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Britain's textile industry gets an unexpected boost from COVID-19

by Stephen Beard

Apr 13, 2020

After the coronavirus lockdown in China, British clothing retailers turn back to British manufacturers.

Cloth is produced in the Lochcarron Tartan Factory in the Scottish town of Selkirk in 2016.

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