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POSTED ON JUNE 23, 2016 Chris Wade I heard this morning that Chris Wade died on the 16th June. He had a long and distinguished career so will be known by many in the trade. I met him first in the 1970s in El Salvador when he visited us while working for K Shoes and […]
POSTED ON JULY 8, 2013 Two items below The Value of Alumni When I was working on helping the Pakistan Government update their strategy for the leather industry a few years ago I had the opportunity to visit large numbers of tanneries and shoe factories. What was astonishing was that in factory after factory I […]
POSTED ON MAY 8, 2013 Particularly Engaging Students For those readers who are keen listeners to BBC Radio then Robin Day’s World of Business is a must listen. I download them as podcasts and listen in the car while I drive up to the University from home. The programme this week was “Job Search: Millions of […]
POSTED ON JULY 20, 2012 three items below from June and July 2012 Getting it right by degrees Yesterday the leather degrees were awarded by the University of Northampton. Despite all the changes in Higher Education in the UK as government tries to work out how to manage costs and the future of skills and […]
POSTED ON. SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 UKLF has a new strategy On Tuesday the 13thSeptember the UK Leather Federation launched a new strategy document in a combined meeting with the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies at the House of Lords in London. Reg Hankey of Pittards spoke on behalf of the UKLF and gave an excellent […]
POSTED ON OCTOBER 6, 2010 An excited industry goes to Bologna The autumn season has rushed up on us as we move from Shanghai to Bologna to see what hide prices will do and continue taking the temperature of the industry to see if a double dip in the world economy. Shanghai was a resounding […]