Corporate Connection Ltd

Press Release: Eastbourne Eagles Speedway Team

Corporate Connection — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:15:03 +0000

Corporate Connection are proud to be the Official Merchandise Partner for the Eastbourne Eagles Speedway Team. We have recently launched their online store – where you can buy Official Club Merchandise delivered straight to your door. Here is the team’s Official Press Release:

Online store launch

Quality Authenticated Official Club Merchandise delivered directly to your door from Corporate Connection our Official Merchandise Partner

Special Introductory Exclusive Sale offer from launch for 15 days – from 1st March to 15th March

Delivery is expected to be within 7 working days / 10 actual days from the date the Order is placed.

Prices that you see are INCLUSIVE of VAT (where applicable) and Postage and Packing e/g NO added Extras when you get to Checkout

The Eastbourne Fineprint Eagles Online Store is OPEN with a range of clothing and a small range of added items.

New lines will be added periodically.

Our Merchandise partner Corporate Connection can offer a range of more than 4,000 items in total which can be branded with Eastbourne Fineprint Eagles Logo and we will pick and select the lines we think most suitable.

We are honoured to be only the second motor sport / sport related business offering this type of online store deal by Corporate Connection – the other outlet is the BRDC – British Racing Drivers Club which owns and manages Silverstone F1 track and associated events.

The online store will augment the Track Shop at Arlington, which will also stock a range of clothing from Corporate Connection. Prices Online will always be cheaper.

The Track Shop will also stock favourite speedway orientated lines like specialist speedway badges; scarves; stickers; programme boards; pens; model bikes; mugs; keyrings, programmes and photographs etc

We have dedicated ranges for Men, Ladies and Children including:

Polo Shirts

T-Shirts

Hoodies

Jackets

Varsity Jackets

Beanie Hats

Baseball Caps

Bronx Caps

Backpacks

Bags

Belt Bags

Wallet

Drink Bottles

Umberellas

More lines will be added shortly.

All payments are safe and secure with full encryption and security measures.

Click here to view the range

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Taking a look from the PPE perspective

Corporate Connection — Tue, 26 May 2015 09:32:01 +0000

Lee Taylor, Wenaas, UK, explores the importance of specially designed PPE and work wear for the increasingly extreme environments faced by the oil and gas industry.

Attitudes towards offshore health and safety have come a long way in recent years. Heightened regulatory processes along with major advances in technology have meant that offshore workers are now better equipped to deal with the increasing demands of their roles in harsher climatic environments than ever before.

Health and safety has become a huge industry in its own right, with oil and gas industry bodies funding a multitude of research and development projects to provide the latest safety resources for their workforce. Included in this is the personal protective equipment and work wear sector, which has progressed in tandem with other strands of health and safety. As the offshore workforce evolves, so does the requirement for updated PPE and work wear. This is perfectly illustrated by the recent research undertaken by a university based in Aberdeen, which has assessed the implications of a physically growing offshore workforce upon a number of health and safety measures in general – not least the efficacy of PPE and work wear. The question is – have the work force’s habits changed sufficiently to ensure the right procedures are being followed?

Wenaas is a designer and manufacturer of work wear and PPE, and understands the importance of investment in research and development to continually optimise and improve work wear and PPE. It is on the basis of this commitment to R&D – and a ‘head-to-toe safety’ ethos – that Wenaas has been involved in research projects which aim to develop superior protection work wear, fit to cope with the extreme demands that the petroleum industry supplies.

This is important, because whilst the North Sea offshore industry holds a relatively positive track record for safety, E&P activity is moving into more hazardous, remote and ultimately more dangerous areas, as the search for reserves continues. This presents increasingly challenging environments within which work wear and PPE must perform, whilst highlighting the need for the emergence of innovative solutions and education on how to use those solutions to their best advantage.

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West Midlands businesses honoured in latest Queen’s Awards

Corporate Connection — Mon, 11 May 2015 08:08:39 +0000

BUSINESSES across the West Midlands have been recognised for their contribution to British industry in the Queen’s Awards for 2015.

A Coventry engineering firm which exports 80% of its UK-manufactured products, Jaguar Land Rover, Coventry University, a Birmingham healthcare firm and The Midcounties Co-operative have all been recognised in the awards, which have been announced today.

Coventry-based T A Savery & Co, which trades as energy absorption specialist Oleo International and hydraulic solutions provider Savery Hydraulics, has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade.

