How production in Britain actually works.

No. Our fee is paid by you, quoted in writing after we read the brief, and never tied to order size. That keeps placements honest: we place your order with the factory built to produce it, not with whoever pays us.

The Directory lists 60+ documented UK factories with specialities, minimums and contact emails, and you do the outreach yourself. Sending a brief is done for you: we read it and place production with the factory in our group built for your product. Our fee for that is quoted after we read the brief.

Yes. The tech pack service is standalone: £79 per style, delivered in 3–5 working days with 2–3 revision rounds. Many brands get one before their first production quote.

We reply to a brief within 24 hours and assign a factory within 7 days of a qualified brief. Sampling then takes 2–4 weeks, and bulk 8–11 weeks from the approved sample. Send the brief at least 14 weeks before your ship date.

Sending a brief is free. If we charge a fee, it is quoted in writing after we read your brief, before any work starts, and the factory bills you directly for samples and production. The Directory (£49) and the tech pack (£79) are paid once, at checkout.

No. Everything with us runs by email, from the first brief onwards. We place the brief with the factory built for it and stay involved through sampling, production and delivery. You can contact us or the factory at any point.

Garment processing covers what happens after cutting: sewing, then finishing with trims, pressing, labels and care labels, plus embroidery, print or washes where your spec asks for them. Garments are then checked against the approved sample and your measurement chart, and folded, bagged and boxed to your packing spec for collection or delivery.

Six stages: your tech pack becomes a graded pattern, a sample is cut and sewn for fit, then bulk is stitched, finished, inspected and shipped. Sampling takes 2 to 4 weeks including changes. Bulk takes 8 to 11 weeks from the approved sample, depending on the product, so plan at least 14 weeks from brief to ship date.

From 100 pieces per style for knitwear, t-shirts and hoodies, and dresses and wovens. Outerwear and tailoring start from 150 pieces per style, and denim and activewear from 200. We confirm the exact minimum for your product before you commit. If your run is smaller, say so in the brief and we tell you honestly.

We only do clothing, so footwear, bags and hard goods are out. We are also not a fit for fast-fashion drop-ship, or for unit prices below what a UK factory can do at 100 pieces. If your brief is close to the line, send it anyway: we answer by email within 24 hours, at no cost.

You hear it by email within 24 hours, at no cost. Roughly 1 in 5 briefs we receive is not a fit for our factory group, usually because of the product, the quantity or the timeline. When that happens we say so plainly, so you can spend your season on the right path instead of waiting.