2015 - Highlights from our Year of Promotional Gifts

As 2015 draws to a close, it brings us to reminnisce about the highs and lows of the year...

Begining started inconspicuously, with people slowly getting back to their marketing routines after a busy and assuredly indulgent Christmas period. However, with companies starting to focus on their campaigns and events during the year, the prep work was quickly well ahead, full of visuals, cuttinng egde ideas and new product announcements.

Companies often request our visuals to help the make decisins about their promotional items.

Apart form the usual suspects: new models of pens and pencils, new shapes of mugs and a whole new range of stress shapes and desktop accessories - there were also some more unique developments. Dozens of new styles of power banks and selfie sticks have been put forward - they have quickly become our best selling items. Full colour printing was made available on yet more items, including awards, mint tins, erasers, and leather folders. Pantone matching reached a new level, giving our customers the ability to colour match their mugs - both outside and inside!

Pantone matched mugs were one of the popular introductions of 2015

March saw us launch our brand new website. Or aim was to make the browsing experience smooth and effective - on all devices. All developments are made in-house so we can make sure we showcase our products and services the best way, and also integrate them seamlessly with our ordering processes to ensure your items are delivered on time and to your exact specification.

Summer was full of events - we worked on projects from balloons to tote bags to t-shirts to bring events to life and to add the extra zest to our clients' campaigns.

Our proud moment was in September, when we won two awards in the Global Product and Service Awards: "Best Corporate Gifts Supplier – UK" and "Award for Innovation in Product Sourcing & Bespoke Item Production". We've worked so hard to get this recognition and have been pleased with the positive comments we received from our clients.

In autumn, we also launched our YouTube channel, where we post videos of our products and show how our branding works. 

Christmas starts early in the promotional industry, so orders for the holiday period started coming in as early as September and some even before! Stocks of poputlar items are likely to finish early to we always recommend getting in on the game as soon as possible (especially when it comes to diaries!).

Promotional diaries had to be ordered fast as usual, to make sure you get the desired style and format

We finished on a high, the year concluded with many more Christmas orders and also products for events and seminars that will take place in January. We are truly excited for what next year will bring.

What's in stock for 2016? Ever more introductions! These days new products are launched throughout the year - product ranges change so fast it's difficult to catch up with adding them all to our website - so make sure you always speak to us about your campaign as we can get you something you didn't even think of and that will make a difference to your campaign. We also constantly listen to the feedback from out customers to find out how better we can serve you - we love to be part of unique creative campaigns and successful events, direct mail drives and brand launches. Look out for ever more improvements to our website as we integrate and personalise your experience even more, to help you find just the information you are loooking for.

Have a lovely Christmas break and speak to you soon in the New Year 2016!

UK Corporate Gifts will surely have the right products to mach your campaigns so get in touch!