Sourcing City have announced that Jessy Lynch has now joined the team as a Supplier Services Executive. At the same time as welcoming Jessy we are sad to be losing Nikki Williams. Nikki has the travel bug and is leaving for Australia for a year, but we are hoping she will be coming back to us at some stage.

Promotional Products Week (PPW) 2014, which took place from 15th to 19th September, has been hailed a fantastic success. More than 150 members were actively involved in promoting Promotional Products Week.

Around 100 suppliers are ready and waiting to greet VIP’s from the industry’s leading distributors at SC Marketplace. Over 1750 appointments are pre-booked, and major players are preparing for valuable conversations to build their businesses.

Brandinc’s new location in California is headed by Tad Webster – president and managing director of the U.S division. The team has expanded into several locations across the globe, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney New York, and now Los Angeles.

The Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI) today released groundbreaking global research proving promotional products deliver commanding advertiser recall among 85% of consumers surveyed. The superior advertiser recall far exceeds other advertising and marketing alternatives, creating a much higher return on investment (ROI) than other forms of media.

On 16th September, BPMA patrons met at the prestigious Carlton Club – the original ‘home’ of the Conservative party in London and was chaired by Member of Parliament Brian Binley. Although this was a formal event, there were still streaks of the Promotional products Rock! theme throughout the evening.