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Progressive Safety of 101 Worthing Road, Sheffield has provided world class safety equipment and work clothing since 1960. Originally to miners, today they are trusted around the world from their home of Sheffield to Saskatchewan and manufacture quality workwear and footwear ranges under the JCB Workwear, WORKTOUGH and Contractor brands.

The company has long supplied builders' merchants and trade counters and offer low commitment, high impact and striking POS displays proven to increase customer engagement.

Being family owned, the business is incredibly passionate about its South Yorkshire connections and has launched a brand new multi-channel advertising campaign to shout loudly and proudly on its local services across the whole of the region.

The campaign includes free to read local press newspaper, radio advertising and highly targeted social media campaigns, to be mindful of taking attention from their main distributors across the rest of the UK.

Summarising

Progressive Safety are more than excited to announce our support for James Williams in the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship.

Last year James was rookie of the year and finished 3^rd in the overall Championship standings. This weekend he is competing in the Beatsons Building Supplies Limited sponsored, Jim Clark Rally, organised alongside the Jim Clark Memorial Motor Club. The event is to run across the weekend of 26-28 May 2023 based around Duns in the Scottish Borders. The event is a round of the British Rally Championship, Scottish Rally Championship and National Asphalt Championship, and is named after the 1963 and 1965 Formula One champion.

In 2022, James debuted the all-new Hyundai i20 R5, and this year takes to the track in a Ford Fiesta Rally2.

James is quoted: "Last season was a good year on the whole, but I have high standards and want to improve in many areas. If I want to be realistically fighting for wins and hopefully the title, the

Following last week’s announcement that Anna Topham, granddaughter of our founder John has stepped into a senior leadership role, more here: https://www.psf.co.uk/blog/post/business-trading-update-announcement-revered-workwear-and-safety-equipment-manufacturer-strides-buoy we are pleased to announce the immediate production and nearing completion of the company’s latest Company Profile.

This 20-page document will make clear our position, routes to market and ambitions for the future as we plan to take the business to the next level. Delivering on our ambition to leave a significant footprint on the Safety Footwear, Workwear & Clothing and PPE industry.

In summary it will cover.

• About the business, a brief history and our capability today
• Our UK, European and Rest of World route to market strategies

Progressive Safety of 101 Worthing Road, Sheffield has provided world class safety equipment and work clothing since 1960. Originally to miners, today they are trusted around the world from their home of Sheffield to Saskatchewan and manufacture quality workwear and footwear ranges under the JCB Workwear, WORKTOUGH and Contractor brands.

The company has long supplied builders' merchants and trade counters and offer low commitment, high impact and striking POS displays proven to increase customer engagement.

Being family owned, Progressive plan their stock around ensuring continuity of supply and heavily stock their core lines of work trousers, outdoor jackets and safety boots. The company offers all customers and ecommerce retailers an industry leading despatch of stocked items, achieving dispatch the same day for next day delivery using industry leading trackable carriers on more than 5000 unique items, supported by a long serving operations and fulfilment team.

The

JCB Workwear visits P Quinn Construction to document how their Workwear supports them achieve everyday working success.

P Quinn Construction are a young and fast-growing company, specialising in golf course construction. Alongside this, they also offer a breadth of additional construction services such as bulk earthworks, civils, forestry and more.

WORKWEAR THAT WORKS FOR WOMEN

Written by Georgina Williams, 8th March 2022

I already recognised JCB workwear as a brand that produces good quality clothing and footwear that is durable and comfortable but my experience was limited to a few certain products that I had decided were suitable for me as a woman. Work boots, socks, a hoodie and a beanie hat tended to be my go-to kit. Therefore, I was excited to get hold of wider selection of some of their products to review from a female perspective for International Women’s Day on 8^th March this year.

My job as a JCB Test Driver involves working 12 hour shifts operating heavy machinery in a quarry environment and my time ‘off work’ is spent working on my home renovations – so it’s safe to say that I need my clothing to be comfortable, versatile and durable! As a woman, this is something I have struggled to find within a reasonable budget so I was therefore really looking forward to testin

Windy weather can really cool things down. Even if it's a dry and clear day, the wind makes the temperature drop quite drastically – affecting your body heat and comfort. That is why it’s important to be prepared – to stay warm.