Duncan Gilmour

Screenworks - UK’s #1 promotional clothing partnerI joined Screenworks in 2000, one of the UK’s longest established garment screen print, embroidery and digital print service providers for branded clothing and textiles to work alongside my father who started the business in 1976. Learning this business from the ground up had given me a unique understanding of how a company in this market needs to operate to maintain its success. We set out the strategy to offer exceptional customer support to promotional merchandise and corporate gift houses throughout Europe. 20 years on, and we are delighted to be the UK’s #1 promotional clothing partner. At the heart or our business is reliability, quality and accuracy as well as leading the way for improving industry standards and reputation. Screenworks also has values of ethical practice at its heart. The team is focused on investing and innovating to lead the way for improvements in the industry, from reducing our environmental impact to maintaining and ensuring a fully audited global supply chain. Industry associationsWe are active members of the key trade associations such as the BPMA. Screenworks is fast becoming the partner of choice for businesses wishing to secure their promotional textiles procurement long-term. TimelineIn 2012, Screenworks was the only t-shirt printer and embroiderer in the UK to have simultaneously obtained all three of the internationally recognised business standards: ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 together with Sedex’s SMETA audit.In 2019, the company launched its Inspired division - focused on delivering customised textiles & promotional clothing and exceptional design services, in response to client demand for more individualisation. Looking ahead – 2020 and beyond…As we enter a new decade, I believe we will see a number of trends coming through from customers being forced to look more closely at their UK supply chains, which may result in domestic manufacturing growth (in the wake of Brexit), to huge changes in the way we package and transport goods - to reduce the environment impact. I also believe we will see investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation accelerating, and new and exciting techniques for garment decoration beginning to emerge, such as dye sublimation. These are exciting times ahead. Skills People management, purchasing and sales negotiation, marketing, production management, strategy, partnership and development, design and manufacturing.