The award comes at an exciting time for the company, which has recently manufactured the world’s largest elevator buffer system, launched an industry-first global online sales portal, and expanded its international presence with new sales operations in Spain, North America and China.

The company has been successfully exporting its products for the last 60 years.

The company’s chairman, Sul Sahota, said the award was testament to the company’s innovative design and manufacturing processes, which all take place in the UK.

He said: “We are delighted to have been awarded one of the most celebrated and high-profile awards for commercial success.

“We have been designing and manufacturing all our products from the UK and exporting them overseas for many years and we owe this award to our staff, stakeholders, suppliers and quality processes here in the UK, and to our strong global network of distributors, agents and service centres.“

T A Savery designs and manufactures hydraulics solutions in the UK for customers internationally and currently has operations in China, Germany, the USA and an office in India.

Savery Hydraulics designs and manufactures hydraulic systems for the Ministry of Defence, the energy sector and automotive, and recently designed and installed a hydraulic ring main system at Jaguar Land Rover.

Oleo International designs and manufactures elevator, rail and industrial buffers in the UK and has a strong sales presence in countries such as Sweden, France and Australia. Oleo recently manufactured the world’s largest elevator buffer system, which will be installed into some of the world’s tallest buildings. The buffer is the only one in the world designed to support elevator drop speeds in excess of 20 metres per second.

The company also has the world’s tallest buffer testing tower situated on site at its Coventry plant.

West Midlands economic output hits 13-month high

Corporate Connection — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:14:30 +0000

Economic output in the West Midlands reached a 13-month high, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

Lloyds’ purchasing managers’ index (PMI) recorded a score of 61.2 in March, up from 57.7 in February. Any figure above 50 indicates growth.

The score makes the West Midlands the second fastest growing region in the UK, with strong rises in new business, solid job creation and a slight rise in backlogs.

The figures also showed that new business orders placed with the private sector grew for a 29th consecutive month, and at the fastest pace since Jun 2014.

Mark Cadwallader, director for SME Banking in the Midlands at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: “Private sector firms across the West Midlands were riding high in March, with output growth accelerating to the strongest rate in 13 months.

Global market review of workwear – forecasts to 2019

Corporate Connection — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 08:07:22 +0000

Employers decide what their workers will wear. This decision process has been at the heart of the corporatewear industry (to give workwear its more business-like name) for nearly 50 years. For 25% of the adult employed population of the developed countries of the world, what we wear to work is what our employers have given us.

Merchandise is typically sold at wholesale prices to companies or rented by them from garment rental companies that launder the garments on a “revolving” basis (one on the wearer, one in the locker, one at the rental laundry).

This latest edition of just-style’s global workwear report updates its market valuation data post-recession and provides a complete worldwide picture of the state of the sector. The report inclues:

Forecasts for the market size by major region out to 2019
A breakdown of workwear categories and routes of industry supply
A clear and no-nonsense explanation of this complex category

The report focuses on the state of garment rental, manufacturing and fabrics.

Categories covered in the data include:

General workwear
Health workwear
Corporate career clothing
Promotional casual clothing
Uniforms

Corporate workwear in Queensland is taking a dressing down as more men drop the knot

Corporate Connection — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:28:57 +0000

OFFICE workers are saying goodbye to the tie, as corporate workwear takes a dressing down.

Once a staple of the working man’s wardrobe, corporate image specialist Suzanne Dekyvere says many Brisbane offices are now shunning the traditional neck accessory for a more laid back approach to business.

“You run into a lot of guys just wearing pants and shirts,” Ms Dekyvere said.

“Queensland has a more relaxed vibe and that’s often reflected in corporate standards of dress.

“Its also extremely hot compared to the southern states, so it’s not realistic to suit up every day.”

Suncorp Bank’s senior strategy adviser Ed McGuiness said while the requirement to wear a tie in a corporate environment has diminished over time, it’s not out of fashion just yet.

“Wearing a tie sends the right professional message,” Mr McGuiness said.

“For me it’s a sign of respect, some people really appreciate the effort … dressing nicely helps you put your best foot forward.”

Suncorp has a “smart” dress policy for its workers, but Mr McGuiness says the company tries to adopt a fairly relaxed approach across the board.

New BoQ chief executive Jon Sutton, who is featured in Queensland Business Monthly inside Friday’s The Courier-Mail said he always wears a tie but doesn’t expect all staff to follow suit.

