Join the UK Fashion & Textile Association

The business of fashion and textiles

UK Fashion & Textile Association 3 Queen Square, Bloomsbury London WC1N 3AR Tel +44 (0)20 7843 9460 Fax +44 (0)20 7843 9478

The UK Fashion & Textile Association is the voice of the Fashion and Textile industry, promoting the growth of the sector and bringing together all parts of the industry. We are the umbrella body that represents 17 Federated Association Members, commenting on all issues relating to the UK fashion and textile industry.

We are the most inclusive and influential British fashion and textile network, representing over 2,500 companies throughout the UK and promoting the industry in the UK, at EU level and globally.

Our members include designers, manufacturers, importer-wholesalers and retailers covering menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, lingerie, accessories, footwear, textiles and technical textiles.

Overview

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Benefits of MembershipMembership offers many unique benefits; one to one business advice and support, a meeting place to grow and develop your network, a knowledge bank of industry information and insight, exclusive discounts in conjunction with our Associate partners and a voice to both Government and industry.

Access to professional, industry-specific business advice— Member-only access to market reports, agency agreement

protocol, terms and conditions guidelines and other resources at www.ukft.org

— Guidance on how to work with commission agents, buyers and press

— Support with HR and employment issues from an in-house specialist, including tribunal support

— Help with identifying potential commission agents and buyers

— Advice on UK manufacturing to help you source fashion and textile manufacturers in the UK

— Signposting to overseas manufacturing

Unrivalled technical information and expertise— Access to essential information on labelling and

standards, including GINETEX care labelling symbols and the latest EU rules on garment and textile labelling

— Member-only access to UKFT’s “British Colour Card” forecasting the UK wool textile colours and trends online

— UKFT operates the Climate Change Levy Scheme (CCL) for the industry which has already saved the industry over £30m. The current scheme which is open to most UK textile manufacturers, runs until 2023

Expand your network— Network with fellow UKFT members and expand your

contacts through our annual programme of events— Access to UKFT’s network for under 35’s in the industry,

UKFT RISE— Attend our seminar programme to get up to date

information on markets, industry specific issues and export advice

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Raise your profile within the industry— Free listing in our annual publication, SOURCES,

distributed to buyers, agencies and Embassies worldwide and showcased on our website

— Pop up display in UKFT’s London HQ

Save your business money— Help accessing Government funding for international

trade shows— Free legal advice from our legal helpline— Discounted Member-only rates on services from our

Associate Members including: foreign exchange, intellectual property protection, legal services, accountancy advice, retail and stand display, customs consultancy and logistics/shipping

— Use of UKFT’s showroom space at discounted rates for meeting buyers, agents or for off-site confidential meetings and conferences

— Access to cheap energy deals

Build your international exposure— Advice and support on choosing and getting into

the right international trade shows— Obtain grants for international trade shows— One to one support on UK and international markets

Championing you and our industry in the media and in political circles— UKFT represents the industry to MP’s and Government,

as well as being an active lobbyist at EU level and globally— UKFT supplies news stories to the media and has

regularly featured on BBC TV and Radio, SKY, ITV, STV, CNBC News, Bloomberg as well as regular features in industry publications

— UKFT is actively campaigning for Free Trade Agreements with Japan and the USA and was involved with the successful bid for an FTA with South Korea

— UKFT was instrumental in forming the first All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fashion and Textiles, chaired by Damian Collins MP

Overseas Trade Fairs and Export Promotion Export remains a cornerstone of UKFT’s activities, as trade fairs are still a vital route to market for the majority of UK companies in the apparel and textile industry. UKFT’s practical business advice and support, together with it’s strong relationship with Government (especially on export promotion) is much valued by the industry.

Companies such as Jenny Packham, Orla Kiely, Lazy Oaf and Ally Capellino launched their businesses by exhibiting at the right international trade shows overseas, and UKFT continues to offer support and guidance to today’s younger talents and brands, helping them to find the trade shows which will work for their price range.

UKFT is still the largest single industry user of UK Trade and Investment’s Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP), through which eligible SMEs can receive reimbursement grants for exhibiting at the best international trade shows outside the UK. Key UK groups, organised by UKFT and promoted under the #BritsAroundtheWorld banner include Bread and Butter and Premium Berlin, Who’s Next Paris, Pitti Uomo Florence, ENK Fashion Coterie and D&A New York. UKFT’s largest group is at Paris Fashion Women’s Week, which attracts over 300 UK designers to trade shows such as Première Classe, Tranoï, Capsule and selected UK agent showrooms. More recently, exhibitions in developing markets such as CPM Moscow, The Hub Hong Kong and CHIC Beijing have been added to the programme to ensure that the right products from the UK reach the right buyers.

