Branded Hi-Vis and Workwear: What UK Trades Need to Know

How to brand hi-vis vests and workwear in the UK - print placement around reflective banding, artwork that reads at distance and sizing for mixed crews.

Product prices, minimum quantities and lead times should be confirmed against current product information and your quote.

List garment quantities by size and colour.

Check each product's available decoration and artwork area.

Confirm the final specification and arrival date in your quote.

BowYEAH Team ·

For trades, branded hi-vis is the cheapest advertising you will ever buy. Your team is already visible on site, at the merchants and in traffic - the only question is whether your company name is visible with them.

Print placement on hi-vis

Hi-vis garments have reflective banding, and you cannot print over it. That leaves three usable areas:

  • Left chest - small logo, always readable at conversation distance
  • Upper back panel - the big one, above the banding, seen from a distance
  • Below the front banding - useful for a phone number or web address

Give us the garment size and we will lay the artwork out to the largest safe area.

Keep the artwork simple

Site conditions are harsh and viewing distance is long. Bold, high-contrast marks in one or two colours outperform a detailed full colour logo every time. Black or navy on yellow reads best.

Ordering for a mixed crew

Order a size breakdown rather than a total - hi-vis is worn over jackets, so most crews need a size up from their usual. Our order panel handles mixed sizes in one go.

Round out the kit

Lead times

Everything is printed in the UK, so a new starter top-up is days rather than weeks, and urgent turnaround is available when a job starts sooner than planned.

Send artwork as a PDF or high-resolution PNG, or run it through our free file check first.

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