Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

It's Christmas eve tomorrow and everyone at YesGifts is looking forward to the festive holiday approaching. Amongst all the work coming in we're having lots of fun and making sure the last few days at work are joyful.

Raffles have taken place and nearly all employees have won prices ranging from Wii consoles to bottles of wine and chocolates. Fantastic items to have for over the Christmas period, no doubt we will all enjoy our prizes.

YesGifts would like to say Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year from everyone here to everyone out there. Enjoy your holidays and we look forward to a new year at YesGifts.

Our Favourite Things

To be sang to the tune of sound of music-our favourite things

Verse1
Sparta’s and Monza’s and lots of umbrellas
These are a few of our favourite sellers
Brown paper kraft bags with one colour prints
Or even a tin, stuffed full of mints

Verse2
Mousemats and Coasters with full colour logo’s
Whatever you’re after, we can even match pantones
Printing on paper or vinyl or plastic
We’re sure you’ll find all our prices fantastic!

Chorus
When your Boss shouts, When you need gifts
When you’re feeling stressed
Just simply remember to give us a call,
‘cause we always answer YES!

written by Emma and Diane

Hee hee hee x Merry Christmas

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

ITS SNOWING!!! YesGifts are sure we're in for a white Christmas this year and we cant wait. The snow is falling, the sun is shining and were all toasty inside looking out into the lovely weather.

This past couple of weeks YesGifts have been planning their Christmas Do. Trying to get organised so that we get the right venue and to make sure we all have a good time. Opinions are flying here and there and we're trying to take everything into consideration to book the best Do ever. Girls are buying their frocks and blokes are preparing to look suave and sophisticated. Make sure you come back to find out what we've booked! Its a Secret - for now anyway.

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

Hello to all our blog readers out there, I've been away and missed you all and missed writing about our weekly happenings here at YesGifts. Coming back from Iceland the UK feels a lot brighter and warmer which is great! :)

Its hard to write about YesGifts news when I've not been around but I have heard a lot about the past week and it's made me wonder whether I should have gone on holiday at all.

We have had some more new starters at YesGifts, so say hello to David and Diane everyone! They are both great assets to the company and work really hard to help us improve our service. Everyone, apart from me obviously, was invited to a night out on Friday night to welcome the new members of the YesGifts team. I have heard rumours about great food, company, music and an altogether fantastic time which I am gutted to have missed.

More FANTASTIC news, one of our most valued members of YesGifts got engaged!!! Jan-Claire Hurdus will soon be Jan-Claire Drury. Her lovely man proposed during a weekend to Whitby so CONGRATULATIONS to the soon to be married Happy Couple and she brought everyone some rock back from her travels which put a smile on all faces in the office. So as you can imagine there has been lots of talk about weddings, dresses, flowers and rings.

Make sure you come back for more news next week, we can't wait to share our gossip with you.

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

Over the past week, the YesGifts office has been manic manic manic and with all the great business we've been getting in recently we have seen a reason to take on more people to keep up with all the new work. So many companies are more than pleased with our work which is GREAT!! as shown on our customer comments page. They keep coming back and also keep recommending our services to others since our referral percentage has increased dramatically. We like to keep our customers happy and we are overjoyed that all our efforts are paying off.

Thanks to all our customers for their business, good comments and for just having a bit of a laugh. We can't wait to work with you again.

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

WHAT A WEEK! We have had a great time at YesGifts HQ this past week with Halloween and Bonfire night coming up. Our highlight of the week being Friday 31st - Halloween. The whole of the building made a pact to come in on the Friday in Halloween gear. You can imagine the kind of day we had, the picture above showing just a snippet (our james in his scissor hands outfit).

We had some great costumes ranging from witches and scream masks (boring!) to scissor hands and Frank from Donnie Darko. Hardly anyone could keep a straight face whilst wearing all the unusual items and working at the same time. There were carved pumpkins, sweets, chocolates all round and candles came out towards the end of the day. What an interesting day, we recommend this to any company, its harmless fun and gets everyone into the spirit of Halloween for the whole weekend. Fantastic!