Textiles

The current programme of international trade shows for the textile sector caters for a wide range of products, including interior textiles, apparel fabrics, textile design, hand-knitting yarns and technical textiles. Many of the exhibitions are well established such as Première Vision in Paris and Heimtextil in Frankfurt; and attract international buyers. Other newer events such as Intertextile in Shanghai, respond to the need for the UK textile industry to establish its presence in a developing market with strong potential for growth.

UKFT plays a key role at textile events in negotiating space for UK participants, group stand coordination, on site support, as well as group promotion and PR to buyers and press.

For a current list of events which attract TAP support, details of how the scheme works, and information on how UKFT can help you make the most of international trade fairs, please visit www.ukft.org

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Care LabellingA Guide to Your ResponsibilitiesUKFT is the UK representative of GINETEX, the organisation that owns access to the standard garment care labelling symbols. The GINETEX symbols are also trademarked in many important and emerging markets throughout the world. Membership of UKFT can now include your licence to reproduce the GINETEX care symbols around the world, potentially saving you hundreds of pounds.

Members and Retail Partners of UKFT who pay the additional fee for the GINETEX licence benefit from:— The right to use standard GINETEX symbols worldwide

— The freedom to make use of (at a fixed annual cost) a strong brand system recognised by producers, retailers and consumers throughout the world

— Online access to graphics for current labelling symbols

— A Technical Booklet containing specifications and conditions of use for correct care labelling

— The latest information on changes or additions to the system, new symbols and updates

— Access to a network providing solutions for care labelling problems

— The opportunity to submit proposals for changes and additions to the system

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What the Symbols MeanThere are five basic symbols, but there are over 40 different permutations (including words and numbers) covering a wide variety of washing, cleansing and drying methods. The basic symbols are:

Washing Bleaching Professional Care Drying Ironing (Dry Cleaning)

Selling in the UKIf you are only selling in the UK you do not need permission to use the care symbols, as these are not Registered Trademarks in the UK.

Selling Outside the UK and Other Labelling RequirementsUKFT maintains a global database of the care labelling requirements in all other major markets throughout the world. As well as advice on care labelling, UKFT can also provide members with information on the different requirements on fibre content and country of origin labelling.

Selling in EuropeConsumer legislation in most European markets requires that the consumer be given information on the care of garments at the time of purchase.

As the care symbols are Registered Trademarks in many European markets, users must pay for the right to use the symbols in each European country in which they sell.

Background to GINETEXGINETEX, the International Association for Textile Care Labelling, was founded in Paris in 1963 following several international symposia for Textile Care Labelling at the end of the 1950‘s.

GINETEX devised an international care labelling system for textiles; based on symbols, it avoids the need for a myriad of translations. The pictograms used are registered trademarks in most countries and are the property of GINETEX. The care labelling system gives consumers and textile companies the correct information on how to clean and care for textile products. Use of the processes shown with the symbols will avoid any irreversible damage to a product.

GINETEX defines and promotes the system of care labelling and coordinates the technical background to the symbols.

GINETEX has a large membership of national organisations which represent the textile and retail industries, as well as other interested parties concerned with textile care. Organisations in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Kingdom are currently in membership of GINETEX.

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UKFT and Our Work on Care LabellingPromotion

UKFT has its own care labelling website, www.care-labelling.co.uk which provides a wide range of information on labelling issues, together with advice on textile care. UKFT receives hundreds of queries every year, ranging from advice on the requirement for care labelling in a vast array of countries to consumers needing specific information on stain removal. UKFT has also advised publishers of several ‘How to Clean’ books and, under the guise of ‘Stain Man’, has appeared on several radio programmes.

Technical

UKFT provides the Secretariat to the BSI (British Standards Institution) Technical Committee on Care Labelling, Dry Cleaning, Domestic Laundering and Drying, and through this it is represented on the ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) Sub Committee on Care Labelling. In 2012, after a 10 year discussion, this ISO Committee published a revised version of ISO 3758, the Standard that deals with care labelling.

The current Standard includes a new symbol for wet cleaning (a modern form of professional cleaning which uses specially formulated detergents instead of solvents), a change from a broken bar to a double underline to indicate the most gentle wash, and a unique set of bleaching symbols to reflect a change in the “ingredients” of detergents. Most importantly, the current Standard brings one step closer the goal of a truly international labelling system.

Members of UKFT are given an opportunity to comment on any changes to ISO 3758 and perhaps more importantly are kept informed of any changes to the care labels ahead of the rest of the industry.

UKFT Retail Partner Programme (RPP) Retailers who sell their brand/own label outside the UK can also become part of UKFT through our Retail Partner Programme. Annual membership of UKFT’s RPP gives retailers the right to use the standard GINETEX symbols worldwide, without any further costs.

