SRG’s China division are delighted to have recently moved into their new contemporary offices in Dongguan, China. The major investment includes a video conferencing suite, showrooms, meetings rooms and modern working offices to allow their valued staff to flourish.

What is your role within the SRG Group and how long have you worked for the company?   Garment technologist, 6 years.

Who’s influenced your career most?   Me, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad!

What’s the best piece of advice you could give someone?   Always trust your own judgement.

What’s the most enjoyable part of your job.   Working on the varied product areas and not just one type of product, this makes it a lot more interesting and you’re always learning something new!

What’s on your desk?   My desk top buddy, made by the lovely Bonita!!

What’s your favourite holiday destination?  Now there’s a question!!!  Rio,  South of France,  Robin Hood’s Bay!

What car do you drive?  It’s an Italian classic car….  An old Fiat Punto!!

What are you passionate about?   Family, travel, food, gardening, having a beer with friends!

Who’s your business or personal hero/heroine?   Sir Alex Ferguson

What would be your perfect day away from work?   With the family, on a sunny day, on a beach, with a picnic!  Or at the allotment!

What’s your greatest personal achievement?   Never really thought about it, just enjoying life sometimes you can forget how to do it!

What’s your favourite gadget?  My phone

What’s your favourite quote or motto?  “Sursum” (Latin for upwards), Old school motto!

What would you choose as your last meal?  Starter – Mussels,  Main – Fillet steak with peppercorn sauce and chips,  Dessert – Crème brûlée

What’s your favourite pastime/relaxation activity?  I have an allotment, which is my sanctuary.

What’s your favourite music/musician?  “The Alarm”

What’s the thing you hate the most?  Rude people

What did you want to be as a child?  An Electrician

What can’t you live without?  Laughter

Name one person you’d like to have dinner with (and why)?  Rick Stein, great fish chef, who has travelled the world!

What’s in your briefcase/handbag?   I do not own one!

What’s the best thing about your job?   The people

If you weren’t in your current role, what would you be doing?   Running a beach bar, selling cold beer and mussels!

Atradius is one of the world’s largest credit insurers, with more than 160 offices in 50 countries, 3300 staff and revenues of more than €1.6 billion in 2014. Our Managing Director, Mahesh Patel, was delighted to be informed he is currently appearing on their homepage, following a case study into trade credit insurance for the fashion design industry.

SRG Apparel are currently showcasing our Tokyo Laundry, Le Shark, Dissident & Amara Reya brands at the Panorama Trade Show in Berlin:- from 19th – 21st January 2016.  We’d love to see you at our booth – Hall 5, Stand 5.16.

Please contact LYNNE FERROL, lynnef@srg-plc.com, tel +44 1612814400.

We at SRG are all loving the unique Christmas jumper exclusively designed by ourselves for Next.

Next posted the video on their Instagram page with over 200,000 followers and the post has attracted thousands of likes and great comments.

Fab work by the extended SRG team…

S.R.G. Apparel PLC have applied for a UK patent application in relation to this product (Application Number GB1514089.0)

In conjunction with our tax advisers PWC, SRG were proud to support the Annual Careers Fair at Our Lady’s RC High School in Manchester.

We met children from years 8, 9, 10 and 11, all exploring job, further education and apprenticeship opportunities the region has to offer.

Thank you to Joanne Nuttall for hosting our table and promoting SRG to the children of our area.

What was your first job? Avon rep

What is your role within the SRG Group and how long have you worked for the company? Menswear designer – 9yrs

Who’s influenced your career most (and why)? My lecturer at Art Foundation – he opened my eyes to all aspects of design which led me to Fashion.

What’s the best piece of advice you could give someone? “Everything happens for a reason”

What’s the most enjoyable part of your job? Seeing my product from CAD to high street store

What’s on your desk? A Flamingo called Flin, Cacti, Hello Kitty, Picture of my grandad, fan, Momiji dolls

What’s your favourite holiday destination? San Francisco

What car do you drive? Black Vauxhall Corsa

What are you passionate about? Baking, Photography & Travel – I would love to take a year out and travel the world

Who’s your business or personal hero/heroine? Fearne Cotton – She is stylish, has her own fashion label, cook book and has time to be a full time mum

What would be your perfect day away from work? Morning run, bake a cake, then a spot of shopping followed by lunch & wine with the girls.

What’s your greatest achievement at work? Developing Le Shark brand from the start

What’s your greatest personal achievement? Completing my first half marathon and continuing to achieve

What’s your favourite gadget? Ipad

What’s your favourite quote or motto? “Immense”

What would you choose as your last meal? Crumpets with cheese

What’s your favourite pastime/relaxation activity? Singing with Chorlton ladies choir

What’s your favourite music/musician? Pop – the cheesy variety / Michael Jackson

What’s the thing you hate the most? Bad customer service

What did you want to be as a child? Childrenswear designer

What can’t you live without? Iphone

Name one person you’d like to have dinner with (and why)? Alan Carr – for comedy value and to sample the drinks in his globe.

What’s in your briefcase/handbag? Glasses, phone, purse, tote bags, Lippy, headphones, notepad & pen

If you weren’t in your current role, what would you be doing? Working in the costume department on Strictly Come Dancing

It’s a sad time at SRG HQ because a long standing and well serving colleague of ours has to finish work on the grounds of ill health.

Roger was our Divisional Sales Director and joined our company in 2006. He achieved so much and contributed massively towards the company’s growth, turning under developed accounts into multi million pound customers.

He will be missed by not only his colleagues but his extensive customer base also, all of whom have paid great compliments about his everlasting support, kindness and professionalism.

Roger was regarded as the joker in the SRG pack with his great enthusiasm and his funny side and jovial nature in day to day work and during company speeches and presentations.

The company wish Roger all the very best in adjusting to his new life and sincerely hope his health starts to improve.

SRG were delighted to be one of the shirt sponsors for Don Whiley, who represented Great Britain in the Triathlon World Championships, held in Chicago this month.

Don is a former employee of the Group and did extremely well, completing the 1500m Swim, 37km Bike Ride & 10km Run in a total of 2hrs 28mins.

Don is seen in the picture above with our chairman Rajesh Passi, sporting his triathlon kit featuring our distinctive Le Shark logo. Below Don appears before & after the race in Chicago.

Well done Don!

This month at SRG we celebrated a special anniversary with a key member of our team.

Anne Schofield joined the company on 6th August 1990 as Receptionist and this month marked her 25th year with SRG.

Our MD Mahesh Patel said:-

“It’s colleagues like Anne that make me feel so proud to be part of the company, such a great person who has demonstrated not only loyalty but honesty, hard work and great professionalism.

Anne epitomizes the type of staff that work at SRG and I thank her sincerely for all the support she has given over the years and look forward to carrying on working with her for many years to come.”

The speech and presentation was conducted by the group’s chairman Rajesh Passi.