Wild Thang stands with Ukraine!
Wild Thang stands with Ukraine!

Wild Thang's heart goes out to all those affected by what is happening in Ukraine at the moment.

We believe everyone should do what they can to help, big or small. This is why, as a team we are proud to have sponsored and supplied the T-shirts for our friends Batala Mersey who have Drummed for Ukraine, raising over £5K to support the Ukrainian people, which is simply fantastic. Batala Mersey is an upbeat and energetic community drumming group bringing the rhythms of Afro-Brazilian samba! 

BATALA T-SHIRT WORN BY ONE OF THE DRUMMERS

We have also supported Sharon and her friends by sponsoring their hoodies for their 21 mile walk that happened this month raising a whopping £2287 for the refugees fleeing the country, and for those left behind. The Just Giving page is still live, see link below to donate.

SPONSORED WALKERS FOR UKRAINE HOODY PRODUCED

Please remember if you have a requirement for branded T-shirts or hoodies, our team are here ready to help with expert advice.

SHARON & FRIENDS WHO ARE RAISING MONEY FOR UKRAINE

To find out more about Batala Mersey and make a donation to Sharon’s 21 Mile walk for Ukraine, or want to get in touch with Wild Thang, simply click on the below links

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WILD THANG CHOSEN AS A SHOWCASE TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR UNIQUE BREXIT JOURNEY!
WILD THANG CHOSEN AS A SHOWCASE TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR UNIQUE BREXIT JOURNEY!

Wild Thang sometimes did not know whether to laugh or cry as we were chosen for a showcase case study video to highlight our unique Brexit journey by the Liverpool Chamber of commerce. The video gives a unique insight into both the real challenges but also how Wild Thang would like the government to help businesses, ending on a positive note about our growth plans for the future which may have had some influence on their nomination as a finalist for the Chamber International Award!

Wild Thang Production Facility.

Andrew Dwerryhouse Wild Thang MD was interviewed for the showcase and the whole team are incredibly proud to represent the manufacturing sector. Describing how we have navigated through what can only be described as the perfect storm through the Brexit challenges to not only survive but adapt and thrive, we hope that this can inspire other companies to do the same. Without doubt one of most challenging moments in the company’s 25 year history, yet we have never been more excited about the future with plans to double our turnover and increase our staffing levels by 20-30% over the next 3 years.

Wild Thang Graphics Department.

Andrew Dwerryhouse Wild Thang MD commented “It has been a roller coaster ride of a journey over the last 4 years but we were proud that our Brexit journey was featured by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, we appreciate being chosen & we genuinely hope it has a positive impact on helping other businesses navigate it, but also for the government policy makers and ongoing EU negotiations.”

Wild Thang MD Andrew Dwerryhouse.

“It’s a special moment to watch this & also showcase to our team as it really did give everyone a real sense of pride of how we have adapted and overcome the many Brexit challenges. To not only have survived and thrived we have also stayed incredibly focused as a team on the future with big growth plans of doubling our turn over and increasing our staff levels by 20-30% over the next 3 years which include the opening of a European office in Dublin to facilitate better access into the EU.”

Wild Thang Embroidery Department.

“Hopefully this mini video also showcases our £2m new world class HQ development that is nearing very final snagging completion before the final launch, this has been delayed many times due to the impact of the World Wide Covid Pandemic which obviously has brought a huge amount of disruption and uncertainty in so many other ways. We really have to laugh when we look back or we would cry to have had three huge challenges for the price of one. We now believe we have passed through the eye of the storm."

Wild Thang Screen Printing Department.

"Our amazing team has developed so much to become logistic experts, so we are now fully focused on getting excited about meeting future growth plans and delivering products and services across the UK, Europe and beyond that are truly world class at every level.”

Wild Thang New World Class Development.

There are a number of relevant links below that relate to the Brexit case studies across a number of sectors and also the details of the international award nomination Story. The voting for the International Award we have been nominated for closes today so we would appreciate your vote if you think our journey to overcome the challenges throughout Brexit was a positive one.

