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Kate Hills

Kate Hills is on a one-woman mission to save UK manufacturing. In this podcast she shines the light on British brands and manufacturers, and goes behind the scenes of their businesses. With...

Episodes

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The UK's First Sustainable Denim Laundry with Salli Deighton, LaundRe

This week I’m taking you on another of my factory tours - this time to the revolutionary women-owned denim LaundRe in East London run by Sal...

39:13Oct 23, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 18 Oct 26: 13 Manufacturers in 5 Days

Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreli...

07:29Oct 18, 2026

A Visit to Halley Stevensons to Find out How Waxed Fabrics are Made

Come with me on a tour of the Halley Stevensons mill in Dundee, where I’m shown around the mill by production director Billy and sales admin...

34:18Oct 9, 2026

Kate’s Sunday Journal 27 Sept 26: London Fashion Week – Who actually makes in the UK?

If you're interested in finding out how I can help you to start or scale your British-made brand, I'm hosting a free Q&A on Tuesday 6th Octo...

07:00Sep 27, 2026

Getting Factory Ready - How to Transition from Maker to Manufacturing

Want to transition from making everything in-house to outsourcing to a factory? This episode is for you! We cover: How to know when you're r...

26:27Sep 25, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 20 Sept 26: A Visit to 10 Downing Street

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03:14Sep 20, 2026

A visit to the Waring Brooke Micro Factory with Samantha Thomas, Waring Brooke

In this episode I take a trip to rural Nottinghamshire to the micro knitwear factory owned by Samantha Thomas, founder of knitwear brand War...

25:51Sep 18, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 13 Sept 26: Reflecting on a talk by Paul Smith and a visit to

Subscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads...

05:11Sep 13, 2026

How to pivot an existing brand with fashion designer Emily Millichip

Ready to scale your UK-made brand? Apply for the British Brand Accelerator at makeitbritish.co.uk/apply In this episode I'm joined by Emily...

36:23Sep 11, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 6 September 26: Celebrating 120 years of Hackney's oldest haberdashers 🧵

Find out more about William Gee at williamgee.co.uk 2a Forest Road, London, E8 3BY Subscribe to 🧡 Kate's Sunday Journal Sign the Open Lette...

04:35Sep 6, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 30 August 2026: Help Onshore Our Uniforms

Sign the Open Letter Book a place at The British Made Showcase here Thursday 1st October 6-8pm 🚀 Ready to create a British-made product bus...

03:19Aug 30, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 23 August 2026: A Trip to Leicester to Visit Manufacturers

Register for Make it British Live! here Save the date 12 & 13 January 2027 🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built t...

03:58Aug 23, 2026

Kate’s Sunday Journal 16 August 26: My take on wholesale

Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wasting wads of cash, or struggling with unreli...

05:17Aug 16, 2026

Kate’s Sunday Journal 9 August 26: Demand for UK clothing manufacturers up 90%

Subscribe to the mailing list to get Make it British Live! event updates. Follow @makeitbritish on Instagram Ready to create a British-made...

05:12Aug 9, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 2 August 26: Sharing a secret I've been keeping a while...

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04:30Aug 2, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 5 July 2026: Save the Date

Subscribe to the mailing list to get Make it British Live! event updates. Follow @makeitbritish on Instagram 🚀 Ready to create a British-ma...

05:29Jul 5, 2026

Kate’s Sunday Journal 28 June 26: Update on my goal to visit 100 manufacturers in 2026

Subscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡 Follow @makeitbritish on Instagram 🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to...

03:24Jun 28, 2026

Kate's Sunday Journal 21 June 26: Scottish Textiles Tour

Subscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡 🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to last? Without faffing about, wastin...

09:43Jun 21, 2026

Kate’s Sunday Journal 14th June 26 – Marketing with zero budget

Apply to come to the next free Q&A Subscribe to Kate's Sunday Journal 🧡 🚀 Ready to create a British-made product business that's built to...

03:47Jun 14, 2026

From Burberry to British Wool with Frankie Davies, Charl Knitwear

Hello and welcome to episode 323 of the Make it British Podcast. I'm back with another episode in my Women in Wool series, this time chattin...

31:54Jun 12, 2026