Clothing Manufacturer for UK Brands

• Small first runs. Our minimum is typically 50 pieces per item, so you can launch or test a style without committing to hundreds of units. Read what MOQ means for how order size affects price.
• Room to grow. The same pattern and approved sample carry through to repeat orders in the thousands.
• Made in the UK or abroad. Produce with our UK partner factories for a short supply chain, or overseas for a lower price per piece. The table below shows what each choice means for import duty.
• Your brand on every piece. Custom labels and hangtags, carrying the fibre content UK law requires.

We make jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, sportswear, tracksuits, shorts and caps, and we work with brands across the UK, including in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Glasgow.

Clothing made in the UK pays no import duty. Clothing made abroad pays the UK's normal rate of 12%, unless it comes from a country with a UK trade agreement and meets that agreement's rules of origin.

Import VAT is charged at the standard rate of 20% on imported clothing, calculated on the value of the goods including shipping and the duty. Clothing designed for young children is zero-rated when it meets HMRC's conditions, so no import VAT is due on it.

If your business is VAT-registered, you can use postponed VAT accounting: you declare the import VAT and reclaim it on the same VAT return, instead of paying it at the border. Your customs agent needs your instruction before the goods arrive.

The legal labelling requirement for clothing in the UK is fibre content, under the Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012. The manufacturer or the importer into the UK is responsible for it, so as the brand importing your stock, plan the label before production.

• Approved fibre names. Only names on the official list can be used, and "pure" only for a garment made of a single fibre.
• Percentages. Fibres are listed with their percentages, under detailed rules for blends and trims.
• In English. If parts of a garment have different fibre content, each part is shown.
• Online too. If a product can be ordered from its description alone, such as on your website, the fibre content must appear in that listing.

Most brands also add care instructions, usually with the standard care symbols. Any "Made in" claim on a label must be accurate, and children's nightwear has its own safety and labelling rules.

UK women's sizes (8, 10, 12 and so on) differ from US and European sizes, so check the size chart you send matches the UK labels you want.

Put your size system and full measurements in the tech pack. Our sampling and tech pack guide explains what to include.

1. Send your design, tech pack or a reference garment, with quantities and the date you need stock.
2. We quote, including the minimum for each item and whether we recommend UK or overseas production.
3. We make a sample so you can check the fit, fabric and labels.
4. Once you approve the sample, bulk production starts.
5. We deliver the finished order to you in the UK.

See what affects the price of custom clothing, or how low MOQ production works.