Business Gift Blog
Latest business gift news, research and comment from Ad-Options Limited, established in advertising and promotions since 1985. We welcome your feedback on any article published here. Please send your comments to our Managing Director, Stephen Ward using this EMAIL LINK.
Back to school for our M.D.
Author: Stephen Ward
14th December 2011
As part of the promotion of our new Brite-Mat Mouse Mat specialist website, we agreed to sponsor local Preston North End defender David Gray for the 2011/12 season. As part of the package PNE offered to donate 50 match tickets to the school of our choice and we chose St Anne's RC Primary in Leyland, where Directors Stephen and Ann Ward's children attended 20 years ago. The school had changed a lot but the Headmaster and several staff, remembered Stephen and son Adrian, on the day they presented the tickets. Click this link to the PNE FC website for the full story http://www.pnefc.net/page/Sponsorship/0,10362~2546714,00.html
Pictured are Michael Barrett (Headmaster), Conor McLaughlin (PNE player), Adrian Ward (PNE Marketing Manager) and Stephen Ward (Ad-Options Ltd M.D.).
BusinessGiftUK.com support for local hospice
Author: Stephen Ward
20th November 2011 
Here at the Ad-Options group we have recently upgraded to widescreen LCD monitors to help us see more data and detail as we process customer orders and artwork. The previous LCD monitors were still in good condition so we decided to donate them to a good cause. We have helped many local organisations but our staff on this occasion decided to offer them to St Catherine's Hospice in Bamber Bridge. The screens were collected by Senior Fundraiser, Norman Cutler.
In 2010 both St Catherines and Ad-Options celebrated 25th anniversaries so we celebrated that year by donating popular printed Ad Loop keyrings to help raise awareness and valuable funds for the hospice. We are also pleased to have been suppliers of printed T-shirts sold in the hospice shops.
Please click on this LINK to visit the hospice website and see if there are ways in which you can help.
Brite-MatMouseMat.co.uk sponsor Preston North End player
Author: Stephen Ward
14th November 2011
Ad-Options Limited are pleased to announce that their website Brite-MatMouseMat.co.uk is the official sponsor of Preston North End FC defender David Gray for the 2011/12 season. We wish David and PNE every success for the coming year and hope our support will help them in getting back into the Championship. Preston fans who Like Brite-MatMouseMat.co.uk on facebook will receive details of exclusive offers and competitions from the fan page.
CLICK HERE to find out more about the player and Preston North End F.C.
Congratulations to our October competition winners
Author: Stephen Ward
4th November 2011
Congratulations to Sohadre Anirood, Liz Pullman, Melanie Wilcox and Helena Haddock, winners of festive bar sets in our October competition.
Visit LoopKeyRings.co.uk for another competition now.
Congratulations to our September competition winner
Author: Stephen Ward
4th October 2011
Many congratulations to John Seaman of Coventry who was the winner of our rugby ball competition on the Brite-MatMouseMat.co.uk website in September.
Our October competitions are now underway. You can win one of four beautiful chrome bar sets, as an early Christmas present for yourself, courtesy of www.LoopKeyRings.co.uk, www.blankkeyrings.co.uk, www.brite-matmousemat.co.uk and www.printedpencil.co.uk. Click on the home page of each site and follow the link to the competition.
Clearance Items Brochure
Author: Stephen Ward
20th September 2011
We have a range of discontinued items to be cleared in our Great Sale brochure. Click here to request your copy or call 01772 435010 today. Lots of amazing bargains while stocks last.
Lancashire Cat Rescue
Author: Stephen Ward
12th September 2011 
BusinessGiftUK.com have made a donation of promotional pens to help the work of Lancashire Cat Rescue. Directors Ann and Steve Ward recently offered to home two rescue kittens called Lotus and Lola, who were born in an disused car in Manchester, earlier this summer. There has been an increase in abandoned pets in the recent economic downturn and the rescue centre has had many more furry friends to look after. Christine and Brian Lomax have been rescuing, looking after and re-homing cats and kittens for over 20 years.
If you can home a cat or would like to know more about the the good work they do, why not visit http://www.lancatrescue.co.uk/.
Chistine and Ann Ward of BusinessGiftUK.com are pictured with semi-long hair black and white kittens Lotus and Lola.
Rugby fever set to sweep the World
Author: Stephen Ward
2nd September 2011
The Rugby Union World Cup is set to get underway shortly in New Zealand. If the excitement of the great competition gets you itching for a game, then our little competition may just help. Our affiliated website Brite-MatMouseMat.co.uk is offering you the chance to win a brand new Mitre Stadia rugby ball by answering a simple question. Click HERE to enter.