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WILD Thang Development Update
WILD Thang Development Update

A big thank you to our friends Tarways Asphalte who have completed a great job resurfacing our car park and goods in areas, these have now been marked up with our disabled and electric charging bays.

Benson Signs have also been back on site to fit high level signage to our Derby Road elevation, showing the world what we’re all about! It’s been a very tough journey with development and COVID disruption, but we’re edging closer to final development completion.

Who said manufacturing premises had to be boring or run of the mill, we are really proud to have had the aspiration to create something world class with the help of Liverpool based K2 Architects & Frank Rogers Building Contractor Limited.

Its hopefully not long now as we literally can’t wait to be able to invite you guys & gals to our grand unveiling when it’s safe to do so!

If you would like to find out more about how Wild Thang can help you create a world class physical image, simply get in touch.

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It’s been a WILD 12 months since the first lockdown!
It’s been a WILD 12 months since the first lockdown!

Wild Thang look back on the challenges and successes since the first lockdown, so we have chosen 12 pictures along with a small description that sum up our company journey over the past 12 months and create a snap shot of highs and lows timeline.

It has without doubt been the most challenging year in our company’s history but we were determined from the very start to make sure it was not going to define us as a team or company, and that we at Wild Thang would not only survive, but thrive.

We are incredibly proud as a company and as a team that we continued to try and make a difference in our community both personally and as a business. Our NHS awareness and fundraising campaign was our highlight and really gave us something positive to focus on with the belief as a team that we could all make a difference to not only Wild Thang but also making sure those NHS heroes knew they would never walk alone.

A big thank you also has to go to the clients that have continued to require our services, placing their faith in Wild Thang to continue to deliver, and of course our team who have adapted and thrived with the back drop of the challenges and impact the pandemic has had both at home and in our work place. We appreciate every challenge you have all over come.

With infection rates falling and the vaccine rollout having a real impact hopefully we can look forward to the future with new hope, confidence and ambition that a return to normality is on the horizon.

Now that our world class development is virtually complete we have never been in a better position to deliver World Class branded clothing, merchandise and print to our amazing clients across the UK and beyond, we can’t wait to give you the official tour. Even though we know there will be continued challenges the sky really is the limit, we truly believe we can make 2021 the start of a new positive era at Wild Thang, and make it our best year ever. 

 

1)  Lock Down Begins For Wild Thang.

  

23rd March and our company lockdown begins, no-one could imagine that the pandemic would still be impacting our lives 12 months on. While our sales like everyone else’s fall off a cliff edge we focus on making sure we create a robust continuity plan that will protect our team and the community. We have never worked as hard to put all the new procedures in place to make sure we survived and thrived as a company. 

 

2) Team Wild Thang Social Distancing T-Shirts sent out to our Amazing Team.

While our sales, studio staff and part of our production staff are working from home we still wanted to make sure we kept in touch with our amazing team so what better way than to send them a t-shirt, which we produced in house of course. 

 

3)  NHS T-shirt Initiative launched.

We launch our T-shirt Campaign to let them NHS heroes know they will never walk alone whilst also promoting social distancing. For every t-shirt purchased we will donate 50% to NHS Charities OR a t-shirt to an NHS hero in their fight against the virus. The reaction to the campaign is fantastic and we feel really proud as a team we are making a difference.

 

4)  Further ISO success For Wild Thang.

Even though we have been working remotely because of corona virus that was never going to stop Wild Thang from making improvements, even in incredibly challenging circumstances. We are immensely proud as a team to announce the award of ISO 27001, which now creates a trio of ISO standard certifications at Wild Thang.

 

5)  NHS T-shirt Campaign completed and reported.

 

We were incredibly proud of what we achieved as a team at Wild Thang to try and make a difference and received orders from across the UK and Internationally, plus a few celebs purchased and were happy to get involved in our campaign. We were happy to report that we sold over 370 t-shirt’s and dispatched from WT HQ. The feedback, social interaction and encouragement was immense, but the highlight was from Ellie Orton, CEO of NHS Charities Together who commented “Well done for all the support you are giving to NHS charities, this is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing with us, we really appreciate it. Thank you so much for your support to NHSCT and our members. I love the videos and selfies they are great.”

