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Classic English shoemaker Loake has launched a new transactional website that emphasises its 130-year tradition of handmade excellence alongside 21st century social media interaction. Since the new ...

In the 18 months since Drapers first launched the Save our Skills (SOS) campaign we have scoured the country to find success stories of British businesses keeping local manufacturing alive. Nowhere is ...

A luxury shoe firm has had the shine taken off its new shop in the city – after being threatened with fines by council enforcement officers. Loake Shoemakers in the Buttermarket is having a run-in ...

Every six months he has his hand-made leather Derbys, manufactured by traditional English firm Loake, repaired to keep them in pristine condition. Dennis, now 91, bought the shoes for £60 – equivalent ...

The highly rated French tea company, Palais des Thés, is closing its shop on Dublin's Wicklow Street after selling its lease to the UK's Loake Shoes. The tea company has traded on Wicklow Street since ...

In the 18 months since Drapers first launched the Save our Skills (SOS) campaign we have scoured the country to find success stories of British businesses keeping local manufacturing alive. Nowhere is ...