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UKFT has a growing library of toolkits, containing valuable guides, templates and data, that cover a wide range of subjects from business essentials, sustainability and international business to labelling, compliance, HR and employment and much more. These resources can be found within each toolkit but you can also browse our full resources list below.

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Business Development

• UKFT Guide to Exhibiting at International Tradeshows 
• UKFT Fashion Routes to Market Comparative Pricing 
• UKFT Guide How to open a store and get the best deal 
• UKFT Guide to assessing if you are ready for investment 
• UKFT Guide to Design Protection 
• UKFT Guide to making Modern Slavery Statements 
• UKFT Guide to Pricing Competitiveness 
• UKFT Guide to the new Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) 
• UKFT Guide to Website Mimicking  
• UKFT Recommendations for free digital resources and tools 
• UKFT Comparative Fashion Pricing 
• UKFT Guide to Wholesale and Retail Pricing Competitiveness
• UKFT Guide to Standards

 

Care Labelling 

• Ginetex world map
• Made in Turkey (Turkiye) update – September 2023 
• UKFT Guide to Garment Labelling in the EU post Brexit 

 

Investment & Funding

• Funding support for fashion and textile SMEs: City-by-city guide to UK grants and financial schemes

 

International Business 

• UKFT Briefing Note on international tradeshows in the EU 
• UKFT Briefing Note on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act  
• UKFT Guide to calculating a wholesale landed price for the EU 
• UKFT Guide to China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law 
• UKFT Guide to claiming Origin under the UK-EU TCA agreement 
• UKFT Guide to EPR Schemes 
• UKFT Guide to EPR, Triman and waste management of textile products in France 
• UKFT Guide to New French Law on Environmental Labelling 
• UKFT Update on the DIT Internationalisation Fund 
• UKFT Fashion Routes to Market Flowchart 
• UKFT Guide to the EU De-forestation Regulations  
• UKFT Guide to the new EU General Product Safety Regulations (2023/998) 

 

Making Sales 

• Growing B2C international sales globally UKFT and Global-E 
• UKFT Glossary and Explanations of Selling Terms 
• UKFT Guide to Trade Credit Insurance 
• UKFT Guide to Digital Wholesale 

 

Marketing, PR and Social Media 

• UKFT Sharing press articles and copyright infringement 
• UKFT Guide to introducing your brand to the press 
• UKFT Tips on building a lifestyle brand 

Reuse & Recycling Resources 

• UKFT best practice guide for exporting used textiles

Start-up Resources 

• How to Protect Your IP 
• Tips on Becoming a Sustainable Business 
• Business Plan Template 
• Working with Investors 
• Growing a Team 
• Coffee Break Catch Up – Pop-ups 
• Getting Your Business Ready to Wholesale 
• How to Prepare for Buyers 
• Tradeshows, Showrooms and Agents 
• Building Brand Awareness and Understanding Your Customer 
• Registering your business in the UK 
• Guide to Care Labelling 
• Guide to Pricing 

 

Sustainability 

• Sustainability 101 issue 1: Standards and certification 
• Sustainability 101 issue 2: Green washing
• Sustainability 101 issue 3: A guide to human rights and environmental due diligence in supply chains
• UKFT’s Code of Conduct template
• Sustainability 101 issue 4: A guide to chemical compliance
• UKFT Risk Assessment Form template
• UKFT Supplier Declaration of Compliance with REACH template
• UKFT guide to understanding the options for the reuse and recycling of textiles

• Valpak Packaging analysis – using data to mitigate costs and inspire sustainable change 

 

Terms and Conditions 

• UKFT Example of Customer Terms & Conditions 
• UKFT Example of Wholesale Terms & Conditions  
• UKFT Example of Privacy Policy Documents 
• UKFT Example of Website Terms of Service 

 

Trade Agreements 

• UKFT Guide to the UK Japan Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Morocco Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK South Korea Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Tunisia Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Turkey Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Vietnam Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Turkey Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Canada Continuity TCA Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to the UK EU Free Trade Agreement 
• UKFT Guide to CPTPP 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Australia FTA 
• UKFT Guide to the UK New Zealand FTA 

 

Working with the European Union, post Brexit

• UKFT Working with agents and distributors in the EU post-Brexit 
• UKFT Brexit Guidance Toolkit  
• UKFT Brexit Guide to EU Tradeshows: Handling samples stand fittings and personnel 
• UKFT Brexit Guide to Inward and Outward Processing (IPR and OPR) 
• UKFT Brexit Guide to Returned Goods Relief 
• UKFT Guide to Rules of Origin for Trading with the EU  
• UKFT Brexit Guide to the Implications of Free Circulation 
• UKFT Guide to ATA Carnets  
• UKFT Guide to claiming Origin under the UK-EU TCA agreement 
• UKFT Guide to Design Protection Post-Brexit 
• UKFT Guide to EU Responsible Company (EURC) Requirements 
• UKFT Guide to Garment Labelling in the EU post Brexit 
• UKFT Guide to Immigration and Movement of People post-Brexit 
• UKFT Guide to the new EU Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) 
• UKFT Guide to the UK Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) 
• UKFT Outward Processing Relief 

 

UKFT members have full access to all UKFT resources.

Please get in touch for more information, to gain access or discuss membership.

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