Printing Planet UK
Branded polo shirts are the default uniform for customer-facing staff across retail, hospitality, trades and professional services. A well-printed polo looks polished, travels well, and signals professionalism without requiring a formal shirt.
Printing Planet UK produces custom polo shirts from our Putney Heath shop. We supply the garments, apply your branding, and dispatch UK-wide or offer collection from SW15.
Three Ways to Brand a Polo Shirt
Embroidery
Embroidery is the premium option for polo shirts. The logo is stitched directly into the fabric using coloured thread. It does not fade, peel or crack, and it survives frequent commercial washing without degrading.
Best for:
- Left chest logos on corporate and workwear polos
- Hotels, hospitality venues and front-of-house teams
- Senior staff or management uniforms
- Anywhere the garment needs to hold up through hundreds of washes
Typical placement is left chest, 7cm to 9cm wide. Sleeves and back collar are also common. A digitising fee of £20 applies to new artwork. This is waived on orders over 50 pieces and never charged again on reorders.
Prices start from £2.75 per piece on the decoration only, depending on stitch count. Full details on our embroidery service page.
DTG Printing
DTG (direct to garment) printing works on cotton polo shirts. It suits full-colour, photographic or gradient-heavy designs that would be expensive to embroider due to high stitch counts.
Best for:
- Polos with complex full-colour brand graphics
- Event staff shirts where the design changes each year
- Small runs where setup fees must be kept low
- Colourful creative brands that want bold prints
Cotton pique (the standard polo fabric) takes DTG ink well. Pre-treatment is applied to the print area before pressing. Results are clean and vibrant on white and pastel fabrics.
From £15 per polo including garment supply. Our DTG printing page has full pricing by quantity.
Vinyl and Heat Transfer
Vinyl is suited to simple logo marks, text-only prints and single-colour designs on any polo fabric including polyester blends. It is the most affordable option for basic branding.
Best for:
- Trade staff with name and role printed on the back
- Sponsor logos on sports club polos
- Simple text logos where embroidery is not required
- Polyester performance polos that cannot be DTG printed
From £8 per polo for a single-colour chest print.
Choosing the Right Polo Shirt
We supply polo shirts from Gildan, Stanley Stella, Fruit of the Loom, AWDis and SG Clothing. Key choices:
| Use case | Recommended polo |
|---|---|
| Budget uniform, basic office or events | Gildan 64800 |
| Smart corporate or hotel uniform | Stanley Stella Prepster |
| Sports and active team wear | AWDis Cool Polo |
| Organic or sustainability focus | Stanley Stella Organic Polo |
| Trade and workwear in mixed sizes | Fruit of the Loom 63-212 |
Bring your own garments or order through us. We apply a small handling fee on customer-supplied garments only.
Ordering Process
- Send your logo by email or WhatsApp, or bring it to the shop.
- We confirm the best decoration method and provide a quote within 2 to 4 hours on working days.
- You approve artwork and confirm the size breakdown.
- Production begins. Embroidery orders: 5 to 7 working days for new logos, 3 to 5 for reorders. Print orders: 3 to 5 working days.
- Collect from Putney Heath or UK-wide tracked delivery.
For embroidery orders, we stitch a sample before running the full set. You approve the sample before we proceed.
Polo Shirt Printing Prices in London
- Embroidery (left chest, 7cm logo): from £2.75 per piece decoration only, or from £16 supplied and embroidered
- DTG printing (full-colour, A5 area): from £15 per piece supplied and printed
- Vinyl (single-colour chest print): from £8 per piece decoration only
Bulk prices decrease significantly at 25, 50 and 100 pieces. Contact us for a bulk quote or visit the shop at 395 Tildesley Road, Putney Heath, SW15 3BD.
For a full comparison of embroidery vs print methods, read embroidery vs printing: when to choose which.