About Us

About Us

Welcome to BusinessGiftUK.com’s About Us page where you can find out more about us, including our mission, our team, the history of the company and some valued customer feedback.

We hope that you will enjoy browsing our site, which is packed full of our best-selling products from a vast range of promotional items that we are able to supply.

Established in advertising and promotional gifts since 1985, we are an experienced family team, helping clients make a memorable impression on their prospects and customers. From a database of over 80,000 products, we can recommend relevant, practical and cost-effective promotional incentive solutions.

Our Mission

“Making Your Business Memorable”

We aim to be an appropriate, relevant and informative source of business gifts, promotional items, fund raisers and incentives. We help our clients achieve their marketing goals, in an ethical, cost-effective, professional and environmentally friendly manner.

We pride ourselves on being punctual, accurate and always offer great value prices. With our friendly approach, we aim to create a high standard of customer care. Our experienced team offer the easiest, fastest and least expensive way to buy promotional products to show off your brand in the best possible fashion.

MEET THE TEAM

Steve Ward
Steve Ward
Managing Director
Steve grew up in Aughton, near Ormskirk in Lancashire and was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby. His first job was in Insurance in Liverpool, before moving into advertising with firstly local newspapers and then the Yellow Pages. He and wife Ann started Ad-Options in 1985 to sell both advertising in BT payphone kiosks and promotional gifts. The company started trading on the 1st June 1985 and their first son Adrian was born 2 days later! Steve enjoys networking on the golf course if anyone facies a game?
Ben Ward
Ben Ward
General manager
Ben is Ann and Steve’s younger son and started working in the business by assembling key rings, for pocket money, as a schoolboy. This later developed into holiday jobs and gap year employment before leaving home to study Business at Liverpool University. After successful graduation Ben did 4 years, and gained 3 promotions, with the Halifax Bank before returning to the family firm. He lives with wife Faye and three daughters, Harriet and twins Florence and Charlotte!  Ben is now the day to day manager of the company as Steve approaches retirement.
Nicola Derbyshire
Nicola Derbyshire
Sales Manager
Nicola has been with us for over 20 years. She started as a part-time sales assistant gaining experience all types of promotional products and print. From around 2009 she became the expert in key rings sales, particularly the popular Ad Loop keyrings. She quickly became known as the Loop Queen and has helped to train and mentor several new staff and apprentices over the years. Nicola has excellent rapport with many regular clients. She has two children and lives locally with partner Mark, cats Betsy and Fern and a rescue dog Jim.

ACCREDITATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

We are members of the British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA), the PAGE Partnership and we are also members of the Good Business Charter.

We are also members of Shout Network and Pink Link Ladies Networking in our home county of Lancashire.

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