Don’t let yourself and your employees suffer in these terrible winter conditions. Keep your brand awareness growing even through the winter periods with our embroidered winter wear. Even if your workforce mainly operates indoors, it is still bitterly cold on a January morning. The temperatures have recently taken a huge dive and today we could even see lows of -7 degrees Celsius. The snow and freezing weather is bad for the United Kingdom but it is still nothing compared to the rigorous tests our embroidered winter wear goes through.

Keep your employees’ cosy and their spirits high even when the weather is dire. That way you will keep the troops motivated and maintain productivity levels. Whilst at the same time promoting your company to the general public and achieving brand consistency in line with signage on vans and other promotional materials. The extra expenditure on winter gear will show you really value your employees and that you really are a team as opposed to situation that some companies find themselves in with The Boss vs The Employees.

Here is a selection of my favourite GF Outer Wear products:

Beechfield Printer’s Hat

These winter hats from Beechfield are especially made for garment decorators to print your company logo, text, design or even the name of the employee. These are a necessity for any outside workers; they really will make the difference as the body loses most of its heat from the head. It is available in both black and navy and it really is a smart addition to your branded workwear.

Result Core Winter Parka

There is no cosier garment in the market, this waterproof, windproof winter parka really is the garment to keep the winter weather at bay. The garment has a soft quilted polyester lining along with a grey fleece inner collar, even the pockets are fleece lined! We can easily brand these garment with your company’s logo. The jackets are available in a range of sizes and colours to suit all needs.

If you’re after some branded winter workwear then look no further than GF, we have a huge range of products in addition to the highlighted pair. Keep your workforce happy and warm, whilst looking good and promoting your brand. It really is a no brainer, browse the range online today, or call our helpful team on 02920 757 733 today.

This January’s edition of Printwear and Promotion features a two page spread about the website solutions designed specifically for garment decorators. The article tells the story behind the product; where the idea came from and how this notion was acted upon.  It also describes at length the two variations of the websites; the etrader and the etrader + solution. The remaining content is dedicated to the details of the etrader relaunch; there is a new fresh logo design, website, YouTube channel and many more new etrader features.

The etrader team will be at Birmingham NEC on the 24th-26th February this year for the Printwear and Promotion exhibition. Here they will be showing how their website solutions work with live demonstrations as well as answering any queries you have about the website.  

If you didn't receive the January edition of Printwear and Promoton Magazine then you can view it online here (PAGE 70-71):

For more details please visit our new website: www.etraderwebsites.co.uk

Brummy rockers Black Sabbath have topped the vintage printed t-shirt charts. The band consists of guitarists Tonny Iommi and Geezer Butler, Drummer Bill Ward and The Prince of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne. Sales of the US Tour Shirt from 1978 have also been helped thanks to Avengers Assemble star Robert Downey Jr wearing the garment in his latest blockbuster film.

Vintage rock shirts have to be one of the most enduring clothing items. They are often worn by teenagers who were born long before many of the bands split. They are also often worn by models and young popular music acts. Retailer HMV compiled a list of the best-selling classic rock t-shirts and Sabbath finished in Number One position at the end of 2012. Led Zeppelin were just behind; taking second and third spots. Surprisingly The Beatles only made it to number nine in the list with a printed t-shirt featuring their Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album over. Incidentally this is my favourite album cover ever (see previous blog).

HMV's top 10 best-selling classic rock T-shirts for 2012:

1. Black Sabbath - US Tour 78

2. Led Zeppelin - USA 77

3. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day

4. David Bowie - Smoking

5. Bruce Springsteen - Sand Tour

5. Foo Fighters - Gold logo

6. AC/DC - Angus And Brian

7. Metallica - Skull Explosion

8. Rolling Stones - Union Jack Tongue

9. Beatles - Sgt Pepper

10. Guns N'Roses - Appetite For Destruction

At GF we have decades of experience printing custom garments.

You can place an order on our eshop, ring 029020 755 733 or send an email to info@goldenfinishes.co.uk

Oh it's the badger cull not badge, I thought the Goverment were going to stop us making quality badges for a minute then. At GF we have developed our skills as badge makers over the last 30 years. We provide a badge making service to suit the needs of all businesses. No matter how complex the design is or what material we use, we guarantee our finished product will be second to none. We use state of the art computer programs to give your design the finish and precision that you require. We are badge making fanatics with a broad range of badge options for our broad range of customers, here are the badge making options we provide:

Embroidered Badges (where the image is sewn on top of the fabric)

Printed Badges (involving sublimation process where the print is actually within the fabric itself)

Woven Badges (the fabric is woven so the design is within the material – ideal for small text and detail)

Plain Blank Badges (A range of badges ready to be adorned with your print / transfer)

Wire badges (hand made using gold and silver wire)

If you need a high quality and low cost badge making service then give us a call on 02930 755733

With more than two decades’ experience in the print and embroidery industry, the team at Golden Finishes have developed an innovative website solution for garment decorators everywhere.

Working with a team of leading web developers, we had originally set out to create our own online store. But we quickly realised that the complexity and diverse range of products in the garment decorating industry did not translate easily into the world of online shopping. After much persistence and perseverance we arrived at the first edition of the fully functioning ecommerce platform.

It was a long learning curve, which was both highly capital and labour intensive. As an afterthought we wondered how the average local print and embroidery firm would ever be able to put their business online effectively and for the vast majority we thought that this would be a hard, if not impossible, task.

etrader has since been made available to other garment decorators and there have already been some great results from current etraders. They have all since benefited from a professional and modern online presence; an example of this is Branded Business Clothing http://www.brandedbusinessclothing.com 

We developed the website solution to mirror the trade that garment decorators do in their shops. The solution allows owners to change and update their content in real time, as well as controlling brands offered and costs.

Through our own experience in the industry, as well feedback from existing etraders, we are continuing to further improve their solution. We have redesigned the brand and put together a website to accompany the launch of the new and improved etrader website solution.

The improved website solution will have additional product categories, helping it to become even more user-friendly, as well as benefiting from improved search rankings thanks to the optional marketing and social media packs available. The solution gives you the control and tools you need to make your business a success online.

The etrader platform is the only online solution which understands what garment decorators need from a website solution, because it was created by people in the same industry. With functionality and usability at the core of the solution, it provides customers with a simple ordering process with secure transactions guaranteed. It also gives customers the ability to order from an etrader website from anywhere, at any time, whether it’s on a smart phone, tablet or computer. 

To find out more about how our etrader websites can work for you and to see some examples, go to our new website; www.etraderwebsites.co.uk