers in 2026 28.06.2026 3min

  Subscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡Follow @makeitbritish on Instagram🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 21 June 26: Scottish Textiles Tour 21.06.2026 9min

  Subscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/applyManufacturers Mentioned:woolkind.comcaledoniahosiery.comjohnstonsofelgin.comhalleystevensons.co.ukkcmanufacturing.co.ukaeroleatherclothing.comhouseofcheviot.comteviotknitwear.co.ukwonkywoolies.com
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 14th June 26 – Marketing with zero budget 14.06.2026 3min

  Apply to come to the next free Q&ASubscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  From Burberry to British Wool with Frankie Davies, Charl Knitwear 12.06.2026 31min

  Hello and welcome to episode 323 of the Make it British Podcast. I'm back with another episode in my Women in Wool series, this time chatting to knitwear designer Frankie Davies from Charl Knitwear. Frankie spent years designing knitwear for Burberry and Benetton and has spent much of her career inside knitwear factories, so it was only ever a matter of time before she founded her own brand. In this episode, Frankie talks about her use of British wool, the benefits of working with UK factories and how that differs from working with manufacturers in Italy, as well as the challenges of running your own business when you have small children, which I'm sure many of you listening can relate to. In this episode we cover: About Charl Knitwear Charl Knitwear is a British knitwear brand founded by Frankie Davies, a designer with over 20 years of experience working for luxury fashion houses including Burberry and Benetton. Inspired by the Norfolk fisherman's Gansey, the brand combines heritage stitch traditions with a contemporary approach to British fibre and manufacturing. You can find Frankie and Charl Knitwear at: Website: charlknitwear.co.uk Instagram: @charlknitwear 🚀 Ready to scale your UK-made brand? Apply for the British Brand Accelerator at makeitbritish.co.uk/apply Follow Kate @makeitbritish on Instagram
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 7 June 26: How Many Products is Too Many? 06.06.2026 4min

  Apply to come to the next free Q&ASubscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 31 May 26: Britwashing 31.05.2026 11min

  Read this emailSubscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 24 May 26: A Visit to Manufacturers in Ayrshire 24.05.2026 5min

  Read this emailSubscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Kate’s Sunday Journal 17 May 26: UK-made T-shirts 17.05.2026 5min

  Read this emailSubscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  Weaving Wool in Yorkshire with Laura Watts at Marton Mills 15.05.2026 17min

  In this episode of the Women in Wool series, I'm joined by Laura Watts, managing director of Marton Mills, 3rd generation family weaving business based in Otley, Yorkshire.Marton Mills was founded in 1931 and has built its reputation on uniform fabric - supplying school wear, military contracts for the Navy and the RAF, and fabric for the King's Coronation.Now, alongside its core uniform work, Marton Mills is launching its first fully traceable British wool collection in autumn 2026, with yarn sourced just down the road from Laxton's and fabric finished at Roberts Dyers in Keighley.In this episode we cover:How Laura went from advising heart surgeons at Johnson & Johnson to running a nearly 100-year-old weaving mill.Why uniform fabric is the backbone of the business and how the mill weaves 18 to 20,000 metres of fabric a week.Why so much British-woven fabric still goes offshore for garment production.What a genuine British procurement policy for military uniforms could look like.The challenge of recruiting the next generation into textiles.About Marton MillsMarton Mills Co Ltd is a family-owned textile mill established in 1931, nestled in the Wharfedale valley in West Yorkshire. The mill produces premium fabrics across a range of end uses, from school and military uniforms to film and television, with a reputation built on consistent quality and traditional Yorkshire values.Website: martonmills.comInstagram: @martonmills🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  A Visit to Laxtons Spinning Mill with Carly Smith & Rochelle Tracey 01.05.2026 23min

  In this episode of the Women in Wool series, I visited Laxtons Yarns in Baildon, Yorkshire, a fourth generation family spinning mill that is now employee-owned.I was given a full tour of the mill floor by commercial director Carly Smith and national accounts manager Rochelle Tracey, before sitting down with them to talk about British wool, the future of the business and the exciting relaunch of their hand knitting range.Laxtons spin worsted and fancy yarns for hand knitting, machine knitting and weaving. Their Sheepsoft yarn is a blend of Blue Faced Leicester and Masham British wool and travels less than 50 miles from fleece to finished yarn.Almost the entire workforce is women.In this episode we cover:Behind the scenes of how the fibre is spun into yarn.How Laxtons became employee owned in 2024 and what that means for the future of the business in Yorkshire.Why 52% of everything Laxtons spins is now British wool, and how that has grown.The relaunch of their hand knitting range as Bramble & Fleece.The shift happening across Yorkshire mills, with more women now leading businesses in what has traditionally been a male dominated industry.About LaxtonsLaxtons Yarns is a fourth generation family spinning mill based in Baildon, Yorkshire. They spin worsted and fancy yarns for hand knitting, machine knitting and weaving, with over 52% of their yarn made from British wool. In July 2024 the business became employee owned, securing its future in Yorkshire. Their hand knitting range is relaunching as Bramble & Fleece in 2026.Website: laxtons.com | bylaxtons.comInstagram: @laxtonsyarns🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply
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  For the Love of Knitting with Genevieve Sweeney 24.04.2026 26min

  In this episode of the Women in Wool series, I take a trip to the beautiful Essex countryside to visit knitwear designer Genevieve Sweeney in her micro factory, where she designs, programmes, knits, and finishes her collection in house.We talk about the realities of owning your own industrial knitting machine - from learning to keep the yarn and machine happy, to breaking needles in tears and coming out the other side.We also hear about Genevieve's mission to revive the almost forgotten art of hand Intarsia, a knitting technique synonymous with Scottish knitwear.About Genevieve SweeneyGenevieve Sweeney is a knitwear designer and maker based in Essex. Known for her distinctive use of colour, texture and geometric patterning, Genevieve works with natural fibres including Lambswool and naturally-dyed Merino.You can find Genevieve and Genevieve Sweeney at:Website: genevievesweeney.comInstagram: @genevievesweeneyGenevieve forst appeared on the Make it British Podcast in Episode 39 in March 2019.You can listen to that episode here🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreliable factories. Apply for the British Brand Accelerator: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply