Corporate Social Responsibility

UK Greetings evolved from a series of acquisitions made in the UK over the past three decades by our parent company, the American Greetings Corporation. The companies acquired over that time are Rust Craft, Celebration Arts, Andrew Valentine, Camden Graphics, the Hanson White Group, Gibson Greetings, Collage Designs and, more recently, Card Connection. Today, we are the recognised leader in the UK direct-to-retail greeting card market.

Throughout this period of growth and development our challenge has been to successfully integrate the businesses operations while remaining true to our core values. These are the principles and standards on which we base our business and impact upon employees, our customers, our consumers, our suppliers, our community and the environment.


At UK Greetings, we:

Value and encourage innovation and enterprise within our businesses.

Accept our responsibility for our local communities.

Lead the market within our industry.

Understand our responsibility for protecting the environment

Engage ethical considerations and act with integrity in our business operations and decisions.

Support and develop our employees.

On the following pages you will see what each of these individual values means in more detail. We trust this will provide you with a better understanding of our business philosophy and ethics. It is important to us that our employees are proud to be a part of the UKG family and that we are the partner of choice for our customers and suppliers.

John Charlton
Chief Executive
UK Greetings Ltd