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 […]
Livery Companies
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013 Mastering the Modern World This morning I sat in a very ancient church just behind the Bank of England and observed an annual event that has been going on for at least 375 years. We installed Alderman Alison Gowman as the Master of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London. […]
Do not let bad science damage the leather industry
POSTED ON OCTOBER 28, 2013 Swallows hibernate in lakes and mud Given that for much of Europe Africa is a fairly recent discovery it is not surprising that the concept of birds migrating thousands of miles in the winter is the result of fairly recent discoveries. In the last few years finding birds in various […]
Degree Ceremony and the new MSc
POSTED ON AUGUST 16, 2013 Degrees Apart In our business the essential skill for a tanner lies in managing what happens inside the factory. It is not just making great leather but being able to make the great same leather day in and day out. The cost of errors – unhappy customers with empty factories, […]
Alumni are important and Innovation in the leather industry
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 […]
Professor Nishimura on Japan, Student Prizegiving
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 […]
Brazilian Leather Announces Great New Branding
Press release below from Brazilian Leather Industry on great new branding. Brazilian leather’s high concept among the largest and most demanding world markets has won a new attribute: The Brazilian Leather Project new visual identity campaign. Developed through a partnership between theCentre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB)and Apex-Brasil(Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), the […]
The Brazilian Leather Law
The Brazilian Leather Law Brazilian legislation protects and defends the rights and interests of consumers and leather producers by regulating the authenticity of leather-based goods. Established since 1965, the Leather Law (nº 4.888) understands it is a crime to say a product is made by “synthetic leather” or “eco-leather” if the items have not been […]
The danger of self destruction by being careless with the facts
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 16, 2012 An Alumni Event It is easy to rush on and forget your friends in this modern world. Yet as we see China continue to rise in importance we all know how important connections – “guanxi” – are for moving forward in business. In the west we used to maintain our […]
Honorary Degrees, Make In Britain, Puma and Leather
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 […]
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