WEEKLY DIGEST

A (rather clothing centric) round up of recent stories of note:

Oliver Spencer and GF Smith (OEN) - video above

Christopher Raeburn and 'Made in Britain' (Vogue)

Britain's Heritage Heroes at the Portland Works, Sheffield (BBC)

At the Corgi knitwear factory, Wales (Permanent Style)

British manufacturing under the spotlight at London Fashion Week (Make it British)

Interview with Nigel Cabourn (OEN)

WEEKLY DIGEST

Margaret Howell talks about 'the skill and expertise often found in British heritage products' in an interview for Liberty

Tom Whipple of The Times does a quick round up of London's blossoming brewing scene, including Meantime, Sambrook's and Fuller's, amongst others

Nestle's York factory has reduced its waste to zero

Alicia White of The Telegraph writes about some British made clothing brands, including Cherchbi, Private White VC and Peregrine

Picture of Margaret Howell from here

WEEKLY DIGEST

The week's stories in manufacturing, making and design in the UK:

Dorset Brewing Company opens new brewhouse to meet demand

The Department of Business and Innovation (BIS) is planning an event during the 2012 Olympics to support British manufacturing

Production of new Minis to come from Oxfordshire factory

Bad news for Bombardier as it misses out on Thameslink project to Siemens

Fashion company N Brown is using a 'handful' of Midlands based suppliers

BRITISH FASHION: WORTH LOTS OF MONEY

"This is just the first step," noted (Harold) Tillman (chairman of the British Fashion Council.) "I am committed to driving this forward and to ensuring that we come together as an industry to work with government to discuss forthcoming challenges and agree the support required to overcome them."

Read all about it here in The Guardian

Full report here

Picture of Harold Tillman from the BFC