What’s on your list of the greatest products made in Britain? Join journalist Steve Duke as he criss-crosses the island to meet our makers in their factories and workshops.
Whilst compiling our list, we hear stories of people pursuing perfection, tales of difficult times, and reasons for optimism.
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What’s on your list of the greatest products made in Britain? Join journalist Steve Duke as he criss-crosses the island to meet our makers in their factories and workshops.
Whilst compiling our list, we hear stories of people pursuing perfection, tales of difficult times, and reasons for optimism.
Winner of the Best Business Show at the Independent Podcast Awards 2024.
Join the community on Instagram @thefactorynextdoor
And if you can, please consider buying me a coffee to keep this show on the road
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Design a timeless classic and the ripples from that one idea can be felt across industries for decades.
Take Ercol’s Windsor Dining Chair, number 35 on our list of the greatest items we make here.
It may be more than 70 years old, but its impact and influence remains significant. Today it’s even helping revive the British wood industry decades after being ravaged by Dutch Elm Disease.
On this week’s The Factory Next Door, Ercol’s Chairman and Creative Director, Henry Tadros, shows us around their purpose-built modern factory close to High Wycombe, the historic heartland of UK furniture-making.
We question what makes a design timeless, watch the beauty and drama of wood bending, and learn why some outsourcing has been an important part of the company’s survival.
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