The business of fashion is equally as important as fashion itself. For a designer label to succeed there are a host of business issues that have to be covered from sourcing, to finance, to the latest rules and regulations governing SME businesses. The Knowledge Bank is here to provide you with a quick and easy way of accessing all your informational requirements. There are three bands to the Knowledge Bank, the central band covers the disciplines of the industry; the main areas of Design, Retail, Technology, Manufacturing and Auxiliary Services (such as pattern making, grading and toiling); the middle band is for the Operations that occur within business. There are 12 subsections in the Operations area including Finance, Sourcing, Import and Export and Pre retail. The final band reviews Issues that affect the Fashion Industry such as Legislation, Trading Regimes, Ethical Trading and Corporate Social Responsibility. The subsections are updated regularly and provides an instant business control check for anyone in fashion today