SRG Staff have baked some lovely cakes to support Macmillan Coffee Morning.

£505 was raised for Macmillan

Congratulations to our Star SRG Baker, Bonita Wong.

What was your first job?  Paper girl when I was 12

What is your role within the SRG Group and how long have you worked for the company? Men’s Knitwear designer, 3 and a half years.

Who’s influenced your career most (and why)? My Nana, she was so stylish. I used to look at her in awe, she inspired my creativity & love for beautiful things, she’s definitely the overall reason I became a designer.

What’s the best piece of advice you could give someone? Go with your instinct & most importantly don’t listen to my advice!

What’s the most enjoyable part of your job? Seeing my drawings come to life.

What’s on your desk? Lots of brightly coloured tat, from feathers to flamingos!

What’s your favourite holiday destination? Italy.

What car do you drive? I don’t own a car as I don’t drive… so it’s the train & tram for me.

What are you passionate about? Lots of stuff, I’d be here all day if I was to list it all..!

Who’s your business or personal hero/heroine? Mary Portas

What would be your perfect day away from work? Out in the hills with my boyfriend, William, on our bikes.

What’s your greatest personal achievement? Buying my first home 7 months ago.

What’s your favourite gadget? I’ll go with phone, I’m not one for gadgets.

What’s your favourite quote or motto? “Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons”.

What would you choose as your last meal? My Mum’s Sunday roast, complete with her huge homemade Yorkshire puddings.

What’s your favourite pastime/relaxation activity? Cycling & gardening.

What’s your favourite music/musician? I quite like jazz, but I do have a mixed taste & I don’t think I could choose between Bowie & the Rolling Stones.

What’s the thing you hate the most? Injustice.

What did you want to be as a child? A designer, but I did go through a small phase of saying I wanted to create perfumes.

What can’t you live without? A good cup of tea.

Name one person you’d like to have dinner with (and why)? Hmmm, this is a tough one, one of the David’s… David Bowie or David Attenborough, because they have both had fascinating lives in completely different ways, but each one would have fantastic stories to tell.

What’s in your briefcase/handbag? My world and quite a few receipts!

If you weren’t in your current role, what would you be doing? Definitely an interior designer.

A Facebook post about our TOKYO LAUNDRY ladies “Jenny” jacket http://www.tokyolaundry.com/jenny-funnel-neck-quilted-jacket-in-old-gold-tokyo-laundry has gone viral, thanks to Ria Hattam, who saw the funny side when she spotted so many other ladies wearing the same jacket as her, at Badminton Horse Trials last week.  The story has been featured by several National newspapers, including the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4495264/Woman-snaps-pictures-people-wearing-EXACT-coat.html , The Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-shares-hilarious-pictures-others-10406744  & The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3540479/paralegal-24-turns-up-to-badminton-horse-trials-in-yellow-puffer-jacket-and-finds-sixteen-other-people-wearing-the-exact-same-coat-but-luckily-she-sees-the-funny-side/ 

All the staff at SRG Apparel gave generously to Save The Children this month, participating in the Christmas Jumper Day and cake sale on Friday 16th December! Well done team SRG!

Our office in Bangladesh are helping out with the plight of the Santal indigenous people, evicted from their homes in early November.

More than 1200 families, are still living under the open sky in the premises of local churches.

Appropriate clothing has been supplied by our local Bangladesh staff to help keep these unfortunate people warm during the night.

For the full story click here:-

SRG are proud to be featured in the 6th Edition of “Which PLM”, a report that is sold to leading brands, major retailers and manufacturers around the world..

Please click here to see the full story

Members of the SRG team have donated boxes to the Operation Christmas Child project, a fantastic charitable scheme run by Samaritan’s Purse, that endeavours to provide underprivileged children around the world, with a gift to open at Christmas.

Click here to go to Operation Christmas Child.

We’re proud of our staff for their generosity.

SRG Apparel Plc are delighted to appear on the Sunday Times 2016 International Track 200 league table, which lists Britain’s top 200 private companies with the fastest-growing overseas sales.

What was your first job?  Office Administration Assistant for Industrial Motivation Limited, Thornbury, Near Bristol.

What is your role within the SRG Group and how long have you worked for the company?  Head of Contract Merchandising – 10 Years.

Who’s influenced your career most (and why)?  Lynne Philp.  She was the Office Manager at Industrial Motivation Limited and focused on developing her staff through positive motivation, she is now a very successful Leadership Coach.

What’s the best piece of advice you could give someone?  Think of the long game, try to predict the pitfalls before they arise and have a plan to avoid them.

What’s the most enjoyable part of your job?  I love a good spreadsheet!

What’s on your desk?  Not a lot, except for a few desk buddies, I work best with a tidy desk!

What’s your favourite holiday destination?  Skiathos (Greece), or The Lake District for walking.

What are you passionate about?  Animals.

Who’s your business or personal hero/heroine?  Dolly Parton, such a successful and creative business woman/entertainer.

What would be your perfect day away from work?  A walk in the Lakes with my wife Liz and Scamp, our dog, followed by a post walk pint in a country pub.

What’s your greatest achievement at work?  Being able to create a spreadsheet for anything and everything.

What’s your greatest personal achievement?  Finding true happiness and getting married.

What’s your favourite gadget?  Mobile phone.

What’s your favourite quote or motto?  “No one can make you inferior, without your consent” – Eleanor Roosevelt.

What would you choose as your last meal?  Fillet steak.

What’s your favourite pastime/relaxation activity?  Walking.

What’s your favourite music/musician?  Elvis Presley.

What’s the thing you hate the most?  Custard.

What did you want to be as a child?  Forensic Pathologist.

What can’t you live without?  Spreadsheets!

Name one person you’d like to have dinner with (and why)?  My Dad, he died Dec ’14 and I would love to have just one more minute with him.

What’s in your briefcase/handbag?  I prefer pockets!

What’s the best thing about your job?  The people, always. I have been lucky enough to meet some amazing people during my work life.

If you weren’t in your current role, what would you be doing? Running a B&B in the Lake District.

Great to see our adventure brand “Volcano”, in all 29 Go Sport stores in Poland.

Volcano was developed for people who value undeniable quality, with comfortable, casual styling to suit their active life-style.