Long time supporter and friend of NCTN, Simon Middleton tells us more about Blackshore, which started out as a clothing brand and is now a ‘shop with workshop’ on the beautiful Suffolk coast. One of the great advantages of being small and independent as a business is the freedom to respond to moments of inspiration […]

We were delighted to welcome members of the Northern Clothing and Textiles Network to PROTO in Gateshead on the 25th October for another network event. This time we were joined by Chris McCann of Resilient World, Professor Parik Goswami of Huddersfield University, and Adam Mansell of UKFT. Chris, who has over twenty years experience managing […]

The power of the network…  When we started this network, our main aim was to make sure that those in the clothing and textile sector no longer felt isolated, and that they had a group of people they could collaborate with and turn to for support. Seeing this vision become reality (even in the smallest […]