Prestige Leisure UK one of Acorn’s main suppliers of clothing have been hard at work raising money for Cancer research. Well the ladies of Prestige have ! they all dressed in Pink and entered the Race for Life held on June the 1st in Edinburgh.

Well done ladies ! shame you couldn’t get some of the men out with you they need a bit of exercise.

Fruit of the loom founded in New York in 1851,is today one of the biggest global manufacturers of knitted garments. Fruit of the loom Europe currently manufacture over 1.6 million T shirts every week As many large brands FOL care about it’s manufacturing employees. The plant in Morocco pays it’s staff well over the minimum wage and their working hours are controlled. They provide health care, dental care and many other employee benefits. Investment has been made in the local infrastructure even improving the local water supply.
As one of Acorn’s major suppliers it’s nice to know the FOL are supplying garments made in factories where the staff are well catered for. In time, customers will appreciate the work they are doing and this will reflect in improved sales.

I read an article last week about spam. In the old days they talked about there being 4 main spam houses throughout the world. Now apparently most spam is generated from 10 million infected computers around the world. The computers are being used without the owners knowledge that they are infected. This is one of the main reasons why it is going to be so difficult to eradicate spam. Innocent people are helping generate spam because they do not have software to protect themselves.

Is spam something the web is going to have to live with ?

GB Labels is a UK based company with over fifty years weaving experience in the narrow fabric industry. Suppliers of woven labels, craft labels, clothing labels, care labels and woven ribbons to designers, hobbyists and the garment trade.
GB is one of our trusted partners that produce quality labels that Acorn use on our product range.

Acorn now supply a range of t shirts, polos, sweatshirts and hoodies that are unbranded. We are able to label them with your own brand.

Acorn can design and prepare woven labels and stitch the label in to the products to produce your own brand. Minimum order is 200 garments. Your design can be printed or embroidered onto the garments. Bagging is also available.
Contact the sales team for information.

If your new to the exec and looking for someone to supply quality embroidery and printing on value for money garments then ask Acorn for a quote today. We offer all student bodies volume discount and free set up charges. We will even help you with the artwork.

Ring on our Free phone number or drop an email To Peter in sales on sales@acorn-printing.co.uk

Notting Hill in West London may seem a long way from the Caribbean, but during the final weekend of August, its streets erupt with the supercharged noise and colour of carnival with crowds in excess of 1 million. Second only to Rio in its scope, the Notting Hill Carnival has grown to become the biggest street carnival in Europe. Along 3 mile route, flamboyantly dressed participants dance their way to the music of steel bands, reggae and the many licensed static sound systems along the way playing a mix of jazz, soul, hip-hop, funk and drum and bass music.

Many of Acorn  printed T shirts will be on display

A record crowd of over 30,000 saw our own Adam Jones take a fantastic second place in the final race of the day. In wonderful weather Adam had a good day at the office. This makes up for Snetterton where the car took a bit of a bashing. The team head to Scotland for the next event at Knock hill.

Yes you can now wear a tree. Continental clothing (the same people that make Earth Positive Clothing) have a range of t shirts that are made from Bamboo. It is an inovative eco textile, it grows naturally and is sustainable, thriving without any pesticides being used. The garments when worn stays about 2 degrees cooler in hot weather and when disgarded on to a land fill site will biodegrade.

Ideal clothing for the urban jungle !!!!

Contact Acorn for more information

 Next week we see the start of the staff holidays, Helen from sales is off to north wales for a couple of weeks, she’s promised to keep her mobile on knowing the reception is rubbish so she should be quite safe from panic telephone calls, Duncan our design dept Manager is racing this week end then starts a weeks holiday down in Newquay Cornwall camping so may be back early if the weather produces April showers. So here’s hoping !
The rest of us will keep our noses to the grind stone until it’s our turn as the wbsite is busier than ever.