DRAKES TIES : MADE IN ENGLAND

"We make ties completely by hand... We are printing cloth in Macclesfield and we are weaving the majority of our silk in Suffolk."

Drakes, the largest independent handmade tie maker in England. A video by Jai Rafferty for It's Nice That.

WEEKLY DIGEST

Some brilliant responses to last week's piece by Aditya Chakrabortty on deindustrialisation (Guardian)

Gareth Wyn Davies visits Abraham Moon tweed mill in Yorkshire (Telegraph)

Great audio interview with Margaret Howell (RSA)

Sunderland's Brewlab gets new lab (SIBA)

An interview with Robert Boyd-Bowman of Alexander Boyd English shirtmakers (Spitalfields Life)

Manufacturing debate in Leeds: more support from government needed (Yorkshire Evening Post)

Dyson invests £1.4m in manufacturing by launching professorship at Cambridge (Business Review Europe)

Osborne's 'march of the makers' lacks a magic ingredient (Guardian)

Inside the Vanners tie factory: video above (Make it British)

A piece that escaped my attention last week on the future of UK manufacturing (Channel 4)

New homewares brand to be made in UK (Housewares Live)

BUSINESS CARDS No. 2 : MARWOOD

Marwood creates all of its (rather handsome) neckties in the UK. Expect to hear more about the brand throughout 2011.

*M&I understands that Marwood ties will be stocked in quality retailers as of June 2011.

ONE TO KEEP A TIE ON...

We're keeping a close eye on developments at Marwood. Of great interest is this recent work documenting a visit to Berwick-on-Tweed and the studio of a tie-maker named Frances. We look forward to seeing more soon.

(Image from Callum Toy)