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Henries Success for UK Greetings! 9th October 09.
Well done to everyone at UK Greetings that contributed to our fabulous success at The Henries Awards 2009 held in London on Thursday 8th October. The competition was as fierce as always with thousands of cards being entered in to this prestigious competition.
Our successes were, Best Cute Range for Bluebelle from Camden Graphics and Silver place for the Best Service to the Independent Retailer. A special thanks to all for their hard work in making these achievements possible.
Huge congratulations to Keith Auty, Group Marketing Director, who received the highly prestigious Honorary Achievement Award for his services to the greeting card industry. A much deserved award!
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6 Henries Award Nominations for UK Greetings! 30th September 09.
Congratulations to UK Greetings who have been nominated for 6 categories in the 2009 Henries Awards. The prestigious ceremony will be held in London at The Royal Lancaster Hotel on Thursday 8th October. The nominations are for:
“Best Cute Range” for Bluebell
“Best Art Range” for Victoria Ball
“Best Christmas Box / Pack” for Special Editions
“Best Gift Wrap Collection” for Bella
“Best Service to the Independent Retailer”
As always the competition is very high in each category so fingers crossed for UK Greetings on the evening! Well done to all those at UK Greetings that played a part in producing these wonderful ranges and to UKG Customer Services as being nominated for these awards is a huge achievement.
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Well Done Alan for raising £1350 for Children with Leukaemia. 29th September 09.
20th September saw our very own Alan Brook successfully complete the 13.1 mile Great North Run, raising over £1350 for the Children with Leukaemia charity. Eight weeks ago Alan himself admitted he couldn't even run a mile. Five weeks ago he managed his first 5 miles and so to successfully complete the full 13.1 miles on the day in a great time of 2 hours and 25 minutes and coming in 25,409th place out of the 54,000 that took part, was a tremendous achievement!
Alan’s colleagues in Marketing also arranged a fabulous cake sale which received fantastic support adding another £140 to the total of the proceeds raised for the Children with Leukaemia charity. Congratulations go to Sarah Matchett for winning the "Cake of the Day" with her fantastic Porky Pig buns! Thanks go to Marilyn Bragg for judging the competition! All of the cakes she had to taste to make a decision must have been a challenge!!
Children with Leukaemia is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to fighting Britain’s biggest childhood cancer. For more than 20 years they have been helping children affected by leukaemia and they fund research into its causes and treatments, support families through welfare programmes and campaign on their behalf. As they receive no funding from the government, they rely entirely on donations from the public so all help and donations to continue the fight against childhood leukaemia is of paramount importance.
For more information please visit www.leukaemia.org
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Don't miss out! Charity Easter Collection 2010 - Available Now!
Contact Beth Keown on 01924 465200 to secure your order.
A fabulous 2010 range of charity Easter cello packs are available now to order. Special Editions have developed a highly commercial collection of Easter designs in both contemporary and traditional styles. Offered at competitive prices, you can't afford to miss out! Easter continues to be a popular greeting card sending occasion and purchasing charity packs offers a added feel good factor to the consumer.
With the 2010 Charity Easter collection, Special Editions continue to support their five key charities with a 10% charity contribution paid to each charity per pack sold. The charities that benefit are; The British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Oxfam, RSPCA and Save the Children. Sales of the Easter greeting cards allow Special Editions to continue to provide them with valuable funds, and make a real difference to the lives of people and animals in the UK and around the world.
UK Greetings awarded 'Best Supplier of the Year in the Small Business Sector 2009' by Sainsbury’s.
UK Greetings Ltd are delighted to announce that they have been awarded Best Supplier of the Year in the Small Business Sector 2009 by Sainsbury’s at their recent Supplier Conference. Sainsbury’s presents only two of these prestigious awards each year, one for their ‘main food and beverage sector’ and the second for ‘other categories’ in what is deemed 'Small Business Sector'.
This is the first time a non-food supplier has won this high profile award and we are thrilled that our products and service are held in such high regard by this retailing giant.
John Charlton, CEO of UK Greetings, commented: “This is a fantastic achievement and it is a credit to every department in UKG... every single area of the business has played its part in providing fabulous products and terrific service to Sainsbury in order for us to win this prestigious award”. He also added that UKG will “ never stop trying to do better as we strive towards our objective of being the most successful supplier in the markets in which we operate. Clearly, our objective is for every one of our customers to regard UKG as being its 'Best Supplier'!”
Ria Konkon, Sainsbury’s Head of Category, said “We have had a fantastic year of sales and market share growth with UK Greetings. The cards category has grown an outstanding 12% year on year in a difficult market. We are very proud of the category and the product ranges that have been developed with the UKG team. Their excellent support on both product development and store operations has resulted in great feedback from both our customers and our store colleagues. For these reasons UKG’s Best Supplier award was well deserved.”
Special Editions Charity Fund Raising Events
Not only do Special Editions donate large sums of money to various charities each year, they have been adding to this by raising money through simple but effective initiatives. The team worked together to organise a cake sale from which they raised £150 for the Tickle Pink breast cancer campaign, a Christmas cake competition from which they raised £280 for McMillan cancer support and more recently £170 from an “Unwanted Christmas Gift” auction. The Special Editions team made all the cakes and buns and there was certainly no problem enticing the rest of UK Greetings’ head office to dig deep in their pockets for all the delicious buns and cakes on sale!
Henries winner for, Best Christmas Boxed range 2008, Special Editions are the charity Christmas and Easter packaged and own brand division of UK Greetings and are consistently delivering exciting product design and innovations. They are consumer focused and care greatly about delivering product, price and service excellence. Every year Special Editions donate approximately £400,000 to charity from the sale of their Christmas and Easter cards. Charities that benefit include Save The Children, Oxfam, Cancer Research, RSPCA and The British Heart Foundation. Increases year on year are occurring with the sale of Easter cards, which will obviously have a positive effect on the donations to the worthy charities going forward. Keep up the good work!
National Family Week
UK Greetings Ltd are proud to announce their support for the brand new nationwide initiative, National Family Week, which is a celebratory event that will take place from 25th to 31st May 2009 in the UK to celebrate the importance of family life. This wonderful new event will highlight the social benefits of family life through various high profile activities and events around the country that involve schools, charities, local authorities, youth groups and shopping centres which will involve family members of all ages.
As UK Greetings Ltd are a greeting card manufacturer, we thrive on the value of family and the meaning and sentiment behind sending a card and heartfelt wishes to recognise a special occasion, whether it be a birthday, an anniversary or the birth of a new baby. Our company is built on the importance of family and how the very act of sending a card can lift a spirit, shed a tear, inspire laughter and keep the bond of family prevailing in today’s modern and fast paced society. We are delighted to sponsor this huge event that also has the backing of the government, to promote the value of family across all social, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Together with UK Greetings, the National Family Week has the support of other high profile companies and organisations such as Sainsbury’s, Bupa, The National Lottery, Scope and The National Children’s Society; together we can help make this family initiative a huge success.
For more information please visit www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk
UK Greetings Earns FSC Chain of Custody Certification
Approximately 95% of all UK Greetings’ paper and board materials are now acquired from well managed forests and other controlled sources, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact. This has lead to us being awarded the prestigious FSC chain of custody certification.
FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. It provides universal standards, trademark assurance and accreditation services for companies and organisations interested in responsible forestry. Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they use environmentally sound material that are managed to meet the social, economical and ecological needs of present and future generations.
The mark of responsible forestry SW-COC-003406. © 1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C.