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UK's largest circular fashion enabler, Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS), has partnered with Circularity Capital, with an investment of £10 million to meet its expansion plans.

A first of its kind project to develop innovative, multi-disciplinary solutions to sort and recycle fashion goods and textiles at scale in the UK is inviting applications.

A roadmap has been worked out to develop Circular Fashion Ecosystems in the UK in a bid for change that will benefit both the planet and people, creating thriving city-level circular fashion ecosystems that meet the needs of industry.

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has released the initial findings from Phase 2 of the Institute of Positive Fashion’s Circular Fashion Ecosystem Project, which  has identified the opportunities and challenges in the industry's transition to a more circular model.

With clothing accounting for nearly a quarter of all second-hand purchases made in the UK in 2022, there’s money to be made from turning pre-loved items into new-found fits, says a study.

UK’s Textile Services Association (TSA) has called on the National Health Service (NHS) to change the guidance on maintaining workwear following a research that says that households face risk of cross-contamination from pathogens that health workers may bring home from work.

Limited edition tartan t-shirts inspired by the University of Reading’s well-known ‘climate stripes’ graphic have been launched to support climate change research.

There is an urgent need to resuscitate the textile industry in a post-Brexit UK. Reinvigorating it could also help address problems related to emissions, waste water and fair workplace.

A new research paper estimates how Brexit has affected goods trade between the United Kingdom and European Union. Using product-level trade flows between the EU and all other countries in the world as a comparison group, the study finds a sharp decline in trade from the UK to the EU and significant but smaller reductions in trade from the EU to the UK.

A new £100,000 fund is being launched by Ebay UK and the British Fashion Council to help small businesses that offer circular fashion solutions. texfash.com reports.