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Cotton provides a new thread of optimism in the North West
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26th December 2017
Here is a feature on the partial return of cotton spinning to the North West of the UK. It follows the supply chain of a bale of cotton imported from California eventually transformed into British-made shirts ready for domestic and overseas markets.
Cotton: The mills are alive with the sound of sewing https://t.co/JbXLyeWI9T
— BBC World Business (@BBCWorldBiz) December 26, 2017
A competitive exchange rate is a stimulus to profitability and production - although the cost of imported cotton bales also rises. More fundamentally, the article explores whether the UK continues to have the skills and the production capacity at each stage of the regional supply chain to manufacture a finished product.
Delighted to have helped pull together this piece about the regeneration of the UK textiles supply chain for BBC News - 'Cotton: The mills are alive with the sound of sewing' https://t.co/pZwyiCEUbB Catch the short film at 6pm tonight on BBC News #ukmfg #madeinbritain pic.twitter.com/uzo34ooGLk
— Make it British (@MakeItBritish) December 26, 2017
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