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

The weather has changed and so has the atmosphere in the YesGifts office. The Christmas decorations have come out and everyone's feeling chirpy and full of Christmas spirit. Even the website has changed, notice our sparkly snowflakes on the homepage and our new offer of BUY ONE GET ONE TREE!. As usual we want to share our Xmas happiness with our customers and give out a little sparkle with every order.

We have also added new products on the site to enhance our Christmas gifts section, such as chocolate boxes, heat packs, advent calendars and we've even got Rubik's cubes... yeah we know they're not Christmasy but they're great fun!!

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

Yep! You guessed it, we're still eating Wispas and having lots of caffeine. Its needed to keep up with the Christmas rush. I can hear everyone saying "but its not Christmas yet" and all I can say is that there's some very organised people out there.

The YesGifts office last week was full of hard working people taking new orders, confirming others, ensuring products were sent out on time and generally looking after our customers. That's what we're good at.

Well keep you posted on new happenings at YesGifts right here every week.

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

Between the 6th and the 10th of October (last week) YesGifts discovered that WISPAS ARE BACK! and we're all glad of it! We are now all Wispa crazy making sure we all have at least one a day for a healthy balanced diet. That's our excuse anyway. Post a comment to show your support for Wispas and to bring them back for good.

Along with Wispas, caffeine is now back on the menu!
(That lasted long hey?!)
With all the sudden Christmas rush YesGifts is busy busy busy!!! With all the sales team staying late everyday to catch up with the immense amount of quotes and orders. Any health and beauty related businesses feel free to send us all some free vouchers.

Andy and our Headteacher (oops I mean Boss) conducted a very interesting highly technical and skilled experiment this week.
Which mug holds more liquid? The Emerald or The Griffin?
After much deliberation and one wet desk later, the conclusion was The Griffin holds roughly two more slurps of Coffee.
(no animals were hurt in this experiment-only Andy, with a wet tea towel)

The girls weren't satisfied with this slurping business, so conducted their own experiment with fig rolls and ginger biscuits.
(what do you mean biscuit's aren't healthy? they have ginger and figs in them)

The girls final verdict was - The Griffin has the Dunkability factor, oh and so does The Emerald, Oh no, who ate all the fig rolls????
They have decided to repeat this experiment again, using chocolate biscuits, and a huge array of our promotional mugs.
Which mug will win?
Who's waistline will expand the most?
Find out here over the coming weeks.....
'It's a tough job but we'll do it for the good of the company' said Emma

Summary of the week-The YesGifts Office

The YesGifts team have been on a health kick this past week and as part of this healthiness overload, decided to ban regular Tea and Coffee and see how long they could survive!

Tina's coped very well, with her herbal selections of Mint or Chamomile, (bleurghh-tastes like garden waste-said Emma)
Andrew's been mixing it up choosing between Regular De-caf and the odd herbal tea bag from Tina, (His favourite is Rooibos)
Simon's more of a effervescent vitamin drinker (Like he needs any extra fizz)?
Emma quit after the first cup of Herbal (see above) and reverted to regular tea, no sugar though - sweet enough!
Jan-Claire is a laydee, and as such wouldn't dream of sipping anything other than Earl Grey (decaffeinated of course)
And the lovely Liz only has half a cup of coffee in the morning, the rest of the day she sticks to water.

So will it last? ....watch this space!

What's your tea drinking habit like?
Who drinks the most in your office, name and shame here.....

YesGifts are Paperless!!

From the beginning, when YesGifts first established, the makers made a decision that YesGifts would be one of the first companies to be a paperless business. YesGifts made and continue to make a conscious effort not to send out printed catalogues, direct mailings or any other such advertising media. All products are online and it's easy to find the website, just type in "promotional gifts" and YesGifts are there.

They are constantly taking on new strategies to help the environment including making environmentally friendly gifts available and ensuring the company as a whole recycle. YesGifts are proud to say that they are making a big difference and would like to encourage others to do the same.

YesGifts build up their Eco section!

YesGifts are proud to be part of the generation who are helping to keep our carbon footprint to a minimum. We are also trying to promote this to other businesses and encourage others to use environmentally friendly items and gift environmentally friendly gifts.

Over the past few weeks we have been building up our Eco/Enviro section to help businesses do this. We have many popular items in this section including pens, mouse mats, notepads, mugs, coasters, rulers and much more. We are continuing to add more products to this section to aim to provide for all tastes, styles and businesses. Keep coming back for updates.

Night out at Baan Thai!

YesGifts organise a night out at Baan Thai! Another night out as a YesGifts group to continue growing the strong bond between all members and welcome all new members.

As always the night went fantastically well, everyone met in Baan Thai hungry as ever and ready to order their meal. The food was amazing and everyone enjoyed themselves and their superb surroundings. The decor and the atmosphere in the restaurant is fantastic and the service is great. We would recommend this restaurant to anyone.

YesGifts then went onto the old house for a few drinks and to finish off the evening.
Thanks everyone for coming along and we are currently organising the next night out.

YesGifts work with Johnson & Johnson

YesGifts have recently worked with Johnson and Johnson. Having searched through our products for the perfect item they came across our Giant Pencils, a fantastic gift or giveaway for any business.

As always we strive to keep our customers 100% happy with their service and products.
Johnson and Johnson were just that as shown by they customer comment posted this morning on our site.

Thank you to all those who comment and to those who show their appreciation for our hard work.

YesGifts offer a new range of items

As you may have noticed the YesGifts site is constantly being updated. We have recently added a new exciting section to our many categories. YesGifts are now offering conference banners, exhibition stands and leaflet dispensers in the new section of exhibition items and printed material.

YesGifts aim is to provide our visitors with the best marketing products and ideas to impress at any convention, so offering products directly related to conferences makes absolute sense.

YesGifts Balloon Ride!

What a weekend!!! YesGifts embarked on a balloon ride over the Derbyshire area of the UK, absolutely fantastic. Obviously we were all really scared and nervous... well ok just the women were but as soon as we were in the morning skies we didn't want to come down.

A brilliant idea to enjoy a Saturday morning together as a team and still have the rest of the weekend for yourself. The whole journey lasted around 1 1/2 hrs and we all came back with a new amazing experience ticked off our lists. We would recommend it to anyone and we thank all those involved in organising the morning.

THANK YOU!!

Thursdays Football with new team names!!

Spatrick Moscow - 19
Inter Mohan - 21

Despite a spirited comeback, Spatrick Moscow could not hold off the might of Inter Mohan. A thrilling encounter took place in 'The Field', with the lead changing hands more times than a dodgy 5 pound note. Inter stormed into a 3-0 lead until the arrival of Pete 'The Headmaster', and his steel bonce levelled things up. As the rain poured down goals flew in for both teams, including a goal of the century a la the Beckham-Scholes volley against Bradford. Spatrick's leading goalscorer Patrick scored a first half hat-trick, but the teams went in at half time with Inter leading 10-8. Patrick gave his men a good dressing down during the half time break. As soon as they had found their shorts, Moscow came roaring out of the traps and found themselves 11-8 down inside 5 seconds. Moscow managed to regroup somewhat, and after a couple of quick-fire goals them were back on level terms. Two more diving headers from The Headmaster put Moscow into a seemingly unassailable lead, but in an incredible turn of events team captain Simon Mohan scored a quick-fire hat-trick to turn the match on it's head. The professional style "First-to-21" rule was employed to ensure a tense finish, and Inter finally snatched it with a sublime volleyed finish from Simon.

Pow!

YesGifts get into the Olympics 2008

The YesGifts team share their appreciation for the 2008 Olympics with their Olympics related lunch break full of discussions, debates and voting. They even came up with a top 10 best Olympics categories to watch as follows:

1] Boxing
2] Diving
3] Swimming
4] Fencing
5] Gymnastics
6] Taekwondo
7] Tennis
8] Cycling
9] Rowing
10] Volleyball

What do you guys think? Which sport do you prefer to watch?

Athletico Logobugs Vs Real SoSoBad - 07/08/08

Thursday evening football is back, after not having played for a few weeks because of bad weather and laziness, Atheltico Logobugs and Real SoSoBad return to the pitch!

Ready for the pitch, both teams set out on a mission to destroy each other but only one came back alive. Athletico started off with a fantastic shot towards the goalkeepers head, successfully scoring and diminishing Reals spirits before the game had even started. The winning team continued to keep their aim in mind and played a superb game full of enthusiasm and power.

Real SoSoBad were exactly that; failing to boosts each others determination to continue and thus lost the game. Having not won a match yet Real SoSoBad need to pick up their game for next week.

Final Score:
Athletico Logobugs - 7
Real SoSoBad - 2

YesGifts Brainstorm!

Every now and then the YesGifts team spend a couple of hrs together and have a hugely productive brainstorming session!
Isn't that a great idea? We thought so!

YesGifts believe that for a company to be successful you need to work together and progress as a team getting all members of your team involved and thus introducing as many ideas as possible.

Discussions this week included:

1] Boosting YesGifts awareness.
2] New funky products to add to our list.
3] Ideas that have worked well and those that havent.
4] Any New Ideas.
5] Congratulating those special members who worked extra hard this period.
6] Next YesGifts social do! *most important :)

Thanks to all participants for your brilliant young minds.

Wedding Bells!

Wedding bells were in the air all last week (week beginning 21st July 08) as one of our valued colleagues married on the 27th. Excitement was floating around the office certain that Sunday would be a day full of love and panic!

As promised by teletext weather the sun was out and there was not a cloud in sight, the day was absolutely perfect with the guests burning and waiting outside for the beautiful bride to walk down the isle/lawn.

A gorgeous ceremony took place before all guests took their seats for a fantastic Sunday wedding meal. The speeches made by the father of the bride, the bridegroom himself and the best man were surprisingly emotional and had all the women in the hall in tears.

Later in the evening the happily married couple put on a superb BBQ and buffet, for their evening guests and those who are just greedy, and hired a DJ to play some great music to end the night.

All together the day was amazing and we were all delighted to be a part of it and that we were able to celebrate with them on one of the most memorable days of their lives.

Congratulations to the married couple and best wishes for the future from all of us.

The YesGifts British Open 2008

The inaugural golfing competition of the year took center stage Beauchief Links this week, set in the stunning South Yorkshire valleys of Sheffield. The competitors faced a grueling challenge of 18 holes played out in testing conditions, as the wind and rain battered the fairways.

The 20 strong field comprising employees, clients and suppliers set about their challenge with a bag full of hope and hearts filled with ambition.

Early on, it became evident that two players stood head and shoulders above the rest, coincidentally playing in the same group, AJ Brown and Andy came head to head in a gladiatorial confrontation. AJ Brown took the initiative, with a hole-in-one on the 9th with a stunning 8-iron on the 152yd Par 3. With this cupful of vigor, AJ Brown went on to Par and Birdie the 10th and 11th respectively. Undettered from dropping 4 shots behind, Andy showed the resolve of a lion heart and forced himself back into the game. With only 4 holes to play and lying two shots off the lead, two Birdies on the 16th and 17th led to a nail biting climax.

Stood on the tee, both players contemplated what lay before them on the final hole. Two solid drives cutting the fairway in half left both players ready to make their final assault onto the 18th green. AJ Brown hit a 7-iron to only twelve feet beyond the whole tournament, heaping the pressure onto Andy for his final approach. Taking into account the green break and the strong wind, Andy punched a 6-iron into the green and to only seven feet from the cup. AJ Brown ran his put agonizingly close to the hole, leaving a simple tap-in for Par. The whole rested on a single putt, with a seven foot left-to-right break, Andy showed the nerve of a Ryder Cup veteran, to stroke the winning putt and thus take his seat upon the throne of victory.

