If you love factories, then today I have a little treat for you, as we are going on a factory tour with Contrado, who are a print on demand company.
Contrado are a truly impressive UK manufacturer. They not only print fabric, leather and other surfaces like glass and pottery, in their huge facility in West London, but they also stitch bags, clothing and accessories from their printed fabrics, and even make furniture as well.
Listen in on my tour around the factory with Chris Childs, co-founder of Contrado, and then a deep-dive into the story behind the business and where he sees the future of uk manufacturing going.
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203 – 30 years of knitwear manufacturing in Leicester with Mars Knitwear
202 – How I Dealt With the Copycats and Came Out on Top, Monika Young
201 – 7 things that successful British-made brands do
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200 – 20 tips for building a great UK-made brand
199 – 11 tips for starting a UK-made brand
198 – How long does it take to launch a new product?
197 – The Importance of Quality – Maria Grachvogel
196 – How to follow up with a manufacturer
195 – Made in Britain Starts Here – Andy Ogden
194 – What To Do When Manufacturing Goes Wrong
193 – Running the Oldest Factory in the UK – Ian Maclean MBE
192 – Why you should visit a factory
191 –Building a great British brand – Julie Deane CBE
190 – Why UK manufacturers don’t sample for free
189 – Calling out Boohoo for using unethical garment factories – Dominique Muller
188 – 10 things that make British-made businesses great
187 – How to make sales on live video – Lindsey James, Violet Flamingo
186 – Taking a break!
185 – Reeducating Customers to Buy Better and Buy Less – Rita Britton
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