With less than two months to go to The Gift Awards on 15 May, Mark Jones, commercial director of Gisela Graham, sponsors of The Greats Best Non-Specialist Retailer of Gifts category, tells GiftsandHome.net why the company is, once again, backing The Greats Awards 2025.
“It’s important to us as a leading business in the gifts industry to champion others who are also innovating in this wonderful space,” states Mark. “As we’re famous for own displays, we’re always excited to see what others are creating and gain great pleasure from providing our support through sponsorship of The Greats Best Non-Specialist Retailer of Gifts category.”
Continues Mark: “At Gisela Graham, the first three months of 2025 have been all about Christmas, and the year has started strongly for us. We’ve introduced many new lines for the coming festive season, including launching the world’s first collection of Christmas decorations designed around The Gruffalo. Moving forward, we’re now working flat out on our Spring/Summer ’26 range which will be launched in June/July this year.”

All 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. This incredible 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 as well as 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, Autumn Fair, BATF, Candlelight, Cardgains, Carte Blanche Greetings, Cereria Molla, DKB Toys & Distribution, FYG, Gift Republic, Gisela Graham, Good Results, Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair, Letterbox Love, Life Charms, London Stationery Show, Messe Frankfurt, N Smith and Co, Progressive Greetings Live, Scotland’s Trade Fair/Springboard Events, Source Home & Gift, Spring Fair, Talking Tables 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: New for Christmas 2025, The Gruffalo and Child glass book decoration from Gisela Graham.