Circular economy and EU’s right to repair failing to save an industry in crisis
The circular economy and the EU’s right to repair fail to translate into vital help for an industry in crisis“The cold hard facts” are there are only an estimated 28 cobblers left in the country, says Michael Rossiter who has been repairing shoes for 50 years.
“We are not even given the status of being called a trade. There isn’t even an apprenticeship course that people can enrol in,” he says.“And why would they as they wouldn’t be qualified in a recognised trade?” he says. “There’s so much talk about a circular economy, but there is none in this business. It’s more like a shrinking economy for us if the Government doesn’t wake up and see how our skills are going to waste,” he says.
“A couple of weeks ago he brought him in again as the other paw broke when they were putting him into a glass case so we fixed that up too. You never know what is going to come through our door.” Jackman works with Arturas ‘Archie’ Sakele, originally from Latvia and who has travelled the world with his skills which are revered in other countries.
“We have no representative body to fight our corner, not like in the UK and other countries. I’ve tried to highlight what is happening to us,” he says, adding that he has met politicians to push their case.
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