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It’s been a tough year for many businesses, and perhaps the idea of spending more of the ever squeezed budget on promotional Christmas gifts seems like the last thing that will happen. However it’s a great time of year to show your appreciation of your valued customers, important prospective clients, respected business colleagues and loyal members of staff. Everyone appreciates a thoughtful gift. It creates warm and positive feelings towards the giver which helps to oil the wheels of business.

There are so many occasions which present themselves around this time of year to say ‘thank you’ to all the people that matter, but it’s important to choose the right promotional Christmas gifts in order to send the appropriate messages. There are circumstances when distributing cheep and cheerful Christmas confectionery, such as chocolate baubles and Santa lollies, creates a fun and festive atmosphere and the positive benefits of this approach should not be missed. However, a more personal gift to appreciated individuals needs to be more carefully considered. Actual value is not as important as perceived value, therefore the usefulness and attractiveness of the gift is paramount. This is good news as regards the budget, but if you choose the right Christmas gifts, you will create maximum impact with your gift giving. The quality of your promotional gifts reflects directly on perception of your business in the eyes of the recipient of the gift. An item which will occupy a prominent position in their everyday life because it is both attractive and useful makes the recipient feel ‘treated’ and will repeatedly display your discreet artwork, be it your logo, contact details or tag lines. This reinforces the relationship you have sought to build with your carefully considered promotional Christmas gifts.

Building and reinforcing business relationships at this time of year seeks to consolidate what has gone before and set firm foundations for the coming year. The importance and inherent benefits of this cannot be underestimated, and should be seen as a sound investment in growing and supporting your business.

We at PG Branding understand the importance of promotional gifts as part of the overall marketing mix, and to help you look at possibilities for promotional Christmas gifts we have put together a selection to get the ideas flowing. There are so many different ways to go depending on your brief and the demographics of the group under your consideration. Whatever you are planning, get in touch with our experienced sales team who will be able to source practically anything you can think of by way of promotional merchandise.

It’s not yet too late to make the most of the season of goodwill for 2010, but don’t miss out by waiting too long to act. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Although technically these should be relevant for most of the year, there’s something inherently seasonal about nutcrackers! Even though there are now so many different pre-shelled nuts available in convenient and attractive containers, nothing can beat the visual appeal of a bowl of assorted nuts still in their interesting shells. Then the experience of using a well designed, stylish and efficient nutcracker is second to none. The kinetic satisfaction makes the resulting nuts taste even better!

For nutaholics such as myself there is another important benefit which should never be overlooked. The mere fact that you have to work for each little gem slows down the ingestion process! Even though nuts are nutritious and extremely healthy in moderation, too many in one sitting can start to pile on the pounds. So nutcrackers can be seen to be an aid to healthy living in this quick fix society.

PG Branding offer several different styles of nutcrackers among our extensive collection of promotional Christmas gifts. They don’t just hark back to Christmas past, but are incredibly stylish and very much aimed at Christmas present. Our nutcrackers would become fantastic promotional Christmas gifts for your business. Have any of our innovative and stylish nutcrackers branded with your logo, perhaps package it up with some assorted nuts (with their shells on of course) and other seasonal goodies as part of a Christmas hamper, and you have cracking promotional merchandise to woo your valued customers and business associates during the season of goodwill. The impact of this well thought out gift will last way beyond the holidays and into next year, having ongoing repercussions on your business in the long term.

Go on; crack some tough nuts for Christmas!

Time flies so fast and much as I hate to say it, but..... the sands of 2010 time are running out fast. Now is the time to think about getting your business in front of your customers and potential clients to hit the ground running for 2011. What better way is there at this point in the year but to distribute your own branded Diaries and Calendars? Spending some of your marketing budget ion promotional Calendars and Diaries means you can have your branding and promotional messages seen repeatedly for the whole of the next year. That’s got to be a good investment!

PG Branding offer you a great range of promotional Calendars & Diaries to choose from. You should be able to find a style and colour to exactly suit your requirements.
Imprinted Diaries and Calendars make great, hard working promotional gifts for any business. If you ensure you choose a good design with the needs of your target audience in mind, you can be pretty sure your promotional gifts will be appreciated and used all next year. If you make this a regular gift to your customers and clients, you may find that they will even come to rely on your generous seasonal promotional gifts, which definitely works towards raising your business profile and keeps your products and services front of mind.

Don’t leave it too late! Go and browse the collection on our web pages, or if you have something particular in mind, use our Freephone number to talk to one of our knowledgeable sales team.

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Here at PG Branding we are committed to always bringing you the best. We have just added sack loads more great promotional items to our Christmas collection to bring you lots of traditional and new ideas to stir the creative juices and keep Santa busy. We hope you will find the perfect promotional products for your Christmas 2010 marketing projects and interesting seasonal promotional gifts for your valued customers and colleagues.

