Printed or Embroidered Jackets?
WORKWEAR BRANDING GUIDE How to choose the right finish for on site crews and office teams. Branded jackets do two jobs at once. They keep your team warm and dry, and they put your company name in front of every customer, supplier and passer by who sees your crew at work, which is some of […]
Embroidery, Screen Print, DTF or Heat Transfer: Which Decoration Method Does Your Workwear Actually Need?
Embroidery, Screen Print, DTF or Heat Transfer: Most people ordering branded workwear for the first time ask for a price before they ask the one question that actually decides the price: how should the logo go on? Get that wrong and you either overpay for a run of tees, or you put embroidery on a […]
Hi-Vis Vest Colours Explained: A Guide to Colour-Coding Roles in a Large Factory
Hi-Vis Vest Colours Explained: A Guide to Colour-Coding Roles in Large Factories Hi-Vis Vest Colours Explained: A Guide to Colour-Coding Roles in a Large Factory On a busy factory floor, you often need to know who someone is before you’re close enough to read their name badge. Is that person a visitor who shouldn’t be […]
Who Wears Hi Vis Vests in Ireland, and Why the Branding Matters More Than the Vest
Hi vis vests are worn across far more of Irish working life than most people realise: construction and civil engineering crews, warehouse and logistics staff, farmers, event stewards and security teams, school groups, GAA clubs, delivery drivers, utility crews and factory floors. The vest itself does one job, it makes the wearer visible. The printing […]
Women’s Safety Workwear That Fits: A Guide for Irish Employers
For years, kitting out women on site meant handing them the smallest men’s size in the box and hoping for the best. That approach fails on two fronts. It is uncomfortable, and more importantly, it is unsafe. Safety gear only protects the person wearing it when it actually fits. Women’s safety workwear, cut for women’s […]
Do I need Class 1, 2 or 3 EN ISO 20471 for my operations?
What Irish law actually says There is no Irish law that names a hi vis class. You will not find a rule stating roadworkers must wear Class 3 or warehouse staff must wear Class 1. What the law does instead is put the duty on you, the employer. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at […]
The Best Lightweight Hi Vis for Working Through an Irish Summer
Summer on a building site in Ireland is its own kind of test. The sun finally shows up, the temperature climbs, and you are still legally required to wear your hi vis. The standard heavy gear that felt grand in February now feels like a sauna by ten in the morning. The good news is […]
What is EN ISO 20471
This is the hi vis equivalent of the glove rules we covered in our guide to EN388 glove ratings. Same idea, different bit of kit. Here is what you need to know without the jargon. What EN ISO 20471 actually is EN ISO 20471 is the European standard for high visibility clothing. It replaced the […]
Powder-Free vs Nitrile vs Latex vs Diamond Grip: Which Disposable Glove Should You Actually Buy?
If you’ve ever stared at a wholesaler’s glove catalogue and wondered why the same hand fits into a box of latex one day, a box of nitrile the next, and a box of “diamond grip” the day after — you’re not alone. Disposable gloves are one of the most repeat-ordered PPE lines in Irish business, […]
Your Crew Is Your Billboard: Why Branded Workwear Is the Smartest Marketing You’ll Ever Buy
Think about the last time you drove past a council crew resurfacing a road. A scaffold team rigging a build. A delivery driver hopping out of a van. You clocked the logo — even if you didn’t mean to. That’s the thing about workwear. Your team is already wearing it. The only question is whether […]
