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Ahead of National Kindness Day on 13 November, UK Greeting Card Association says these are the towns that will likely send more Christmas cards than most Carlisle in Cumbria tops 2025 parade of towns with the kindest hearts As Britain prepares for a Christmas season filled with connection and kindness, the UK’s Greeting Card Association…
The GCA is working with Temu to trial new tech to identify and immediately take down designs stolen by online, overseas marketplace retailers. Following ongoing advocacy by the Greeting Card Association (GCA), online marketplace Temu has agreed to trial new technology to speed up the identification and removal of UK greeting card designs which infringe…
On 10th July 2025 Ofcom issued a Statement following their Consultation announcing the changes to the Universal Service Obligation (USO) on Royal Mail. Full details of the changes are on Ofcom’s website, in summary: The requirement for first class letters to be delivered six days a week will remain unchanged, however second class letters will…
Press Release: Monday 7th October 2024 On Monday (7 October), Royal Mail will raise the price of a first class stamp from £1.35 to £1.65 – an inflation-busting 22 per cent increase that’s the fifth hike in less than three years. A first class stamp is now almost twice the price of a second class…
*********Press release 30th July 2024 A new coalition of membership organisations and businesses that represent over 10,000 small and medium-sized UK businesses, serving millions of consumers across the country, today joined forces to make sure the new government understands the importance of protecting the Royal Mail service following the postal scandals which dominated previous parliaments….
****** Press Release 29th May 2024 The UK’s Greeting Card Association (GCA) today issued the following statement following the formal announcement that the boards of EP Group and IDS, the owner of Royal Mail, had agreed a takeover deal. GCA chief executive officer said: “Our members are rightly concerned that the undertakings being proposed by…
*********Press release 24th May 2024 The UK’s Greeting Card Association (GCA) today reacted to Ofcom’s announcement that it had opened a formal investigation into Royal Mail’s quality of service performance in 2023/24[1]. GCA chief executive officer said: “Our members welcome Ofcom’s announcement this afternoon that they will formally investigate Royal Mail’s quality of service performance…
Press release from the GCA: Greeting Card Association asks government to make six-point ‘Cardmitment’ pledge to protect postal services
**** Press release Wednesday 15th May 2024 The UK’s Greeting Card Association (GCA) issued the following statement in reaction to theannouncement that EP Group had made a revised cash offer for IDS and the Royal Mail. GCA chief executive officer Amanda Fergusson said:“Today’s bid does nothing to change the concerns we’ve been expressing for some time….
Improving the quality of postal services in the UK is vital for keeping people connected and maintaining their mental health, says family owned business Raspberry Blossom
****PRESS RELEASE 8th April 2024 As a local business that has grown to over 20 employees and has exported greetings cards to countries around the world, Paper Salad Publishing is one of the North West’s great success stories. But owners are concerned about the potential impact that proposed changes to Royal Mail services could have…
Press release issued Wednesday 3rd April 2024
An award-winning greeting card business finds it bewildering that changes are being considered to the Royal Mail service which could see services being cut back and stamp prices being hiked yet again. Bewilderbeest, based in Elmswell in Suffolk, was founded six years ago by husband and wife Ian and Maddie Hamilton and has created employment…
A sustainable greeting card business is calling for essential Royal Mail postal services to be maintained. The Seed Card Company in Basildon in Essex create beautiful plantable cards which people can plant before watching them grow into wildflowers, carrot, lettuce, basil and parsley. The are all printed with vegan-printed inks. It’s a fantastic way to…
Press release issued 27th February 2024
GCA Press release responding to Downing Streets announcement that it “would not countenance” a move to limit postal deliveries to five days a week.
Press release from Greeting Card Association reacting to Ofcom review rumours
Essex, Suffolk, Welsh and Scottish towns top the kind hearts parade #Cardmitment *********PRESS RELEASE******** The UK’s Greeting Card Association has today revealed Britain’s top twenty ‘kindest towns’ based on two extensive surveys. Over two in five[1] of the UK population now say they only use the Royal Mail to send greeting cards – nothing else…
Press Release: What’s a certain giveaway that you’re in a British home?
Brits display their birthday cards for weeks unlike other nations
September is Britain’s biggest month for birthdays
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*********PRESS RELEASE******** #Cardmitment: Make a ‘Card Commitment’ before 31st July 2023, urges the GCA Just ten days before millions of non-barcoded Royal Mail stamps become invalid, the UK’s Greeting Card Association is asking Brits to use one of those stamps next week to change someone’s life. Before the 31 July expiration date, the GCA is…