It is no accident that we have included numerous innovative, high quality products from our new range from TROIKA. TROIKA products are stylish and fun, which translates perfectly into ideal Christmas promotional gifts which present your company products and services in the best light to cement business relationships and customer loyalty. Choose from our extensive range of promotional diaries and calendars, novelty nut crackers, attractive wine gifts, fun Christmas chocolates, executive desktop gifts and cool key rings. All our merchandise can be branded to your specification to produce wonderful promotional gifts.

If you have something else in mind ....just ask. We can find you lots more perfect promotional gifts than we can show you here. Get in touch and tell us what you need.

Here at PG Branding we are proud and excited to bring you the latest additions to our collection of quality promotional gifts from the German product design company; TROIKA. Due to their high quality innovative designs, many TROIKA products have attracted design awards in Europe, including the ‘red dot Design Award’ and the ‘Promotional Gift Award’. You will find many attractive, desirable and novel items which combine contemporary shapes and perceptive features making interesting and fun promotional gifts for the home and office.

These inspiring and surprising corporate gifts from TROIKA are not widely available in the UK, so if you are looking for something different these could be the perfect promotional merchandise for you. When every penny counts it makes sense to make the most of your marketing budget by choosing high quality promotional gifts which will create a lasting impression. A TROIKA designed gift will be a great asset to support the growth of your business, ensuring your company stands out from the crowd.

Take a look for yourself at our amazing TROIKA collection.

Here at PG Branding we are constantly developing our website to deliver a better customer experience and make it easier for you to use and ultimately save you time.

The most recent tool to be added is a ‘Wishlist’. This means that as you browse through a range of products that are of interest, you can simply add them to your wishlist as you go. You can then review your wishlist and make just one enquiry for multiple products. The result is that you only need to include your contact details once, and one of our Customer Service Team will be able to get back to you quickly with a quote for all the products on your wishlist. This also has the benefit of ensuring that you get the dedicated service of just one of our Customer Service Team, rather than perhaps several different people. Again this saves you precious time and allows us to offer you the best service.

Please try our new Wishlist next time you are browsing for promotional gifts on PG Branding. We hope you find it helpful and look forward to hearing from you.

Building on the success of our cutting edge pgbranding.com website we are developing some new associate sites dedicated to particular categories of promotional gifts. They will be featuring some of our best selling lines alongside some new and innovative ideas for the promotional gifts market; promotionalsportsgifts.com and quirkypromotional gifts.com have their holding pages already displayed on the internet, with promotionalexecutivegifts.com coming soon.

We will be developing these sites in the coming months to bring you lots of popular and up to date promotional products from our existing suppliers and new and exciting promotional gifts from many new industry associations. As always, we will select merchandise with quality in mind and at the best possible prices, served up with our great customer service and advice.

Save them to your favourites and watch our progress!

As we're coming to the end of August, autumn conference season is fast approaching. Now is a good time to plan ahead and ensure all your promotional conference merchandise is in place. We at PG Branding have featured a small selection of promotional gifts suitable for conferences, meetings, trade shows, exhibitions, seminars etc. on our homepage. Take a look at our main promotional conference gifts section which features hundreds of promotional products to help you deliver your marketing messages, distribute information and engage your audience. From folders, pens, bags, badges and lanyards to sweets, chocolates and banners, we aim to provide you with everything you need for a complete conference package, whatever your brief and budget. If you need something specific and you can't find what you're looking for or you're just in need of inspiration for something different, please get in touch with one of our helpful and experienced customer services team who can source most things you could think of.

Here's to the best conference 2010!

Here at PG Branding we’re enjoying our summer of sport and have been inspired to link into the tennis at Wimbledon. Every time you make an enquiry for promotional gifts through our website you will be allocated the name of a Wimbledon tennis player.

If your player is the winner of Wimbledon 2010 you will Win Free Origination or Shipping on your next order with PG Branding. We will notify you after 4th July if you are a winner!

You can enter our Sweepstake as many times as you wish throughout the Wimbledon 2010 Tournament. Names are generated independently and at random. Throughout the entirety of the Wimbledon 2010 Tournament, all Wimbledon players may be allocated regardless as to whether they are out of the competition.

We look forward to helping you with all your enquiries.

Good Luck!

Long lazy days... sun, sea and sangria...kick back...and relax.

Well that’s the daydream and perhaps the holiday, but in the everyday world we need to be on the move and making the most of the positive vibes around at this time of year. From Beach to Barbeque, Flip Flops to Frizbees, Sports Bottles to Sunglasses, T-shirts to Travel Sets, PG Branding have everything you need to infuse some fun and frolics into your summer promotional events.

Dive into our summer promotional gifts selection and be inspired!