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It’s been almost a year since the UK officially left the EU and, unsurprisingly, the nation’s creative industries are suffering.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that the UK government rejected an offer to allow for musicians to embark on tours in EU countries without visas. In the aftermath, over 280,000 people signed a petition to get parliament to reverse the policy, while Radiohead’s Thom Yorkenamed the politicians “spineless”. Both the film and television industry are also expected to suffer the consequences of these new laws, as the realities of Brexit start to take effect.
Now, members of the British fashion industry are rallying together to help prevent any further Brexit-induced damage to the industry. Spearheaded by Tamara Cincik, CEO of industry think-tank
Why shop closures in Tier 4 areas are ‘catastrophic’ for retailers
Retailers and analysts agree: shutting shops so close to Christmas will have a devastating impact on the sector
21 December 2020 • 3:11pm
Pedestrians on an empty Carnaby Street on Monday morning
Credit: Bloomberg
The run-up to Christmas typically finds London’s shopping districts at their most bustling, with the lights strung over Regent Street and other main arteries twinkling down onto throngs of last-minute Christmas shoppers - some of whom will have held out for bargains, others out to soak up the festive atmosphere.
But this week, those lights are twinkling onto empty streets. On Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new tier of more severe restrictions in response to a highly infectious mutation of Covid-19. Sixteen million people in London, the South East and the East of England were advised that they would fall under Tier 4 restrictions from midnight Sunday, giving shoppers
Fashion brands urged to ban Uighur-picked cotton
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Fashion brands urged to ban Uighur-picked cotton
By Sam Meadows and Louise Watt
December 16, 2020 3.41pm
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London: British high street brands are under pressure from human rights campaigners to ban cotton picked in the Chinese region that is home to its oppressed Uighur population.
It came after reports revealed at least half a million Muslims were being forced to work in the fields of Xinjiang amid an ongoing anti-Muslim crackdown by Beijing that has seen people detained and put into so-called re-education camps.