UK fashion and textile SMEs: Enter DBT’s export awards
13/01/2025
The Department for Business and Trade’s Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards are open for entries until 9 March, celebrating outstanding small businesses achieving international success.
Categories include Creative Industries, Retail and Consumer Goods, Advanced Manufacturing & Construction, Infrastructure and Engineering, and more.
Winners will receive a year’s free business membership to the Chartered Institute; an export masterclass with a Lloyds Bank trade expert; professional photos of their business; and an invitation to the winners’ reception in London. They will also receive a trophy, certificate and digital badge, and bespoke promotion on the DBT’s channels. Those that are highly commended will also receive a year’s free membership to the Institute.
Applications close on 9 March 2025.
UKFT ‘s Discover British Brands and Discover British Textiles campaigns showcase and promote UK fashion and textile brands exhibiting at events across the world. At the link below you can find more details on UK designers at international fashion weeks or major buying events in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin and Florence; leading UK textiles at key apparel, interiors and technical textile events in Shanghai, Frankfurt, Milan and Paris; and much more.
UKFT support to export
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