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Hampshire
Flag Company, UK, News 2008
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| Hampshire
Flag gets set to back Arctic explorer’s next eco-mission |
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Environmentalist and explorer Lewis Gordon Pugh is once again
heading for colder climes as he embarks on a daring mission
to become the first person to kayak to the North Pole in August.
To support Lewis, Hampshire Flag Company is producing its largest
ever order of individual national flags. The 192 flags will
represent each of the countries in the United Nations and Lewis
hopes to plant them on the ice should be reach the North Pole.
Lewis, the only person to have swum in all five oceans, intends
to paddle 10 hours per day for 14 days, kayaking across the
dangerous Arctic Ocean and along cracks in the ice. |
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| Firm
flies the flag for FA Cup’s winning team |
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Portsmouth Football Club selected Hampshire Flag Company to
produce the large-scale flag which was flown at Wembley Stadium
during both the final and semi-final FA Cup games. Hampshire
Flag is an on-going supplier to the victorious team and the
8m x 4m flag was made from knitted polyester, features the club’s
emblem and has accompanied Pompey on its rise to the top. The
flag was the largest Portsmouth Football Club has ever had made
and was part of the club’s journey to the top. |
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| Flying
environmental flag with new recyclable banners |
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Flag is pioneering ‘green’ manufacturing with the introduction
of 100% recyclable banners. The firm is amongst one of the first
in the UK to offer the new recyclable product made from DuPont
Tyvek?. The material banner is very hard-wearing and impossible
to tear thanks its construction of a random pattern of polypropylene,
making it ideal for external use. |
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Award
flags up firm for making a difference |
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South’s most prestigious business award ceremony has awarded
Hampshire Flag runner up in the ‘Community Contribution’ category.
The firm was presented with the award at The News Business Excellence
Awards, successfully fighting off tough competition including
one of the country’s best-known supermarkets and a top hotel
chain. Judges commended Hampshire Flag’s high level of sponsorship
and donations. |
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