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Photo by Paul Buffington on Unsplash The CEO of The Giftware Association Sarah Ward will be attending Parliament, on Wednesday 20th October, the first week it opens after the recess and the Party…
Hale Events, the B2B events organiser based in Somerset, is celebrating 30 years of trading in 2021. "It’s been two very challenging years for the events sector" says Mike Anderson MD, "but we are…
Team GB to present day one keynote at Brand Licensing Europe Keynote will feature live conversations with four times Olympic medal winner Tom Daley and BMX Freestyle gold medallist Charlotte WorthingtonBrand…
Brighton based Fizz Creations is delighted to reveal its extended range of gifting lines featuring iconic movies from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s JAWS, Back to the Future…
If you work in marketing for a business-to-business (B2B) brand, chances are you’ve invested a lot of time, effort and budget into using tech and data to automate, target and segment your marketing…
Full customs controls will be introduced as planned on 1??? ?January??? ?2022 Full customs declarations and controls are due to be introduced as planned on 1??? ?January??? ?2022. This means…
With all the uncertainty with Shipping and Logistics over the last few months, The GA has partnered with shipping company Unsworth to talk about the solutions they have seen their clients take and…
From the small market town of Frome in deepest Somerset, made famous for its independent maker community, comes ‘DUNKED’ - bringing to the table a range of timeless designs that will never go stale…
We kickstarted our new look The Gift Stop last week with our focussed subject of Trade Shows - View the recording here or take a look at the meeting notes below 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Julie - Positivity…
Over the course of 45 years, The Gift of the Year annual competition has produced thousands of happy faces from category winners, to highly commended to even being shortlisted. The accolade opens…
Scotland’s Trade Fair Spring is back in person, in Glasgow from 23-25 January 2022. With a raft of interesting and innovative exhibitors clamouring for stands, this is a not-to-be missed event for…
Grand Opening of Community Mural Date: 12th October 2021 Place: The Sundial Community Centre, 11 Shipton Street, London E2 7RU Time: 12 Noon Contact details: Rose Hill, 07742347603, rose@rosehilldesigns…
Fizz Creations have collaborated once again with Penguin Ventures, part of Penguin Random House, to launch a brand-new collection of licensed gifts featuring Peter Rabbit™. Playing to the award-…
Please see below today’s updates, which may be relevant for your businesses/members, and supply chains. Trade Mark Changes to international trade mark registrations: Pending application section has…
So, what is the light bulb ban? In September 2018, the final stage of an EU directive banning the import or manufacture of incandescent light bulbs took effect. This directive was introduced by the…
We love to add more strings to our bow and so it gives us great pleasure to announce that Garry Lane has now joined our hard-working team, here in Leicester at Parify Group Ltd. We feel that Garry…
On Thursday 9th September 2021, Bachmann Europe visited the GB Railfreight/EMD RobertsRoad Rail Maintenance Depot in Doncaster where Class 66 No. 66731 ‘Capt. Tom Moore’was in residence. Earlier …
License This! renamed the Kelvyn Gardner License This! competition in tribute to Kelvyn – entries close 11 OctoberDay Two of BLE nominated Colour for Kelvyn dayBrand Licensing Europe in-person 17…
Please see the below from our HR Guru Karen Kirby on the ending of furlough...Just a reminder that the CJRS (furlough) ends on 30 September 2021, so all back to normal on 1st October. Really? Perhaps…
“Baking Saved Me” - Claims Leanne Butler Founder of Bakeeze Ltd With the stresses of the modern world, the pandemic, juggling your work lifer and home life there are more people left feeling “Burnt…
Supporting stockists and introducing new additions to the character collection Wrendale Designs, well known for their gorgeous giftware and greeting cards featuring the award-winning characterful…
Millions of pounds worth of business has been generated during the last four days at the UK’s leading home, gift and fashion trade show, Autumn Fair co-located with Moda, reigniting, and refuelling…
Import and Exports Brexit: guidance for businesses: Link added under ‘Importing and exporting’ to a service that helps you check how to import or export your goods. Moving goods through the…
Summer 2021 edition of the British Craft Trade Fair helped keep designer-makers trading after a year and a half of lockdowns and restrictions BCTF Online 2021, which ran from 27 June – 1 July, welcomed…
