POSTED ON FEBRUARY 17, 2014 Out of Africa I do not know how many times over about the last thirty years I have stood in the balcony of a room at the Addis Hilton to look of the town. The sounds and the smells are just the same but two big differences stand out. Nearly […]
SLTC Conference, Corium Club and Kano
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Events, dear boy, events We have already spoken about how the SLTC conference on 28th April in Northampton looking interesting and the Textile conference (now postponed to October) but every year at Hong Kong the BLC along with the APLF have been running an afternoon seminar. The agenda this year […]
APLF, Pakistan and the Worshipful Company of Glovers
POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2011 It is getting intense The Corium Club dinner in Northampton is just a couple of weeks away on the 18th March. Paul Evans is the contact for tickets. It is to be held at the Oriental Garden Restaurant, 13 – 15 Sheep Street, Northampton NN1 2LT from 6:30pm and the guest speaker will […]
News of ICLT and Alumni
POSTED ON MAY 28, 2010 Killing Oscar Did you see the BBC Three programme Blood, Sweat and Luxuries on Leather? Are you getting ready to go and strangle Oscar? I am sure Garen Nalbandian nearly did. If you have not seen it you still have all of May to watch it on BBC iPlayer (http://ow.ly/1Gbpm) […]
Pittards into Africa – at long last.
Tomorrow Pittards will complete their purchase of Ethiopian Tannery. I attended theEGMthis morning which approved the share issue which had been previously placed at 1.5p per share with the directors and senior management. This raised the just over £2m needed for the down payment and some working capital. The whole deal signals that Pittards are […]
UNIDO, USAid and Africa; Leather can help bring Africa out of poverty
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 16, 2009 US AID should give all its money for scholarships For most of us who have spent anytime in the leather and leather using industries the UNIDO has crossed the horizon in a somewhat shadowy way. Occasionally we meet staff in the field, particularly when travelling in Africa or other developing […]
LinkedIn and the No 1 Ladies Detective Agent
Linking up You can tell it’s a recession. There is a run on suits and more formal wear for both those looking for work and those trying to stay in work. This is no time to look frivolous or too casual. And LinkedIn is growing at a fantastic speed. I joined in a couple of […]
Traditional Tanneries of Marrakech
Marrakech Traditional Tanning In 2000, when I was giving a couple of talks as part of the Meet in Africa symposiums my wife and I stayed on in Morocco and visited the traditional tanneries of Fez. Even spending quite a lot of time down in amongst the pits it was quite hard to get a […]
Paris and Chengdu
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 (more than one item; one of many put here from my original blogs for the University of Northampton) Paris in September Paris in September was for many decades an essential part of life in the leather industry. A trip to the Semaine du Cuir, the world’s most important leather show, […]