Congratulations to Stuart Nash
Author: Stephen Ward
29th August 2011
Local Preston North End fan Stuart Nash has used his pedal power to raise important funds for the Derian House childrens hospice. He cycled from PNE's ground Deepdale to Ibrox in Glasgow, the home of Rangers, raising over £700. Stuart had a personal motive to achieve his goal. "I chose Derian House as my charity as they are close to my heart, my late brother Daniel spent a lot of time there before he passed away. Derian House is a childrens hospice that provide care for terminally ill children and also respite for their families. The staff and volunteers that work there do a wonderful job. Less than 10% of Derian's funding comes from official sources such as the goverment, so fundraising like this is so vital for them." "Anybody that still wants to sponsor me, my link is still open follow -www.justgiving.com/stuart-nash"
Stuart wore T-shirts printed by BusinessGiftUK.com on the journey, displaying all his generous sponsors, and was delighted with the printing. "I owe you a massive "THANK YOU" for the tshirts, they looked absolutely fantastic."
Football is back so let's win a football
Author: Stephen Ward
19th August 2011
Love it or hate a new football season is underway. We thought we would give you the chance to win a brand new Mitre football at each of our e-commerce websites. You can enter at all four sites by answering a simple question. Here are the links to get you started. Good luck.
http://www.blankkeyrings.co.uk/competition.asp
http://www.loopkeyrings.co.uk/competition.asp
http://www.printedpencil.co.uk/competition.asp
http://www.brite-matmousemat.co.uk/competition.asp
Congratulations to Team Tier 1
Author: Stephen Ward
Date: 11th July 2011
We are delighted to report that Team Tier 1 have raised over £3000.00 for the Christie hospital wearing T-shirts donated by www.businessgiftuk.com. They braved torrential rain, thunder, lightening and eventually hot sunshine on a 60 mile charity bike ride from Manchester to Blackpool. The team are all from IT equipment suppliers Tier 1 and they decided to support the specialist cancer unit following the tragic death of colleague Kevin Grimshaw earlier this year, after a four fight against lukemia. Well done to the whole team from all of us here at BusinessGiftUK, what a great team you are.
Your chance to win for your favourite good cause
Author: Stephen Ward
Date: 7th July 2011
You could win 500 fun and funky Ad Loop keyrings to raise awareness and generate funds for your favourite good cause, courtesy of www.LoopKeyRings.co.uk! The lucky winner can choose the text, style and colours to create a chance to raise £500 by selling each fob at £1 each, in aid of the cause. This fabulous fund raising opportunity can be yours by answering a simple question at the LoopKeyRings website COMPETITION page.
New recycled tyre Brite-Mats on the road to success
Author: Stephen Ward
Date: 14th June 2011
A new high quality, eco-friendly mouse mat is now available in the best selling Brite-Mat range. Made in the UK from 99.5% recycled materials; including over 40% recycled tyres, plus recycled paper and plastics. Stunning colour reproduction is achieved under a specially coated surface, which is optimised for both optical and mechanical mice. The anti-glare properties help ensure stunning visibility on the desk of the user. Brite-Mat mouse mats and coasters are available in round or rectangular shapes. A long life and low unit cost make this product an ideal candidate to use to rent space on your customers desks. Great prices available on-line at www.Brite-Matmousemat.co.uk.
Parker Pen Set Winner
Author: Stephen Ward
Date: 1st June 2011
Congratulation to Lee Lindsey-Fitzgerald, winner of our beautiful Parker gift boxed ball pen and pencil in the competition held on our Blank keyrings website during May. Lee correctly answered that the Ad-Options group have been established since 1985.
Author: Mark Cookson - Guest
Date: 25th May 2011
As part of their development plan, South Ribble Cricket Development Group has increased its number of girl’s teams from 1 in 2010 to 3 in 2011. This is hopefully build on the success the U11s had in 2010 when
the reached the finals of their competition.
Sponsorship for the teams has come from local businessman Steve Ward, Managing Director of Ad-Options Limited, (http://www.businessgiftuk.com) who has helped with the purchase of shirts and caps for the teams and an application has also been submitted to Sport England through the ‘Sportivate’ programme
Steve commented “There has been a lot of good work in recent years, developing junior cricket in this area. We were pleased to show some support from the business community by donating some printed polo shirts to the new girl’s teams. We wish them every success this summer.” The polo shirts are printed with the business gifts company's website BusinessGiftUK.com.
During the winter months indoor training sessions were held at
Mark explains ‘This venture is something the Development Group has looked to run for a while now and having a structured coaching programme in place within the schools has helped massively’... ‘very few girls moved on from schools cricket to club cricket, however the formation of an U11s girls team, through the Chance2 Shine programme at Leyland CC in 2010 and the setting up of a women’s section at Vernon Carus CC has allowed girls of all ages to now make this step’. It is hoped other clubs within
South Ribble CDG now has teams at U11s – U13s and U15s and all 3 teams have been entered in to the recently formed Lancashire Girls District competition. The format of the District competition is that of small groups and mini festivals will be held with each area in the respective group holding a competition.
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