Athletico Logobugs Vs Real SoSoBad - 18/07/08

The game started slowly with both teams sussing each other out, then Athletico hit first with two quick goals and then a penalty to make it 3 - 0. Just before half time Real scored an amazing goal which shocked Athletico and spurred Real into another amazing fight back. With 6 goals in the second half and only 1 reply from Athletico making the score 6 - 4.

Final Score:
Athletico Logobugs - 4
Real SoSoBad - 6

Athletico Logobugs Vs Real SoSoBad - 10/07/08

Athletico started the match in fine form, racing to a 5-1 lead in the first 15 minutes. A revolutionary mid-game transfer levelled the teams up, but this did not slow team Logobugs down as they came in 12-6 up at half time. A Turkey-esque comeback ensued, as Real SoSoBad moved into second gear and started hitting the net. They managed to pull level at 14-all with 2 minutes to go. After an electrifying game, Real SoSoBad nicked the win in the last minute.

Final Score:
Athletico Logobugs - 14
Real SoSoBad - 15

Football on Thursdays

YesGifts get to making the most of the summer weather by playing football every Thursday, rain or shine. Keep up to date with the scores, accidents and funnies that develop on a Thursday evening.

News on promotional gifts

YesGifts also have an informational blog that can keep you up to date with promotional gifts. Make sure you know the latest updates, trends and techniques for getting the most out of your promotional items.

YesGifts are continually researching to find out what's new out there, so you don't have to do any of the hard work. Just visit our informational blog and ensure you are top of the game.

Another Happy Customer!

We like to make sure that our customers are 100% happy with their products, and that they get the quality and style they are looking for. UPS Ltd have kindly expressed their gratitude for the hard work put in to achieve this.

"We have received an excellent service to date and happily continue to use you. Great product choice and have received positive feedback from our clients re. the variety we have. Jan-Claire Hurdus is very friendly, helpful and will always go the extra mile - thank you Jan!"

So thank you UPS Ltd.

Their range of promotional items include, CD holders, coasters, pens, pencils, yo yos, keyring bottle openers and much more.

YesGifts work with Innocent Drinks!

YesGifts have been privileged enough to work with the very popular and successful company, Innocent Drinks. Having supplied superb frisbees for the innocent village fete for 2008, they seemed to be extremely happy with their working relationship with YesGifts and were very satisfied with the service and products provided.

“YesGifts are the kind of company I like. They are flexible to our requirements and delivered a great product, on time, in budget, smothered in ease and humour.”

To read more testimonials visit our customer comments section online.

What do you think?

We want to know what you think.

We have set up a new anonymous form on the YesGifts website asking for your opinion. We are a group of people who appreciate any kind of feedback and we want to learn from your comments. So if you have shopped with YesGifts recently and have something to say please do not hesitate to use this new service.

Your comments are more than important to us.

Doing our bit for the environment

Is the environment important to you? Well its important to us and we have proven this in the work we do and the service/products we provide. We decided as a team that we wanted to do our bit for the environment, we've cut out catalogues, brochures, excessive packaging and sending reps out on the road.

We consciously decided to push our business through the use of the ever growing web and have succeeded in doing so. We have also started selling recycled promotional products for those businesses who want to do their bit too.

As an example, a typical 100 page corporate gifts catalogue will be printed using five tonnes of paper, which would be created using 850 trees. Furthermore it takes 13.5Gj of energy to make one tonne of paper. This is the equivalent of using 552 litres of heavy crude oil. By making a decision to market our products over the internet and dispense with catalogue production in 2001 we have by now saved over 6000 trees and the equivalent of 16560 litres of heavy crude oil.

WOW! That makes us proud.

Get To Know Us

Get to know us a bit better. YesGifts are a young and diverse team able to succeed every time. We pride ourselves in our expert ability and always strive to get you the most perfect promotional items to suit your business.

Take a look at our newly designed, and may we add, funky website to search through our wide range of products.