With just two days to go, a host of major retail names are gearing up for The Gift Awards 2025, taking place at London’s glittering Royal Lancaster Hotel.
They include: Barkers, Blenheim Palace Gift Shop, Card Factory, Cardzone, Elphicks, Longacres, Morley Stores, Oliver Bonas and Tesco.
In addition, legendary fashion designer Jeff Banks – who has dressed the biggest names in the worlds of fashion and pop music, shaken hands with the late Queen, met the King of rock and roll Elvis Presley, along with countless other famous names, to include ol’ blue eyes himself, Frank Sinatra – will be among the guests.
Hosting the fabulous Awards ceremony will be award winning comedian George Zacharopoulos who has toured the world, supporting many of the biggest comedians – to include Chris McCausland, winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2024 – winning numerous awards along the way.
A headliner for most clubs around the world, George has also appeared on BBC One’s The One Show, iTV’s Good Morning Britain and Sky Arts.
Plus, rockin’ the room, will be rock ‘n’ roller Mike Winch, founder of Candlelight, who will be returning to take to the stage strutting his stuff with his band RockStock.
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: London’s 5* star Royal Lancaster Hotel will be welcoming over 400 guests to The Gifts Awards this Thursday, May 15.
