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www.images-magazine.com 04 images MARCH 2020 Published by: 360 Communications Ltd images magazine, 360 Communications Ltd, 58a Livingstone Road, Hove, BN3 3WL, UK 01273 748482 | www.images-magazine.com Advertising: advertising@images-magazine.com Editorial: editorial@images-magazine.com Subscriptions: subscriptions@images-magazine.com | images is available free of charge to UK subscribers | Subscribe / unsubscribe / update contact details online: www.images-magazine.com Publisher/advertising: Jonathan Vince | jonathan@images-magazine.com Features editor: Rachael Glazier | rachael@images-magazine.com Features writer: Mark Ludmon | mark@images-magazine.com Publishing assistant: Gaby Bowring | gaby@images-magazine.com Design/Production: ATG Media | production@atgraphicsuk.com Printing: Stephens & George Ltd | Goat Mill Road,Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3TD ( issn 0966 7512) Opinions expressed by contributors in this magazine are not necessarily shared by the Publisher. Editorial contributions are invited, on the understanding that the Publisher has the right to alter or abridge all such material as he sees fit. While the greatest care has been taken to ensure accuracy, the Publisher accepts no liability for either errors or omissions. MARCH 2020 | VOL.29 NO.3 MARCH 17-18, 2020 Make it British Live! Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, The Angel, London, N1 0QH makeitbritishlive.com MARCH 18, 2020 Print & Stitch Aberdeen Mercure Aberdeen Ardoe Hotel & Spa, South Deeside Road, Blairs, Aberdeen, AB12 5YP printandstitch.org MARCH 18, 2020 The Big Promotional Trade Show The Argyll Suite, Glasgow Crowne Plaza, Congress Road, Glasgow, G3 8QT thebigpromotionaltradeshow.co.uk MARCH 19, 2020 Print & Stitch Strathclyde DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Strathclyde, Phoenix Crescent, Bellshill, ML4 3JQ printandstitch.org MARCH 24-27, 2020 Fespa Global Expo 2020 IFEMA (South Entrance), Feria de Madrid, Avda. Del Partenon, 5, 28042 Madrid, Spain fespaglobalprintexpo.com APRIL 28-30, 2020 Sign & Digital UK 2020 Hall 1, The NEC, North Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT signuk.com JUNE 16-26, 2020 Drupa 2020 Messe Dusseldorf, Messeplatz, Stockumer Kirchstraße 61, 40474 Dusseldorf, Germany drupa.com JULY 19-21, 2020 Pure London & Pure Origin Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London, W14 8UX purelondon.com SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2020 The Print Show Halls 7&8, The NEC, North Avenue, Marston Green. Birmingham, B40 1NT theprintshow.co.uk OCTOBER 21-23, 2020 Printing United 2020 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA printingunited.com EDITORIAL DIARY A re you feeling the ‘Boris bounce’ yet? As reported on page 22, the Bank of England calculates that the UK economy is picking up after last year’s election, with activity (and prices) in the housing market also on the rise. Especially pertinent to garment decorators are the government’s pledges to invest in major new infrastructure projects as part of its ‘levelling up’ programme, including hospitals, sea bridges and the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link between London, Brimingham, Manchester and Leeds. These massive projects require workers – lots of them – and those workers require workwear. They also draw upon countless smaller suppliers whose staff also require work clothing. All of which suggests that decorators supplying the workwear market could soon be in line for an injection of new sales. Even without these high-profile initiatives, there’s anecdotal evidence that many businesses which were holding back on renewing their corporate wardrobes before the election are now beginning to spend again on new uniform items. Welcome news indeed. In this issue we profile Pro RTX’s new High Visibility range (page 52) – garments that are built for work and made to be seen – and showcase the latest summer corporate and workwear styles for the (hopefully) warmer (and drier) summer months ahead (page 55). We also speak with Peter Dumigan, MD of Hultafors Group UK, (owner of the Snickers and Dunderdon workwear brands) about the current trends in the workwear market (page 66); while Hayley Jane-Smith of Bakers Waste describes how the East Midlands-based waste and recycling company goes about sourcing its staff’s work clothing (page 67). For this month’s decorator profile (page 44) Mark Ludmon travelled to Blackpool to visit Mina Workwear and Embroidery – part of the Mina Group – and its founder Jake Adams. If Jake was a stick of rock he’d have the word ‘entrepreneur’ running through him: by the time he set up his first business at the age of 14 he’d already been working for local charities since the age of seven, and had ‘2012 Olympic torch bearer’ on his CV. Still only 21, he currently runs companies offering everything from personalised merchandise to banners and outsourced marketing services, and he’s just set up a new office in the south of Spain. (If you’re wondering what on earth you’ve been doing with your time, you’re not the only one!) Jake talks about the challenges of starting out in business while young, working with the third sector, and his ambitions for his rapidly expanding workwear and embroidery venture. On a somewhat less upbeat note, we extend our thoughts and best wishes to all those Images readers whose homes and businesses have been affected by Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis and the subsequent flooding. 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