Mr Sutton’s predecessor Stuart Grimshaw was known for never wearing one.

Men’s fashion has swung away from a more rigid style of dress, replacing ties with pocket squares and a smart jacket.

“It’s becoming more and more acceptable not to wear a tie and in fact more on trend to just have a good dress shirt with no tie, top button undone and jacket over the top,” Department Group co-owner Jonathan Ford said.

And while Optio Consulting director Bevan O’Neill some industries will always require a tie, it was no longer the sign of “professionalism” it once was.

10 Tips for Keeping Roadway Workers Safer

Corporate Connection — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:08:12 +0000

As government transportation agencies throughout North America act to rebuild many aging highways, much of that roadwork must be performed during hours with heavy amounts of traffic. The U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are reminding roadway construction and maintenance companies of the need for heightened safety awareness to prevent needless injuries or fatalities.

UniFirst (www.unifirst.com), a provider of work uniforms and safety apparel to companies throughout the U.S. and Canada, has compiled a list of 10 important safety considerations that roadway workers should keep in mind.

Chuck Stanec, Specialty Apparel Product Manager at UniFirst, says: “A Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows that there were 609 fatalities in work zones in 2012. With a stronger focus on worksite safety, particularly as it applies to high visibility workwear, there’s no reason that number cannot be significantly reduced or potentially eliminated.”

Don’t trust accessories alone, such as high visibility vests, to provide worker protection. Enhanced or high visibility shirts, pants, jackets or coveralls may be needed for workers to be better identified by drivers of moving vehicles (particularly in hot climates where roadwork is generally done during nighttime hours to minimize the risk of heat exhaustion).
Follow the regulations and guidelines that affect your business as they apply to high visibility safety apparel. Adhere to the high visibility apparel compliance standards, such as ANSI/ISEA 107-2010, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), and CSA Z96.1.
Ensure your high visibility apparel works as it was designed to do. Keep it clean and well maintained.
Conduct training programs to instruct workers on how to properly use and maintain Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Incorporate the use of temporary traffic barriers at your worksite to provide workers with added physical protection from moving vehicles.

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The Importance of Workwear

Corporate Connection — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:48:36 +0000

Many employers are aware of their basic duty of care to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) at work, but do they really consider the value and the importance of health and safety workwear in their organisation?

Employers recognise the need to provide safety wear to protect their staff from carrying out tasks in a high risk environment; for example, to protect from burning if employees work close to hot ovens or furnaces. What, though, are the thought processes that managers and supervisors go through when issuing safety workwear?

When an employee has to conduct a task in a risky environment, and they do not feel completely protected, they will be keeping an eye on protecting themselves rather than carrying out the task as efficiently and effectively as they could. Issuing basic protective workwear does help to overcome this risk, but does it really place a value on helping the employee to be as comfortable and productive as they possibly could be?

If, for example, employees are working in hot environments, is the material that the protective clothing is made of fully breathable and made of natural fibres that will absorb perspiration? Is the employee’s movement restricted because the clothing is too bulky?

When considering purchasing new assets for a company, management will assess the best equipment looking at issues of output, performance and value. If the outputs can be improved on a new piece of equipment, then the cost can be justified. Is this the same when considering our employees and their health and safety workwear? Too often managers just provide the basic level of protection to cover the risk, but have they really thought about the quality and options available, and how poor quality workwear, may protect the employee, but can impact on their productivity?

I believe there is a business case for ensuring that employees are protected in a comfortable manner. This will allow them to feel safe when carrying out a hazardous task. Staff who are supplied well fitting, quality workwear are more likely to feel valued and more motivated; ultimately this can help with the retention and recruitment of staff.

Workplace risks are varied and include the obvious serious electricity risks, fire, chemical hazards and dangerous machinery which can cause fatality or loss of limbs or sight. There are other unseen risks that do not necessarily cause an immediate problem, yet can cause significant issues to an employee’s hearing, skin, lungs and breathing.

Employers should always consider weighing up risk with comfort. The comfort factor should not be considered just from a production and value perspective, but from a knowledge that wrongly fitted personal protecting clothing can have fatal consequences. For example, loose fitting protective clothing can easily get caught in machinery, causing a serious accident.