 

6)  Liverpool FC finally lift The Premier League trophy after a 30 year wait.

While we have been a branding partner with LFC for many years this this was an incredibly special moment to say that Wild Thang have branded the first team’s kits and accessories for the Champions of England.

 

7)  Wild Thangs world class development is getting closer.

Even with the impact of the pandemic our building contractors are flying towards the final external phases which includes full cladding to our west wall, and importantly the window knock through which will give natural light into our production space. We are getting excited to show prospect clients, suppliers and partners the finished build! The sky is the limit.

 

8)  Wild Thang creates a little bit of history.

It was a special moment to visit the Museum of Liverpool and see the new exhibition which documents the effect Covid-19 has had on our region with our NHS campaign T-shirts featured, and the positive impact that companies and individuals have had. Curator Kay Jones and the team have done a wonderful job putting it together, it was so nice to see our own NHS awareness t-shirts and other merchandise we have produced form part of this important curation.

 

9)  Salford Red Devils compete in the Challenge Cup Final.

Wild Thang are incredibly proud of the club and honored to be their Official Merchandise and branding partner, along with Kappa, supplying the highest quality kit. Salford Red Devils unfortunately lose out by the narrowest of margins at Wembley.

 

10)  We lost a true friend and mentor coach, John Haynes.

John became an integral part of our company family helping Wild Thang and all our employees to learn to fly with the eagles over many years. We will never forget the positive impact he had on us all as individuals and as a company. John had unwavering commitment over the past four decades to raise aspiration and confidence in each individual that has been mentored by him and The International Coaching Academy. John was rightfully posthumously awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool & will always be in our hearts and minds.   

 

11)  Wild Thang invest over £120k in new state of the art DTG branding machinery.

This will dramatically increase our in house DTG print capacity and prepare us for future growth. As a company and country it’s been a tough year, but we have a dynamic mindset that won’t allow us to standstill, but push forward to be the best we can be and this will add to our world class branding offer.

 

12)  Wild Thangs long awaited Practical Completion is agreed for our new World Class development!

Whilst like many companies sales may have been reduced in 2020, it has not reduced our optimism and determination to make 2021 the start of a new era and our most successful ever. It’s due to our teams commitment that our development is now completed which places us in our strongest position ever to deliver one world class solution and as always we are here to help with expert advice to solve any branded clothing, merchandise and print puzzle. Four years in the making and we can’t wait to give you an official tour, when it’s safe to do so in 2021, and get you all involved in the official showcase launch later in the year. 

 

If you need some expert advice on some World Class Branded Clothing, Merchandise or Print to help with your 2021 bounce back please don't hesitate to get in touch. 

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Wild Thang investing in new state of the art DTG branding machinery
Wild Thang investing in new state of the art DTG branding machinery

Wild Thang make an investment of £120K to further enhance their current DTG printing machinery and ensure they continue to strive to deliver world class products and quality to their amazing clients across the UK, and the rest of the world.

Andrew Dwerryhouse, Wild Thang MD commented: 'Even in these incredibly challenging COVID times it is important to look ahead and continue to make important investments like this that will help us deliver our long term aspirational growth plans.

Even in times of economic uncertainly its incredibly important to have that dynamic and continuous improvement mindset because we understand if you are standing still and not adapting then the writing may already be on the wall for any company.

We decided as a team in order to survive and thrive as a company that we needed to continue to invest for the future. As a company we have a one solution mindset so this really compliments Direct To Garment equipment we already have in place but increases our capacity to a much more industrial level with the very latest high quality branding technology which of course will complement our large screen-print, embroidery and heat transfer departments.

