Back by popular demand, rock ‘n’ roller Mike Winch, founder and managing director of Candlelight, will be strutting his stuff at The Gift Awards at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel next Thursday, May 15, with his band RockStock.
As a young ‘60s Rotherham rock star – whose then band, The Origators Creedtopped the bill ahead of Joe Cocker – also played gigs supporting the Cream, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Pink Floyd and Wilson Pickett.
Joining Mike on stage will be Andrew Poulston, managing director of PR Home, who is the band’s lead guitarist.
Plus, Gift Awards photographer Eddie Macdonald, an original member of the internationally acclaimed rock band The Alarm – who currently fronts Smalltown Glory -will be putting down his camera to join RockStock for some of their numbers.
All Gift of the Year and Greats winners, including the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Achievement award, will be revealed at The Gift Awards on Thursday 15 May at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. The event will, once again, bring together The Giftware Association’s Gift of the Year Awards and The Greats gift retailer awards, organised and owned by Max Publishing, publishers of Progressive Gifts & Home/GiftsandHome.net.
At the glittering event, both gift product excellence and retail prowess will be recognised and rewarded in a true celebration of both sides of the UK gift industry.
The Greats 2025 finalists can be viewed HERE
The Gift of the Year 2025 finalists can be viewed HERE
Hyve Group, organisers of Spring Fair, Autumn Fair, GLEE and Source Home & Gift (among others), is the headline sponsor of The Gift Awards. Other leading names in the impressive line-up of sponsors include: Allsorted, Ambiente, Autumn Fair, BATF, Candlelight, Cardgains, Carte Blanche Greetings, Cereria Molla, Dizzy Heights Agencies, FYG, The Giftware Association, Gift Republic, Gisela Graham, Go La La, Good Results, Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair, Letterbox Love, LicensingSource.net, London Stationery Show, Method UK, N Smith and Co, Products of Change, Progressive Gifts & Home, Progressive Greetings Live, Progressive Housewares, PreschoolNews.net, Qalara, Scotland’s Trade Fair/Springboard Events, Source Home & Gift, Spring Fair, Talking Tables, Top Drawer, Toy Fair and Trade Counter Distribution.
Tickets and tables for the awards can be booked via the Max Publishing digital box office event at Max-Tickets.net, or by contacting event organiser Createvents: clare@createvents.co.uk or 0118 334 0085.
To find out more about The Gift Awards and book tickets, visit www.thegiftawards.com; www.thegreatsawards.co.uk
Top: Candlelight’s Mike Winch on stage at last year’s Gifts Awards.
