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Wild Thang are incredibly proud to announce that we have been nominated for not only one category but two categories as finalists for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Innovation in Business Awards 2022.

As for many businesses, it has been an exciting time as we slowly have returned to an almost ‘normal’ business setting, post-pandemic, restrictions and the impact of Brexit. Our team have worked so hard to return bigger and better this year, and we truly feel we have.

WILD THANG ARE FINALISTS! VOTE FOR US!

Having Wild Thang as finalists for two categories this year, is truly something incredibly special for us.

- Business of the Year (Over 30 employees)

- International Business

It is fantastic to have our determination and hard work recognised as our team has grown alongside our World Class HQ developments.

We feel we have overcome the obstacles COVID and Brexit have thrown at us, and we feel we have only come out even stronger than ever.

WILD THANG, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS 2021

If you have followed our journey, you may remember that last year we won this category. The fact we have been nominated again this year, truly is another fantastic moment in our journey.

WILD THANG TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS

This year we announced our long term Irish and European expansion plans, as we formed our Irish Wild Thang assisting with the ease of trading and distribution between Ireland and the rest of Europe.

WILD THANG HQ DEVELOPEMENT

Our Wild Thang HQ development has experienced some of its final touches over the last few months, and we are so excited to celebrate our long-awaited building launch with you all.

Voting closes on the 1st September 2022 and the awards take place on the 17th November 2022.

We would really appreciate your vote, as every single vote counts. If you need any further information, simply get in touch with the team.

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Wild Thang announce their long term Irish and European expansion plans on the world famous St Patrick’s Day! We chose the perfect day to celebrate taking our next step to international success by forming our Irish company that will facilitate ease of trading and distribution between Ireland and the rest of Europe. With offices, warehousing and distribution based in Dublin and Kilkenny we can service our growing number of international clients. As part of that significant growth plan Wild Thang have become members of the British and Irish Trading Alliance to help build their customer base and supply chain worldwide.

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY MERCHANDISE IN ACTION  

Andrew Dwerryhouse, Managing Director commented: “What better day to announce our long term Irish and European expansion plans than St Patrick’s Day. We already have strong and well established business relationships with some great Irish companies so it’s fantastic to finally be able to announce that we are now also an Irish trading entity”.

LEFT JOHN HOWARTH WT DIRECTOR MIDDLE PAUL WHITNELL BITA PRESIDENT RIGHT ANDREW DWERRYHOUSE WT MD

“We believe Dublin had to be our natural European base, not only because of the proximity but also the special and close trading relationship Liverpool and the Republic of Ireland has had over the centuries. It’s not a straightforward path and it’s been a challenging journey each step of the way to get to this point, but the teams hard work has paid off to now create seamless trade between the UK, Ireland, Europe and beyond”.

WILD THANG ATTENDED THE DUBLIN BITA EVENT AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL IN FEBRUARY

“Wild Thang have already seen significant demand for international distribution over the last few years, and now we have big growth plans for 2022 this really is another exciting piece of the puzzle that will help us meet those long term growth aspirations. We have already started to grow our network by becoming a member of the British Irish Trading Alliance in January and have recently attended our first Dublin B2B BITA event in February”.

SPECIAL & CLOSE TRADING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

“BITA are a fantastic organisation that puts a huge amount of emphasis on facilitating building positive business relationships through friendship for the long term. I would personally like to thank Paul Whitnell who is president at BITA and has taken time out to visit Wild Thangs UK HQ, made some fantastic introductions and genuinely given us the warmest of welcomes in true Irish spirit”. “So there we are, with the luck of the Irish we will reach our growth aspirations and we’ll be enjoying the craic on the journey, as that’s The Wild Thang Way”.

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY MERCHANDISE IN ACTION  

Paul Whitnell BITA President commented: “Wild Thang is a great addition to this growing eco system. Andrew’s values mirror that of the organization, Integrity, passion and delivery. Innovation and sustainable growth is at the forefront of this amazing business and we are so proud to have their total commitment to building a better future because together we are stronger”.

To find out more about BITA or get in touch with Wild Thang simply click on the below links

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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 Nominated as a finalist for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award! We are incredibly proud as a team to announce that we have been nominated as a finalist for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award. As for many businesses 2020/21 has been a rollercoaster ride and probably the most challenging year in our 25 year history so when we found out we were a finalist it really did make the teams year so far. When the pandemic hit sales fell off a cliff for many areas of our business but we were determined as a team that we would not be defined as a company by the development, covid or Brexit so we adapted quickly to ensure we could not only survive, but also thrive as a team and company, so this is a very special moment.

Photo's of the newly redeveloped world class Wild Thang HQ distributing across europe & globally

Andrew Dwerryhouse Wild Thang MD commented “It certainly has been the perfect storm with the ongoing £2m development of our HQ nearing final completion and the unique challenges that brings, plus add a global pandemic and the troubles Brexit has brought, we got three huge challenges for the price of one!”

Wild Thang's senior team finally get the opportunity to resume normal meetings and discuss the opportunities that will come from opening the new Dublin office

“We are so proud as a team we have hopefully now come through that storm with flying colours by adapting to create a unique offer, so now we have never been more excited about the future and Wild Thang’s export growth potential which we highlighted in the supporting finalist evidence we provided about our plans to grow turnover and our exports by 20-25% in 2022.” “We are proud to have retained all staff throughout this challenging time & have already added 4 new staff to our team over the past month in preparation for that projected growth."

25 year ago Wild Thang started with a small princes trust loan here is a photo of one of the very early premises 

"I also recently participated in an LCC video which I will share as soon as available that highlighted our Brexit challenge story of how we have adapted as a company and Team, and personally thanked the Chamber of commerce for their support navigating pre and post Brexit.” “It would never be right without acknowledging everyone involved so big thanks to our team, clients, suppliers and everyone else who has supported Wild Thang.”

Photo of part of Team Wild Thang always aiming to deliver our one world class solution promise for creative branding clothing, merchandise & print  

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