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Related Keywords: career in textile, designers, European Social Fund, Leicestershire textile hub launched, maintain competitiveness, manufacturers, new entrants, online website, Pera Training, quality, retailers, Skills Support for the Workforce, strengthen textile industry

Online website has launched has an initiative to strengthen the Leicestershire textiles industry by Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW), the European Social Fund (ESF), and Pera Training. Called the Leicestershire Textiles Hub, it aims to support local textile manufacturers, promote the sector to new entrants and highlight manufacturers to retailers and designers.

The website will also provide useful, practical support and information to help businesses, such as financial guidance and information on the latest manufacturing technologies.

Related Keywords: clothing, retailers, Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, Vietnam textile industry, Vietnamese exporters, Western apparel brands, western market

Vietnam is expected to be one of the fastest growing suppliers of textiles and clothing to Western markets over the next few years. Its textile industry has also outnumbered the firms of Bangladesh and Cambodia. The fastest growing supplier of the US continues to grow its demand strongly in the first four months of 2014.