As finalists in The Greats Independent Gift Retailer of the Year – North, Northern Ireland & Scotland category at The Gift Awards, there was huge excitement at Williams of Audlem yesterday (May 5) when the fabulous Gift Awards tickets – designed and produced by The Seed Card Company – arrived.
“Oh wow!! Just received our tickets to The Gift Awards – they’re breathtakingly beautiful!” exclaimed owner Judy Evans. “I feel like Cinderella in my shop attire and I can’t wait to go to the ball! Really looking forward to our ‘Grand Day Out’”
Williams of Audlem is currently celebrating its 160th year, with many of the period fixtures and fittings still in place. They include the shop’s till, purchased second hand in the 1890’s by the founder’s son, George Williams, which featured on BBC 1’s The Repair Shop, (series 2, episode 11), as well as several items acquired from online second hand market sites.
The store was founded in 1862 by Eli Williams and has evolved from a drapers and haberdashery store to sell gifts, home and interior accessories, greeting cards and stationery, with Judy, Eli’s great, great granddaughter currently at the helm.
The winners of the inaugural The Gift Awards will be announced at London’s Royal Lancaster hotel on 12 May. At the lavish awards event, both gift product excellence and retail prowess will be recognised and rewarded.
The Gift Awards 2022 have been enthusiastically supported by a strong roster of sponsors, with Spring Fair and Autumn Fair as headline supporter, plus: Abysse Corp; Ankorstore; Aspin; Battersea Dogs and Cats Home; Brand Licensing Europe; British Allied Trades Federation (BATF); Campo Marzio; Candlelight; Cardology; Cardzone; Carte Blanche Greetings; Creative Industries Association; Enesco; Faire; Gift Republic; Gisela Graham; Home & Gift Harrogate; HousewaresNews.net; Joe Davies; Lesser & Pavey; LicensingSource.net; Life Charms; Method UK; PGBuzz.net; Products of Change; Progressive Gifts & Home; Progressive Greetings Live; Sourcing Support Asia; Talking Tables; The Insights Family; The Seed Card Company; Spring Fair; The Giftware Association; Top Drawer, Wallace and Gromit; Widdop and Co., and Yodel.
Tickets and tables for The Gift Awards event, hosted by celebrity comedian Charlie Baker, 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 and visit www.thegiftawards.com
Top: Tickets to The Gift Awards were featured on the till at Williams Of Audlem yesterday.