Our amazing team undertook three days of training during the installation so have further enhanced their expert DTG knowledge and we are especially excited about the GTX machines environmental credentials with printer inks are manufactured according to Brother's exclusive formulation to provide the best possible results. These DTG inks are amongst the first to not only carry the Oeko-Tex® Certification, but also to be GOTS APPROVED and CPSIA compliant* to help ensure they are safe for printing and environmentally responsible.

For those who don’t know DTG printing it stands for Direct To Garment which is the process of using a modified industrial inkjet printer to apply digital designs directly to garment, it can print any number of colours to an incredibly high resolution meaning there are no longer any boundaries to create incredibly complex designs on short runs. This is the chosen method for on demand where we produce garments as one off or small orders as they are received which is incredibly flexible. We see markets changing and have demand for people to create partnerships where they don’t want to outlay big amounts in either stock or setups so this really opens another set of doors to give our clients yet another possible solution to their branding requirements.

We decided that we wanted to make the first job off the new DTG equipment a special one so we decided to support our friends over at MaxMade who will be taking part in a social distance Santa Dash in memory of Emily Jane Gore, Emily sadly passed away earlier in the year. Their team raised an incredible £5,329 with all proceeds being donated to Willowbrook Hospice. We hope you like our little video montage & photo's to celebrate this significant DTG investment and also to help promote the great fundraising initiative MaxMade are supporting.

After an incredibly difficult year with the impact of Covid we are now focused on Wild Thang looking to 2021 with great ambition and combined with the upcoming completion of our new development we believe the sky really is the limit for dynamic sales growth."

To find out more about the new DTG branding service simple get in touch 

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Video montage & photo’s Various DTG installation images, John Penkman Wild Thang production dept manager proudly holding the t-shirt and the Maxmade team with the cheque & wearing the t-shirts which features a picture of Emily Jane Gore, who will always be remembered.

Further ISO success for Wild Thang
Further ISO success for Wild Thang

Even though we have been working remotely because of corona virus, that was never going to stop Wild Thang from making improvements, even in incredibly challenging circumstances. We are incredibly proud as a team to announce the award of ISO 27001, which now creates a trio of ISO standard certifications at Wild Thang.

Andrew Dwerryhouse, Managing Director, commented: “We are absolutely delighted to announce our ISO27001 certification, especially given the challenges that Covid-19 is creating for companies and organisations across the UK, it shows we are still 100% open for business.

Many thanks to Carrie Dwerryhouse who has worked incredibly hard along with the rest of the team over the past months to get this certification in place. It’s another important piece of our certification jigsaw and now makes a trio of ISO standard successes for Wild Thang, which also include ISO9001 and ISO14001.

Add those to the highest possible industry certification of BPMA charter standard, Sedex and Promota, we are certain that we are one of the most qualified and certified companies in our industry across the whole of the UK and likely to be the only company in the Liverpool City Region that can offer such world class standards.

Wild Thang may be well known for branded clothing and print but there is so much more to us than meets the eye. All of those products require us to create amazing innovative packaging and distribute them to locations all over the world.

We have always had the strictest governance and policy in place when it came to handling confidential data but now having the ISO27001 certification offers our clients complete peace of mind. This proves we have the ability to protect all corporate information and data, manage threats and demonstrates that we have the systems in place to protect corporate information and data of any size, whether this is online or offline. We can manage data at any level and for any size of distribution or mailing projects, our clients will have complete confidence that their data is 100% safe, secure and confidential.

We will never stop taking the next steps to making improvement in every area of the business because..........’It’s the Wild Thang way’.

Picture of Carrie Dwerryhouse holding the certificate while working remotely at home & of course wearing her I Love NHS T-shirt produced by Wild Thang.

For more information on how we maybe of help with your next distribution or mailing projects simple get in touch.

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Those little Devils have only gone and made it to the Super League Grand Final!
Those little Devils have only gone and made it to the Super League Grand Final!

Well this is a remarkable achievement and it’s not every day we get to work on merchandise for such a major sporting event in the world of Rugby. The world loves the underdog and some had already written off the Red Devils as being a none contender at the beginning of the season, how wrong could they be, which in some ways makes it even sweeter for the club, players and the amazing fans.

