A knitwear company is helping lead Leicester out of the economic downturn with 130 new jobs.
BS Attwall started 2013 with 30 staff, and has already taken on 40 more.
A multi-million pound deal to buy a 130,000 sq ft factory in Forest Road, Humberstone, should see another 90 created by the end of the year.
It is the highest number of jobs created in the city's textiles sector since it was decimated by overseas competition in the 1980s and 1990s.
Bosses say growing demand from UK retailers wanting high quality, British-made goods has contributed to the success.
BS Attwall managing director Noni Attwal (CORR) said: "To take our business to the next level we needed a new location that offered space for our growing team and would house our manufacturing arm.
"Now we have found the right location, we can start recruiting."
BS Attwall has launched 50 years ago by Mr Attwal's father and supplies jumpers, t-shirts and sweatshirts to chains such as River Island, Tesco, Evans and Dorothy Perkins.
The new jobs are in areas such as knitting, design and garment make-up.
He said: "I've heard several people saying manufacturing is coming back to the UK.
"Today we can almost match the prices from the Far East because the cost of living is going up so much there."
In the last 10-20 years thousands of jobs have been axed in the Leicestershire textiles industry, with the demise of such names as Corah and Richard Roberts.
Martin Traynor, chief executive of the Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce, said: "I can't remember that amount of jobs being taken on in the textiles industry for years – it's all been the other way. It just shows the UK textile industry is recovering."
Mandip Rai, head of the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership, said knitwear and textile firms were cashing in on the demand for goods made in England.
Mr Rai said: "We are seeing a resurgence of manufacturing in the city and county, providing jobs at all levels."
Successes include bag manufacturer Zatchels which makes about 2,000 satchels a week in Charter Street, Leicester.
It has created 60 jobs in two years and should turnover £4.5 million this year.
Ben Butler relaunched the Sweater Shop brand two years ago, with a factory in Thurmaston and shops in St Martin's Square, Leicester and in Cambridge.
It has 16 staff and hopes to create more over the coming years.
Mr Butler said: "We knew there was a market for English-made products so decided to come back.
"We've been approached by a lot of companies to manufacture for them, so there is obviously a growing demand for knitwear made in England. Marks and Spencers and River Island are two of the names looking to buy more and more English-made products."
Nelsons Solicitors provided legal advice to BS Attwall on the Forest Road deal.
Partner James Coningsby said: "BS Attwall is a successful and long-established business in Leicester that had outgrown its previous premises.
"The new property gives the business much more space to accommodate business growth as well as the planned substantial increase in staff."
