Accreditations and Affiliates

ACCREDITATIONS.
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The British Promotional Merchandise Association is the professional body serving the £1.5 billion pound promotional products industry in the UK and Northern Ireland. A trusted industry brand for over 50 years, the BPMA offers advice and guidance to buyers as well as leading the promotional merchandise industry in delivering service excellence and compliance through a strict Code of Conduct. Leading best practice and governance in areas such as quality, accurate advertising, fair trade terms and managing customer complaints, the BPMA is at the heart of promoting the industry. Buying from a BPMA member means you can buy with complete confidence. Our members are audited and vetted as verified businesses, providing the reassurance buyers look for. Visit the BPMA here: www.bpma.co.uk |
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The BTHA exists to promote best practice and excellence in all aspects of product design, toy safety, ethical manufacturing, environmental issues and responsible marketing and by so doing protect and promote the interests of our members. The British Toy & Hobby Association was established in 1944 to represent the interests of British toy manufacturers and to raise standards of practice in the industry. Today it has almost 150 members ranging from international toy giants to small family-run businesses that together account for approximately 80% of the UK toy market. Membership of the British Toy & Hobby Association shows the member’s commitment to adhere to the BTHA Code of Practice under the umbrella of the Lion Mark which includes rules covering ethical and safe manufacture of toys, toy safety, a ban on counterfeit goods, an assurance to market responsibly, a commitment to improving sustainability and a desire to promote the value of play through support of the Make Time 2 Play campaign. Our members are manufacturers committed to making good quality toys in a responsible way. The BTHA also administers the Toy Trust, the industry’s charity, and organises a number of events including the Toy Fair, the UK’s largest dedicated toy trade exhibition. Visit the BTHA here: www.btha.co.uk |
AFFILIATES.
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Encore revolutionises the landscape of business gift catalogues, offering a refreshing concept tailored for both distributors and suppliers alike. Launched as a distinctive venture, Encore presents a meticulously curated selection of high-end, quality catalogues featuring products sourced from the industry's premier suppliers. |
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Sourcing City was launched in September 2004 & was Europe’s first online ‘Promotional Merchandise Sourcing Service’. Today the company is the clear UK market leader in online trade sourcing & lead generation services. Over recent years Sourcing City has created numerous innovative services, all of which were specifically designed to assist trade distributors & suppliers to grow their business. Sourcing City’s distributor customers collectively represent around 50% (£450m) of the entire UK promotional merchandise market spend. Every major UK supplier features their full ranges in Sourcing City, together with suppliers from Europe, & indeed worldwide. The Sourcing City product database contains in the region of 100,000 individual promotional products from over 2500 suppliers worldwide, with the site generating in excess of 125,000 ‘Click Through Enquires’ per month for our supplier partners. In addition, Sourcing City is also committed to informing the market with industry news & statistics, such as, market size, buying behaviour, product analysis & trends. The company carries out regular seminars & market studies which for the first time bring quantative data to the market place. The market studies are published to the promotional merchandise market in partnership with the BPMA. Visit SOURCING CITY here: www.sourcingcity.co.uk |
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Technology for promotional product suppliers and distributors, Order management technology, eCommerce websites, and GATEWAY - Connecting suppliers to distributors. AIM Smarter builds and provides the best tools in the promotional products industry, connects talent with demand, and accelerates business success at every level. In less than 15 years, AIM has become the largest organisation of independent, experienced, and qualified promotional product distributors in the industry, with sales volume over £2 billion and climbing. AIM Smarter is a full-spectrum company – a universe of tools, creative drive, and targeted expertise created to sustain and grow our members and partners, fostering unmatched relations backed by integrity, innovation, and social conscience. Visit AIM Smarter here: www.aimsmarter.co.uk |
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Sourcing Machine is an online product database for the Promotional Merchandise industry designed to help Suppliers and Distributors connect with each other and sell more. The site features thousands of products from hundreds of Suppliers across the UK, Ireland and Europe. The Promotional Product industry has hundreds of Suppliers and thousands of Distributors selling business to business promotional merchandise items branded with their Customers’ logos. In the past, in order to source a promotional product for their customer, Distributors would require a large amount of product knowledge that would have to have been learned over many years and much of the technology that is built into SourcingMachine would have to be purchased at great expense to them. The SourcingMachine website brings together thousands of products from hundreds of Suppliers and makes these available for Distributors of Promotional Merchandise to search through online. Once the products have been sourced on the SourcingMachine website, as a Distributor, you can add logos to these products with the virtual sample tool, include them in a professional looking presentation or quotation for their client. Our technology allows a Supplier to get their products in front of their Distributors for a fraction of the cost that it would have traditionally taken using catalogues and allows a Distributor to save time Sourcing Products for their clients. Visit SOURCING MACHINE here: www.sourcingmachine.co.uk |
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Advantage Group stands as the forefront distributor group in the United Kingdom, setting the standard for excellence in the realm of promotional merchandise. With a rich history of supplying top-tier marketing services, Advantage Group caters to a prestigious clientele comprising 75 professional promotional merchandise Distributor Members across the UK. |
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