Wild Thang Director John Howarth, who helps look after the clubs requirements, commented: “There is so much to celebrate, what a year, what a club! Massive congrats from the whole Wild Thang Team on making it to the Grand Final but also to Jacko Hastings on winning the Man of Steel at the Super League Awards this week too, the guy has deserves everything that comes his way and we are excited for next season already!”

One more to go to make your dreams come true but win or lose there is so much to be proud of for all involved, Wild Thang are proud to have been played our small part as official merchandise and team kit branding partner, we are now looking forward to creating some Limited Edition Grand Final Merchandise which will be available soon on the online shop and also at the Salgood club shop at the stadium.

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Really proud to announce our continued partnership with Salford Red Devils
Really proud to announce our continued partnership with Salford Red Devils

Really proud to announce our continued partnership with Salford Red Devils as the official merchandise partner along with Kappa Team Wear supplying the highest quality kit. So this just had to be our merchandise in action this week & may I just say what a bunch of handsome devils, well we would actually be scared to say anything else!

We love it when people share their merchandise in action online & across social media as it really is a key driver for marketing the availability of any product or service. Looking forward to continue producing the world class sports kit, training wear & branded retail merchandise always highlighting team spirit & motto #TogetherStronger Never underestimate the power of the photograph to capture the special moment of any campaign and deliver real impact, think PR exposure, think the endless social media sharing on Instagram, Twitter etc.

We hope this gives you a little inspiration to create some world class apparel & merchandise for yourself & we will be introducing some exciting new product lines. Please remember we are here to help with expert branded clothing, merchandise and print advice! Why not check out the range and online shop we created to manage the online merchandise sales on behalf of the club

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WORLDS BIGGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ONE PAIR OF UNDERPANTS
WORLDS BIGGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ONE PAIR OF UNDERPANTS

Mondays don’t have to be pants, this is why I am so so pleased to share this amazing world record. You already know Wild Thang absolutely loves all things big, huge, massive related to products we sell, but this one is extra special for more than one reason. We probably produce more branded promotional branded underwear than anyone else in the UK and secondly by pure co-incidence this world record took place only down the round from our HQ.

The underpants measured a whopping 1,665 cm wide and 254 cm high and fitted very snugly around an amazing 286 people inside, this amazing world record was achieved by students from Rimrose Hope Primary School in Bootle, Liverpool. The record was organised by five students taking part in a competition in conjunction with the Gazelle group and 'Pants to Poverty,' which raises awareness for fair trade within the cotton industry. This was also very much close to our heart as a company being very much involved in the textile industry and holding Sedex membership we know how important it is to monitor your supply chain to make sure we also say ‘Pants to Poverty’.

Please remember we are here to help with expert branded clothing, merchandise & print advice. At Wild Thang we have an extensive knowledge of manufacturing branded underwear for all the right reasons so why not take a look at going bespoke.

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MERCHANDISE IN ACTION BBC CHILDREN IN NEED !
MERCHANDISE IN ACTION BBC CHILDREN IN NEED !

Well this just simply had to be this week’s Wild Thang Merchandise. It was a record breaking year for BBC Children In Need this year raising over £50 million which is simply incredible. Congratulations to all those who participated and all those people that gave up their time & got involved for such a worthy cause.

I can’t think of a better example of a charity campaign that has taken merchandise to their heart and placed it centrally to all their fundraising campaigns. It’s great to see branded t-shirts & various other merchandise in virtually every social media interaction but also being retailed across the UK.

We should never underestimate the power of the photograph to capture the moment of any campaign or event & deliver real impact, think PR exposure,  driving endless social media sharing on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook & Snapchat. Hopefully you can really start to see the benefits of branded merchandise and print really making a big big difference .

 We just love showcasing merchandise in action to give you inspiration for your next campaign. Please remember we are here to help with expert branded clothing, merchandise and print advice! Why not have a look at the 1000’s of products that are available to be personalised with your brand or campaign message.

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