UK’s current clothing & textiles manufacturing position – £21 billion net – £37 billion gross and £1.5 billion worth of clothing and accessories manufactured in the UK /2010 Figures. Essential to our economy and essential to all of us everyday. The Fashion Trust – Sussex Fashion Awards – is a charity and it’s simply disappointing to find @FashionSussex twitter feed hacked. Many homegrown fashion professionals are donating their time to help other young people across Sussex achieve higher status. You may not like fashion but there’s millions of people that do. We’d appreciate the service restored. www.twitter.com/FashionSussex
March 27, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, Retail, Retail & Business Crime, Sussex, The Fashion Trust UK, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee, The Sussex Fashion Awards | Tags: 2012, awards, Bespoke, Brighton & Hove, Brighton University, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Couture, Creative Industries, DCMS, Design, fashion, high street, Hove, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, Made by Britain, Manufacturing, Mike Weatherley MP, retail, Retail & Business Crime, shopping, Sussex, UK | Comments Off on Sussex Fashion Charity – @FashionSussex
The 2012 national Campaign featuring UK’s independent retailers has just been launched by Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for Retail.
Independents’ Day encourages the public to buy at least buy one thing from their local, independent shop on 4th July 2012.
Never has there been a better time to celebrate than in the very busy Queens Diamond Jubilee Year – Torch Relay around Great Britain – the UK Olympic and Paralympic Games – to give custom to our local independent stores.
Over the next four months, retailers will be encouraged to download the campaign posters from http://www.retailindieday.com, celebrate the day in their stores and join forces with other retailers and town centre teams to hold special events to capture the public’s imagination.
More Information is available Twitter @Retail_IndieDay – facebook.com/independentsday or on the news section of www.retailindieday.com
March 22, 2012 | Categories: Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Department of Business Skills and Innovation, Department of Culture Media Sport, Fashion, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, Mike Weatherley MP, Retail, Shopping is Great, Sussex, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee | Tags: 2012, Brighton & Hove, Business Innovation & Skills, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Fashion Designers, high street, High Street Shopping, Hove & Portslade, independent stores, indies, Indies Day, Indies Day 4 July 2012, Jake Leith, LOCOG, London 2012, Mike Weatherley MP, Olympic Torch, retail, shopping, SkillsSmart, Sussex, The London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee | Comments Off on Sussex Indies Day 2012
March 20, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, Brighton University, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Chartered Society of Designers, Creative Industries, Department of Business Skills and Innovation, Department of Culture Media Sport, Hove & Portslade, Intellectual Property Rights, Jake Leith, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP | Tags: 2012, Bespoke, Brighton & Hove, Brighton University, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Couture, Creative Industries, DCMS, Design, designer, designers, Fashion Designers, Hove & Portslade, Intellectual Property, IPO, Jake Leith, Made by Britain, Manufacturing, Mike Weatherley MP | Comments Off on Professional Accreditation Under the Spotlight
So who can win? – If you’re a fashion business or supply services to fashion businesses based in Sussex, then your business is eligible to enter including – Retailers – Etailers – Designers – Models – Wedding services – Photographers – Manufacturers – Wholesalers – Made In Great Britain – Exporters – Shopping Centres – Universities & Colleges – Trading Organisations … Read more > Fashion Sussex
March 13, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Fashion, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, LOCOG, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, Retail, Sussex, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee, The Sussex Fashion Awards | Tags: 2012, awards, Bespoke, Brighton & Hove, Clothing & Textiles, Couture, Creative Industries, Design, designer, events, Fashion Trust, Fashions, Hove & Portslade, LOCOG, London 2012, Made by Britain, Make It In Great Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, Sussex | Comments Off on Get your Fashion Business Nominated 2012 Awards
Visit Britain, the UK’s national tourist agency has recruited Victoria Beckham, to act as an international ambassador for the GREATS campaign, helping to promote the best of Britain around the world, whilst under the spotlight this year, with the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Victoria’s ready-to-wear range is now sold in over a credible 300 stores globally. Photoshoot taken with Vogue’s supremo Anna Wintour at New York’s Grand Central Tube Station before the start of AW 2012/2013 NY Fashion Week.
February 27, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Department of Business Skills and Innovation, Department of Culture Media Sport, Fashion, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, LOCOG, London Olympics 2012, Mike Weatherley MP, Shopping is Great, Sussex, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee, The Sussex Fashion Awards | Tags: 2012, Anna Wintour, awards, Brighton & Hove, British Manufacturing, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Couture, Creative Industries, DCMS, designer, designers, export, fashion, Fashion Designers, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, LOCOG, London 2012, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, retail, Sussex, Victoria Beckham, Vogue | Comments Off on Promoting British Fashion around the World
New York’s Grand Central Station saw British Fashion Greats gather including Victoria Beckham, Anna Wintour and Cover girl Karen Elson helping to raise overseas awareness of British fashion talent, focusing on reasons for investment and visiting the UK. Victoria acting as an ambassador for this initiative being photographed in front of a subway train covered in a Union Jack flag.
The ‘Greats’ campaign is promoting aspects of UK culture; including technology and innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, knowledge, green, heritage, sport, shopping, music and the countryside and now being unveiled around the world for 2012 UK tourism.
February 17, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Department of Business Skills and Innovation, Department of Culture Media Sport, Fashion, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, LOCOG, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, MP, Shopping is Great, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee | Tags: 2012, award, Brighton & Hove, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, DCMS, Design, designer, designers, events, export, fashion, Fashion Designers, Fashion Trust, Hove & Portslade, LOCOG, London, London 2012, Made by Britain, Manufacturing, Mike Weatherley MP, shopping, Sussex, The Great Campaign, Victoria Beckham | Comments Off on The Great British Campaign in New York
The Made By Campaign – Made By Britain – Made By Sussex – Made By Brighton & Hove. With an anticipated change in tourist profile across Sussex during the Olympic buildup starting with The Torch Relay landing in Britain 18 May 2012, and continuing over the summer months, businesses were being urged during Autumn 2011, and continually, to consider their domestic marketing strategies and buy British manufactured products to retail, wherever possible, for tourists visiting the UK and regionally across Sussex, to take home with them souvenirs and mementos made from the region.
Summer 2011, Julius Arthur Quinn, a post-graduate designer from Brighton University, nominated in the MP’s ‘Made By Britain’ Hove & Portslade entry, designed a portfolio of Olympic inspired designs for fashions for the UK, Sussex and Brighton & Hove on behalf of The Sussex Fashion Trust. Designs were versatile and translated into graphics which could be used for various business 2012 promotional projects highlighting the diversity of designs and of course, promoting the various regional products on offer. Read more > ‘Made By’ project
February 16, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, Brighton University, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, Department of Business Skills and Innovation, Department of Culture Media Sport, Fashion, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, LOCOG, London Olympics 2012, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, Retail, Shopping is Great, Sussex, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee | Tags: 2012, awards, Bespoke, Brighton & Hove, Brighton University, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Creative Industries, DCMS, Department of Culture Media Sport, designer, designers, export, fashion, high street, Hove, Hove & Portslade, Julius Arthur Quinn, LOCOG, London 2012, Made by Britain, Made by Sussex, Mike Weatherley MP, Olympic Torch, retail, shopping, Sussex | Comments Off on The Sussex Fashion Trust ‘Made By’ Product Marketing Campaign
