Today, Freed employs 24 pointe shoemakers, has factories in Hackney and Blaby, Leicestershire, owns shops in London, Paris and ... think this method is old fashioned and harden their pointe ...

In the 1980s, east London was home to a bustling garment-making industry, but now there is only one factory making craft jeans left in the capital. Blackhorse Lane Atelier, based in Walthamstow ...

Forman & Son factory in 1905 in London’s gritty East End after immigrating from what is now Ukraine. Each new crisis “could’ve been the end of the road” for the company, said Forman ...