029 – Adam Mansell, UKFT – Guiding the Textile Industry Through Brexit

In this episode I catch up with Adam Mansell, CEO of the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT)UKFT is a membership network for fashion and textile companies and Adam is a keen supporter of UK manufacturing.In this interview Adam talks about how Brexit is affecting the fashion industry, and also talks about some of the work the UKFT is doing to create apprenticeships for the UK textile industry.If you are a brand manufacturing in the UK he explains what you should be doing now to prepare yourself for exporting post-Brexit in a stress-free way.Adam often represents the textile industry in discussions with Parliament and has some interesting things to say about the knowledge that UK Government has about supply chains.He also talks about some of his factory visits with the UKFT's president - Princess Anne.And find out what his favourite UK-made brands are tooMore about UKFT UKFT Brexit ChecklistSkills & Apprenticeships at UKFTShow notes for this podcast: makeitbritish.co.uk/029Stay in TouchBritish Brand Accelerator - Find out how you can work with me to build your British-made brandMake it British websiteJoin Make it British - become a member of our community and promote your business in our directory or UK-made brands and manufacturersMake it British on InstagramMake it British on YouTube - subscribe to my YouTube channel to watch many of the podcast episodes as videos.