Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 121118

Clothing: Investment

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Rosie Wrighting

LabourKettering

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support fashion designers in the UK access scale up finance.

Answer

Blair McDougall
At the CreativeUK summit, Government announced the Creative Industries Sector Pan to increase support for designers, including DCMS investment in the British Fashion Council's NEWGEN programme, providing funding and mentoring to emerging talent. The Depar...

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