Smart move for school uniform manufacturer
Posted by davidb on 11 Oct 2010
Filed under: Leeds, Manufacturing, Textiles, Uncategorized
11 October 2010
MORE than 20 new jobs have been created at a Yorkshire school uniform company thanks to a strategy combining traditional garment tailoring and niche internet retailing. Specialising in school uniforms, Perry Uniform, based in Bramley, Leeds, has grown significantly over the past two years and is on target to achieve annual sales of £2.5m. The
Award for Taylor-made card business
Posted by davidb on 11 Oct 2010
Filed under: Manufacturing, Print and publishing
Congratulations go to Sue Taylor, owner of Leeds-based Craftwork Cards, who picked up the award for manufacturing business woman of the year at the Women in Business Awards organised by Forward Ladies, the networking organisation for women in business. A recent deal with TV shopping channel QVC promises to grow the turnover of the £1.2m
Seeing Things More Clearly
Posted by Duncan Greenwood on 07 Oct 2010
Filed under: Manufacturing
7 October 2010
Leading glass packaging manufacturers in Leeds and the wider Leeds City Region are throwing their considerable weight behind the new British Glass campaign to keep glass on retail shelves. The move is based on a Europe-wide survey that revealed 70% of UK shoppers want more glass packaging and, quite apart from protecting valuable jobs in
Not all doom and gloom for manufacturing sector as activity continues to rise
Posted by Guest Blogger on 01 Oct 2010
Filed under: Guest Blogger
1 October 2010
Posted by guest blogger, David Raistrick UK manufacturing industry leader for Deloitte, based in Leeds September’s manufacturing purchasing managers index has slipped slightly from last month, falling to 53.4 from 54.3. However, it is important to recognise that manufacturers are still reporting rising activity, so it is not entirely negative news. While the PMI figures