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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Mentioned in this episode:
British Brand Accelerator
163 – How to Use Data to Transform Your Business – Jodi Muter-Hamilton
162 – Fail to plan…plan to fail!
161 – 50 years of manufacturing in the UK – John Elliott MBE, Ebac
160 – Should You Start With a Seamstress or a Factory?
159 – Tips for Trading With the EU as a Small Business – Rachel Bowditch
158 – What is a Critical Path and Why do You Need One?
157 – Tapping into Deadstock Materials – Dessy Tsolova
156 – 5 reasons why you might not be able to find a UK manufacturer
155 – Creating change in the UK fashion industry – Lee Akpareva
154 – Made in UK vs Made in Britain
153 – Building a family business in post-Brexit Britain – Gillian Tusting
152 – Are you charging enough for your UK-made products?
151 – 10 years of Make it British – what’s changed?
BONUS EPISODE: Made in UK Day
150 – 11 trends for 2021 and beyond
149 – A look back on 2020
148 – How to promote a UK-made brand
147 – Catherine Erdly, The Resilient Retail Club
146 – LIVE: No Black Friday
145 – Revisited: James Eden, Private White V.C.
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