Category Archives: Jackets

Thermal Work Jacket

Rising costs of heating

Over the last few years heating and keep warm has been repeatedly in the headlines and on the news as people struggle to afford heating their homes and workplaces. Many of those people have been looking for alternative ways to keep warm, such as buying thermal underwear, insulating their homes with loft insulation, new windows and turning down the flow temperature on their boilers.

Workplace solutions

Energy costs have also had a huge effect on businesses, and this has led to an increase in costs for their customers. Many companies have been looking for ways to reduce their energy consumption and therefore costs.  From changing equipment which uses much less energy, for example moving from standard or energy saving lightbulbs to LEDs, converting to electric vehicles, or reducing operating hours.

Turning down the temperature

One of the solutions our customers have been look at is providing warmer workwear for staff so that they can turn the heating down. This can be a range of items such as fleeces, hoodies, sweatshirts, gilets, or maybe a thermal work jacket. They often add their branding to these items as a print or embroidery.

Thermal Explained

Thermal clothing is designed to keep the warmth of your body in, removing any moisture such as sweat, whilst keeping the cold out.  Good thermal clothing should be lightweight, comfortable to wear and should have the capability to insulate and regulate the temperature of the body.

Thermal Work Jacket

Solutions for your workplace

If you are looking to source warm workwear and thermal work jackets, we have a large range to choose from, click here.  We can select items that we think will be most suitable for your organisation and provide samples for you to try.  If you would like help with this, please contact us here or call on 01908 290482

Heated Work Jackets

With the current high energy prices, many companies are looking for ways to reduce costs in this area.  Providing warm workwear for your staff uniform and slightly lowering the heating in the workplace can make huge savings.

Heat the person rather than the whole room

One of the newest innovations in textiles is the ability to combined heating units within the fabric and items such as heated blankets have been very popular especially with the elderly as they heat the person rather than the whole room.

Warm workwear for outside and large spaces

In the uniform sector we are able to offer heated work jackets and gilets which are particularly suitable for people working outside or in large spaces which are difficult and expensive to heat. The garments contain heat panels which are heated up by battery packs held in a pocket on the garment.

heated work jacket
Heated Work Jacket

The great benefit of this type of heat is that it’s placed right where it’s needed next to the body and there is minimum heat waste, compared to heating a whole room or building.

Warm workwear for extra layering

If heated work jackets and gilets are not the right option for you we also have a large range of warm workwear for extra layering, which we can supply to businesses, these items can be branded with print or embroidery to add your logo or contact details.

If you would like more information on heated work jackets or warm workwear you can find the product information here and here or contact us here

Add a Splash of Colour

Larger companies and organisations often come to us looking for sets of work wear that match but can be altered slightly to represent different departments or teams within the organisation. 

One of the options we can offer, are garments which are the same style and design but come in a range of colours. 

If a customer is looking for a more subtle difference then we can provide clothing which has the option of coloured accessories, such as zip pulls, hoodie draw cords and buttons. This is a subtle change which can make a garment easily customised, fit in with branding colours and define different sections within an organisation.

Interchangeable Zip Pulls

For more information visit impacttrading.co.uk

Bubble Bros Style

Last year we were lucky enough to provide uniform for a company call the Bubble Bros.  Ben and Joe started their venture in 2015 when they converted a 3 wheeled Piaggio into a Prosecco van which you can hire for events.

From there on they have expanded by adding more vintage vehicles to the fleet.  The Impact Trading team just loved the style of the logo and branding of this company, not to mention the thought of Prosecco!

The jackets the Bubble Bros chose are traditional utilitarian style welding jackets. This style of jacket was around the 1920’s -1950’s in engineering industries such as the railway and steel industries. These jackets are a perfect fit for the Bubble Bros vintage style and we all agree they look absolutely brilliant in them.

The Bubble Bros showing off their new jackets!

To buy a bubble brother’s jacket from their website just click here

Varsity Jackets are making a come back

Varsity Jackets are making a comeback

Varsity Jackets

We are hearing on the ‘grape vine’ that the varsity jacket is making a come back. Our jackets have always been popular and are the perfect garment for embroidering. They come in a range of colours and sizes and are particularly good for sport, school and dance groups.

We can thank the Americans for introducing us to the varsity jacket. This casual wear staple was born in the glittering sports halls of Harvard University. In the 1950’s the newly invented TV beamed the ideal of the American Dream, the varsity jacket came to symbolise the uniform of the sporty teenager. Now its having a resurgence.

American High School sports team

The style is neat, simple and with the distinctive contrast ribbing. It combines the structure of a jacket with the ease of a cardigan, making it ideal for leisure wear. Girls love the look too and from an early stage the jacket became a unisex look. The effect is upbeat with a 50’s retro feel and perfect for team branding!

Milton Keynes Dance Centre
Milton Keynes Dance Centre