As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Danilo to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? Danilo When did you first start the company? 1st October 1977 Where is your business based? London Why did you decide to set up your company?...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked The Art File to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? The Art File When did you first start the company? 1st September 1997 Where is your business based? Nottingham Why did you decide to set...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Henrietta from Henrietta’s Kitchen to tell us a bit about her story. What is the name of your company? Henrietta’s Kitchen When did you first start the company? 1st September 2019 Where is your business based? Kent Why...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Forever Creative Photography Ltd to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? Forever Creative Photography Ltd When did you first start the company? 1st January 2014 Where is your business based?...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Nicola fromNicola Lespeare Greeting Cards to tell us a bit about her business story. What is the name of your company? Nicola Lespeare Greeting Cards When did you first start the company? 1st September 2016 Where is your...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked 1 Tree Cards to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? 1 Tree Cards When did you first start the company? 1st June 2018 Where is your business based? Norfolk Why did you decide to set up your...
Is it worthwhile pursuing a career in greeting cards? How do you get involved in the greeting card industry? What are the options? The UK greeting card industry is a world leader, a home-grown fashion industry. New publishers start up all the time and existing...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Rajeev Arora of Davora Ltd to tell us a bit about his story. What is the name of your company? Davora Ltd. A common question we get asked is where the name comes from. When I first started the company it was with a...
Despite the backdrop of the lockdown, Thinking Of You Week 2020 is getting unprecedented levels of support.
The GCA is committed to embedding and improving equality, diversity and inclusiveness in the Greeting Card industry both in the workplace and across the range of cards available. The GCA will encourage and promote equality and diversity across the industry, to ensure...
Chinese New Year marks the start of the traditional Chinese Calendar. It’s sometimes called the Lunar New Year or the Spring festival. It’s the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar, which is a lunar based calendar, hence why the dates change each year....
A short video on how best to let someone know you’re thinking of them.
Booking now open for the virtual 2020 Licensing & Copyright Seminar
Paperchase, Card Zone, Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Card Factory are some of the major multiple retailer names to have pledged their support for this year’s Thinking of You Week.
Award winning artists, and Greeting Card Association members, Lanther Black, have written and produced a film for the Greeting Card Association illustrating the joy of receiving a card. GCA members, ranging from artists, publishers, retailers through to suppliers and...
In week 8 of lock-down ITV news reflected on the important part card sending is playing during the Corvid 19 lock-down, and how the card industry is playing it's part in raising morale and supporting the NHS. ITV regional news across the country talked about the...
Thinking of You Week officially starts on 21st September 2020. But in the midst of the current coronavirus outbreak every week is an opportunity to bridge the physical distance currently between us and our loved ones by sending a card. We have created a Gallery of...
Thinking of You Week officially starts on 21st September 2020. But in the midst of the current coronavirus outbreak we think every week is an opportunity to bridge the physical distance currently between us and our loved ones by sending a card. GCA members across the...
Please let’s all send cards to loved ones and neighbours who are self-isolating and alone Receiving a greeting card creates a powerful connection between people. At times like this, particularly for those who are at home on their own, the connection of receiving a...
Without top retailers displaying quality greeting cards well, the UK greeting card publishing industry would simply wither and die. The Retas programme aims to recognise and celebrate the best purveyors of greeting cards whether they be specialist card...
The Henries are the greeting card industry ‘Oscars’ organised by Max Publishing, the owners of Progressive Greetings. Every October for the last 23 years, a minimum of 650 industry members have attended a glittering awards evening at a top Park Lane Hotel to discover...
We have emailed booking forms for Dragon's Speed Dating to all publisher members. If you have not received it please email us As part of our ongoing IT project we now have new email addresses: hello@gca.cards, admin@gca.cards, amanda@gca.cards. Please can you add...
The Guardian newspaper visited the Spring Fair at the GCA's invitation and have written a lovely piece on card sending. Guardian journalist Amelia Tait contacted the GCA in January to ask if the British still send Valentine's Day cards. Amanda Fergusson, GCA ceo,...
Scam emails have been sent out to some members, and others in the industry, pretending to be from the GCA and requesting payment. Please ignore this if you receive it. Many thanks to those of you who have brought this to my attention, allowing us to immediately notify...