Over the Christmas period, Dragon’s Den member @DeborahMeaden kicked off the #buybritishhelpjobs hashtag on twitter, to urge and allow people to chose to buy items made in Britain.
Using the same hashtag I’ve found an article, showing that some British retailers are trying to invest in making (some of their) wares in the UK.
There are plenty of disadvantages of course (e.g. consumer’s apparent need for cheap clothing, which can produced mainly through bulk buying and low wages), but there are also some advantages (e.g. quick turnarounds for small orders, which leaves little surplus sitting in warehouses).
Meanwhile, Sir Christopher Frayling FRSA (who just so happens to have a book come out recently called “On Craftsmanship: Towards a New Bauhaus”), has written an article called “Tools for survival“ where he argues that “Only an outdated vocabulary holds it [the maker movement] back from playing its part in social and economic progress”