School uniform’s in for grown-ups this summer

Corporate Connection — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:19:25 +0000

School uniform? On fully grown women? Bear with us. The constituent elements of classroom dress were all over the catwalks for spring/summer 2015: glossy suede trenchcoats at Burberry; kilts at Joseph, cricket jumpers at Preen and socks at Jil Sander – and gingham and tartan everywhere.

That’s not a big stretch for many of us, who never quite shake off our dependency on a daily uniform of sorts. The catwalk incarnations are particularly lustworthy, But being innately frugal types we wanted to see how far we could replicate the catwalk version by sourcing the real thing. Cast from your mind those memories of frumpy, lumpy jumpers and ill-fitting pinafores, originally purchased in huge sizes by thrifty mothers who then regretted their economy when we insisted on wearing them until they had reached micro length. Forget the “brown coat, brown hat, orange ribbon, and a brown tunic underneath with an orange belt” of Malory Towers; the yellow and purple badge of the Grange Hill uniform.

Instead, evaluate items on their own merits. Which is how we found ourselves in the John Lewis school uniform department cooing over Marni-esque ribbed socks and Girl Guide neck-ties (very Miu Miu pre-fall). Admittedly, there is a fine art to wearing school uniform and making it look as though you have dressed with grown-up resourcefulness rather than nostalgic desperation. Exercise restraint: more than one item will make you look like mutton dressed as Milly Molly Mandy. Think about sizing. If you’re wearing a pleated skirt, keep it long and loose; if you’re tempted by a cricket jumper, wear it oversized and slouchy. Steer clear of Mary Janes and satchel bags, and keep a critical eye on the cut because although fabrics in the school department are built to last, shapes can be a bit too utilitarian. Here’s our report on the class of ’15.

ELLIE PITHERS
When I was a lanky adolescent, I found my uniform quite soothing. A neat gingham shirt, a bottle green pinafore, an itchy V‑neck jumper, a blazer with a crest of daisies and a gabardine proudly decorated with pins represented order and routine. I wasn’t so keen on the bottle-green wool tights. But everything else was reassuring in its promise of conformity. Perhaps that’s why I now routinely gravitate to pleated wool skirts in navy and grey, sober-coloured blazers, cricket jumpers, shiny loafers and knee-length socks. And why, when faced with a fashion cupboard full of school uniforms, I picked this overcoat – nigh on identical to the one I wore at my all-girls school in north-west London. It has a detachable hood, which I hastily removed for fear of looking too Enid Blyton, but paired with jeans and heeled boots, I think it looks quite understated. Or perhaps it’s further evidence of a deep-seated librarian complex.

Royal Navy forced to ditch first batch of new U.S. style uniforms with baseball caps after they arrived covered in MOULD

Corporate Connection — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:55:34 +0000

New easy-to-wear uniforms were supposed to be rolled out from January
But first batch of 1,700 arrived ‘ruined’ after not being dried properly
First new uniforms in 20 years were described as a ‘fashion statement’
Includes baseball caps, velcro instead of buttons and zip-up boots
Navy spokesman confirms roll-out will be complete by the end of July

The Royal Navy‘s sailors will be waiting a little longer to don their bold new ‘fashion statement’ uniforms – complete with American-style baseball caps – after the first batch arrived mouldy.

The new uniforms, first tested back in 2012, were supposed to begin being rolled out this month, but the first order for 1,700 ‘Combat Number 4 Dress’ were unwearable.

It is thought the uniforms had been steam cleaned, but not dried properly.

A Navy source told The Sun: ‘There were plans to roll it out from the start of January. The first batch was completely ruined and unusable. It’s all rather embarrassing really and an unwanted delay.’

The uniform replaces the Navy’s traditional lighter blue outfit and is the first new uniform to be worn by our sailors on operations for more than 20 years.

The new kit, which is being manufactured by a British company as part of a £250,000 deal, is designed to be more versatile and adaptable to the different weather that the Navy encounters as it carries out its worldwide operations.

But when the uniforms were unveiled two years ago, traditionalists were horrified to see Royal Navy sailors would soon be wearing American-style baseball caps on operations.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said at the time the caps were ‘cool and more modern’.

The new uniforms also replaced buttons with Velcro, and zip-up boots with fake laces.

The MoD went as far as to say the uniforms were a ‘Daring fashion statement’ – a play on words based around HMS Daring, the £1billion Type 45 destroyer where Combat Number 4 Dress was trialed.