UK Fashion and Textile Association

The future of sourcing and circularity in the UK holds promise, contends a UKFT report that explores opportunities for growing domestic fashion manufacturing along with a comprehensive analysis of current sourcing trends as also future prospects for apparel manufacturing.

A new report examines the challenges and opportunities of integrating robotics and automation into UK manufacturing, offering targeted recommendations for the government and industry to modernise the sector and enhance workforce skills.

A plan to develop the UK’s first wetsuit recycling facility is among eight new projects funded by Future Fibres Network Plus. The neoprene recycling project is one of the eight mini projects newly funded by the network.

The industry-led Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) has published an interim report which highlights key insights and next steps in the UK's journey towards a circular fashion ecosystem by 2032. It focuses on three critical areas: Circular Business Models, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Recycling Infrastructure.

Ginetex has revealed the main findings of its recent study on the impact of drying cycles on our power consumption. It shows that the energy consumption of a tumble dryer depends significantly on the spin speed of the washing machine.

An industry-backed white paper lays out a clear call to the UK government to incentivise sustainability and secure funding for the development of high-impact circular infrastructure, jobs and skills in the country.

The UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) has come out with a report that aims to encourage innovators, brands, retailers and manufacturers to work together so that the industry can collectively achieve environmental impact reduction goals.

UKFT has launched a competition for fashion and textile small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the UK or those that place products in the UK market to help develop an intelligent, fair and balanced EPR fee system for Britain.