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Releases

25 May 2022: The UAL BFTT awards R&D funding innovative new UK textile recycling programme
27 January 2021: Five UK and overseas small business partnerships in £100k sustainable fashion, textiles and technology catalyst programme
7 October 2021: £2.8m Awarded to UK’s Fashion and Textiles SMEs
22 September 2021: Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute to pioneer R&D for UK’s £74 billion industry
18 May 2020: £1.2 million Awarded to Fashion SMEs to Support Sustainable Growth and Innovation

Coverage

Two new fashion institutes highlight power of creative clusters, Creative Nation, 17 November 2021, link
Funding grant will ‘breathe new life’ into Irish firm’s use of historic linen manufacturing process, The Irish Post, 27 October 2021, link
Managing transition in the UK fashion sector, Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 26 October 2021, link
Moving away from metal-based chemicals, Innovation in Textiles, 8 October 2021, link
Beetling back to relevance in 2021, Innovation in Textiles, 7 October 2021, link
British Fashion and Textile Technology awards grants to SMEs for sustainable innovation, Fashion United, 7 October 2021, link
Phoebe English Secures Funding for Green Research and Development, Yahoo!life, 7 October 2021, link
Phoebe English Secures Funding for Green Research and Development, WWD, 7 October 2021, link
Green Thinking: Fashion, BBC, 16 September 2021, link (podcast)
Fast Fashion, Organic Cotton and Sustainable Shopping, UK Research and Innovation, 15 September 2021, link (podcast)
Pineapple waste fuels sustainable R&D into future materials, UK Research and Innovation, 13 April 2021, link
AWAYTOMARS: AI-driven fashion design, Creative Industries Clusters, 17 February 2021, link
Fashion sense: the Creative Industries Clusters driving innovation in difficult times, UKRI, 12 August 2020, link
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers to develop London first Wash Lab, UKFT, 10 August 2020, link
Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology Programme: i vincitori, Vogue Italia, 18 May 2020, link
BFTT Awards 1.2M Pound Fund to Support Sustainable Growth and Innovation, WWD, 18 May 2020, link
Fashion SMEs awarded 1.2 million pounds to support sustainable growth, Fashion United, 18 May 2020, link
Fashion innovators awarded funding support, Eco Textile News, 20 May 2020, link
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers Receives Funding for London’s First Denim Wash Lab, Sourcing Journal, 19 May 2020, link
BFTT awards £1.2 mn to 10 of UK’s most sustainable brands, Fibre2Fashion, 19 May 2020, link

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