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With great regret, the Global Licensing Group, organisers of Licensing Expo Las Vegas, announces that the trade show will not run in 2020. Due to the ever-evolving nature of the COVID…
The UK government, in consultation with industry, has produced ‘COVID-19 secure’ guidance to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible. The new guidance covers 8 workplace settings which…
Southeast giftware and design company ‘MooCow Studios’ has developed a special range for 2020 commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 1945. The company is also raising money through…
Following on from its highly successful February 2020 edition, Hyve Group is delighted to announce that The Club at Spring Fair has been shortlisted for the AEO Excellence Award for Innovation. The…
Please find some updated guidance for you below in relation to deferred duty payments. In addition, please see below guidance on UK and EU preferential export procedures. Deferred duty …
Join us for our first webinar this Thursday 7th May at 3pm where we will be discussing the new environment we will be faced with on the return to work after Covid -19, and preparing your business…
SPRING AND AUTUMN FAIR HAVE CREATED AN #INSPIREDBYKINDNESS CAMPAIGN TO CELEBRATE THE GOOD NEWS THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE COVID 19 CRISIS. This is undeniably a unique and uncertain time for us all…
#GiftThemThanks nomination advice We want to ensure we donate as many gifts as possible to key workers. Hopefully, you already know the Instagram handle of your nominee but if not, don’t worry! We…
Following on from our successful webinar last week with Stephen Illingworth from Widdop. The Giftware Association and Stephen are excited to announce that we have curated an eight-…
I do hope that you, your staff, family and friends are all well and coping in what is such a surreal time. Over the past month I have spoken to so many of our members about the challenges your businesses…
Talking Tables understand the importance of gathering round the table together; sharing laughter, stories and memories. That is why they have created an exciting competition for you to design a napkin…
Online-only event will bring the worldwide brand licensing industry together for a five-day event, June 15-19 Informa Markets’ Global Licensing Group has joined forces with trade association Licensing…
The new Bounce Back Loans scheme, announced by the Chancellor yesterday, will allow businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000 and access the cash within days. Loans will…
The Head Zookeeper and the inventor of Celebrity Service will deliver a unique session on how to manage your team and thrill clients while under lockdown. Date24 April 2020Time14.00 – 16.00LinkProvided…
The Giftware Association’s calling on the industry to donate gifts to essential workers in the UK We are calling on our members and gift companies across the UK to join together to #GiftThemThanks…
The Giftware Association in partnership with The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been pushing the treasury to extend the business rates holiday to manufacturing as many…
The Government have finally offered clarification on holidays and people on furlough, which there was previous some confusion on. find out more on the link below. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work…
The Genesis Initiative has called for the UK government to turn its future investments and loans to small businesses into a UK Sovereign Wealth Fund. “The Fund would turn new debt in UK small businesses…
#LOOKINGATTHEOTHERSIDE Join us tomorrow as The Giftware Association in collaboration with Widdop bring you a webinar on the 22nd April at 11am focusing on looking towards the future and retail…
#LOOKINGATTHEOTHERSIDE The Giftware Association in collaboration with Widdop are excited to bring a you a webinar on the 22nd April at 11am focusing on looking towards the future and retail…
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is now open for application. Employers can now claim online for a grant for 80% of their furloughed employees’ salaries, up to a maximum of £2,500 per employee…
As the UK continues its Lockdown for another three weeks, there is a dishonest part of society that will be taking advantage of the nation’s skeleton staffs and with their minds elsewhere. This dishonest…
Award-winning home and giftware designer, Meg Hawkins, has found herself at the centre of a very special collaboration with charity Marie Curie, which cares for those living with terminal illness…
