Boohoo, the online fashion retailer, says it has started appointing 180 new workers for its first UK manufacturing facility.
The group has invested millions in a 23,000 sq ft factory in Thurmaston Lane, Leicester, which has capacity to make tens of thousands of garments a year, and technology to produce made to order items and put customised prints on clothes to individual shoppers’ specifications.
The flagship factory has been created inside a run-down former former Vauxhall garage on the northern outskirts of Leicester – a city which is known for its textiles heritage.
