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Sugdens celebrates 150 years of business T
his year, career and workwear specialist, Sugdens celebrates 150 years in business.
It was back in 1869 that William Sugden first opened a tailors shop in his home town of Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.
By the end of Queen Victoriaʼs reign, William Sugdenʼs two eldest sons had begun to produce their own shirts on a sewing machine in the back of their fatherʼs shop. From there the business gradually evolved enough to move to a factory at Water Lane Mills in Cleckheaton and from there further factories were opened across Yorkshire. By the time of King Edward VIIʼs death in 1910, the business had gone from a shop front in a small Yorkshire town to a vast manufacturing company. In addition to factories, Sugdens acquired its own weaving mills to enable the company to produce the cloth needed for garments. The
The Sugdens’ Barnsley factory in the early 1900s
company was then able to state that all garments sold were completely produced in-house.
During the course of the first and second world wars, Sugdens produced close to six million shirts and work suits for the armed forces.
The 60s were a tough time for the company. Despite supplying workwear to many distinguished companies including Ford Europe, Sugdens was losing money. But the Sugden brothers formed a partnership with good friend Richard Donner of another Wakefield-based shirt manufacturer, Double Two Shirts. The two companiesʼ joint expertise forged an unbeatable combination, with
Grahame Gardner to stock Tibard hospitality range
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rahame Gardner has introduced a brand new hospitality and catering range after joining forces with renowned international supplier, Tibard. The Leicester-based firm will now stock a core collection of Tibardʼs best sellers aimed at the hospitality sector such as spas, hotels and catering companies. The new range includes premium quality chef jackets, trousers and hats, alongside waist aprons and made in England Oliver Harvey aprons. Simon Ward, group sales director for Grahame Gardner, said: “We are delighted to team up with Tibard to provide this extended range for our customers. We have always provided garments for those in the catering and
the Sugden brothers continuing to focus on the workwear business right up until their retirement in 1998 and 2001. One of the first moves of the new partnership was to bring Bill Klopmanʼs pioneering, tough wearing poly-cotton fabric from the USA to Europe. Klopman Mills would later move an entire business to Europe and is now Europeʼs biggest workwear fabric provider.
The company is still moving forward with the times, sticking close to the mantra of its chairman, Richard Donner: “I donʼt aspire for us to be the biggest company in the world, but I want us to be the best.”
Goldstar holds traditional Irish sports day
O
Grahame Gardner will now stock Tibard
hospitality sector but we are thrilled to now be able to offer a much more comprehensive and high quality range. “Like Grahame Gardner, Tibard are a family company who put customer service at the heart of everything they do so we really felt we were the ideal fit for each other. We are positive this fills a gap in our workwear offering and that it will prove to be a really popular line with our customers.”
| 10 | September 2019
n Friday, June 28 Goldstar held its annual team building
day by organising a traditional Irish sports day.
Gathering eggs, horseshoe pitching, sack racing and three-legged races were just a small portion of the traditional Irish sports that Goldstar employees from Germany, France and the UK took part in at Malahide Castle in Dublin.
Colin Loughran, general manager of Goldstar, said: “From design and marketing to sales and despatch, from Germany to Ireland, developing great products and delivering good customer service is a complete team effort. A day like this, bringing everyone together away from the office, plays a valuable role in building the understanding and a spirit of unity that benefits our customers and our business.”
Goldstar employees were also treated to a tour of the 1,000 year-old estate
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