Benefits include:— Care Labelling License

— General Labelling Information (origin, fibre composition etc.)

— UKFT Restricted Chemicals List & Reach

— Let’s Make it Here Introductions

— Quarterly Standards Newsletter

— Book of the Night Listing at the Annual NatWest UK Fashion & Textile Awards

— Networking Opportunities with UKFT’s Core and Associate Membership

— Involvement in UKFT University Outreach

Retail Partner Programme Fee: £2500 per annum

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Light, Air-conditioned Spaces for Hire in Central London

Atrium9m by 5.5m (30ft x 18ft); total area 50m2 (540ft2)

Equipment

— Stringer retail display system, with adjustable rails and shelves on main wall – 8.5m x 2.3m (28ft x 7.5ft)

— Extensive natural light from glass room and windows

— Overhead lights and spotlights

— Full audio visual system

— Fitted blinds for partial black-out for presentations

— Chairs and tables for meetings and presentations

Meeting Room5.3m x 3m (17ft x 10ft); total area 16m2 (170ft2)

Equipment

— Stringer retail display system, with adjustable rails

— Natural light, overhead lights and spotlights

— Glass wall on three sides

— Chairs and tables for meetings and presentations of up to 10 people

NB: All sizes approximate. Only free standing display material is allowed. It is not possible to stick posters etc. on the walls or windows

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Available on request

UKFT opening hours

9am–5pm Monday to Friday

Security

Entrance to the building is through reception. At night the building is locked and protected by a burglar alarm and CCTV. The Atrium and the Meeting Room can be locked. Goods can be left on the premises overnight at hirer’s risk. Hirer is responsible for insurance.

Atrium

Atrium Members Non-members

Full day 9am–5pm £350 £600

Half day 9am–1pm £195 £325

Half day 1pm–5pm £195 £325

The Meeting Room Members Non-members

Full day 9am–5pm £250 £400

Half day 9am–1pm £150 £225

Half day 1pm–5pm £150 £225

All costs subject to VAT

Atrium and Meeting Room Rates

2014 Subscription Rates

Subscriptions are based on annual turnover, calculated at group level, combining UK and overseas sales. Membership is for 12 months and is automatically renewed on January 1st each succeeding year. If you join any time after January 31st, you will still join for 12 months, but at the end of the first 12 months we will send you a balancing invoice for the remainder of the year. Your subscription will then be renewed on January 1st of the subsequent year.

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UKFT Membership Category

Turnover Annual MembershipExcluding care labelling licence

Annual Membership PlusIncluding care labelling licence

Starter up to £250k £400 £500

Starter + £250k–£1m £750 £937.50

Small £1–5m £1,500 £1,875

Medium £5–15m £2,000 £2,500

Large £15–35m £3,000 £3,750

Very Large £35m+ £5,000 £6,250

Retail Partner Programme

£2,500

All prices are subject to VAT

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Our 12 month membership is automatically renewed on January 1st each succeeding year. If you join any time after January 31st, you will still join for 12 months, but at the end of the first 12 months we will send you a balancing invoice for the remainder of the year. Your subscription will then be renewed on January 1st of the subsequent year. Categories and rates are set out on the previous page.

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Payment options:

1. Full payment of annual subscription in advance by Debit Card, Cheque or BACS – this attracts a 5% discount!

BACS Sort code: 56-00-27 Account Number: 24937282

2. Full payment of annual subscription by Credit Card (this incurs 4% charge)

3. Payment of annual subscription by Direct Debit (10 instalments – no discount) – please complete Direct Debit form and return with your application

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UKFT Membership Application 2014Unlimited access to UKFT services and discounts on seminars/events for as little as £48 per month

Jenny Packham

We really value the help and information from the UKFT team at the export shows and their ability to understand our business and help us with problems.

Dashing Tweeds

Joining UKFT and attending various excellent and well organised events has proved incredibly useful for growing our brand. UKFT has very much helped us to understand the markets and we are using all our new found knowledge to steer our brand in the right dashing directions.

Tatty Devine

We have been members of UKFT for over ten years and we have always found their expertise, enthusiasm and insight invaluable to building our business and brand.

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Tel +44 (0)20 7843 9460 Fax +44 (0)20 7843 9478 Email lydia.waliszak@ukft.org www.ukft.org

UK Fashion & Textile Association Ltd is an independent company limited by guarantee, funded by the fashion and textile industry. Registered office as above. Registered in England No 1599377 Vat No. 340235008

For more information contact:UK Fashion & Textile Association 3 Queen Square, Bloomsbury London WC1N 3AR

Tel +44 (0)20 7843 9460 Fax +44 (0)20 7843 9478 Email lydia.waliszak@ukft.org www.ukft.org