Keeping up to date with the changes and innovation in the rapidly moving market can be difficult. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association brings together members for networking, learning and sharing best practice.
Top 5 Reasons for joining UK Gift Card & Voucher Association
1. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association represents over 80 members including M&S,
John Lewis, Debenhams, Sainsbury’s and Argos.
2. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association
will keep you fully briefed on all the latest legislative, tax and regulatory matters.
In a complex market this is vital for all businesses.
3. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association will provide up to the minute market data and how your business is performing in comparison. It provides valuable insights into the market through regular research.
4. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association will provide for you regular networking
opportunities throughout the year, to understand the market, its players and to discuss
case studies.
5. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association is the voice of the industry
and provides valuable PR etc on behalf of the members.
The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association offers two types of membership:
Issuer Membership
To become an Issuer Member of UK Gift Card & Voucher Association you will be selling a gift voucher, gift card or an electronic voucher or code which can be exchanged for goods or services to the value presented on the voucher or for a specific service as detailed on the voucher.
Service Membership
To become a Service Member of the UK Gift Card & Voucher Association you will be providing a support service to the issuers in the voucher, gift card and stored value market. You may be a security paper printer, a manufacturer of gift cards or a provider of consultation or marketing services.
Testimonials
“We are fortunate to have UK Gift Card & Voucher Association as a body that encourages continual growth, development and enthusiasm in an exciting market. We benefit by sharing best practice with our colleagues across the industry and through a variety of events are given the opportunity to network with other members, thus making the ideal forum to discuss future developments in our industry. One of the key benefits is the industry data and sales figures that are made available to members on a quarterly basis giving invaluable insights into the market as a whole and our own individual performance”
Andrew Sellers, John Lewis
“The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association has developed rapidly over the last 3 or 4 years to keep up with the current technology and trends of giftcards as well as gift vouchers, it has felt it necessary to accommodate a wider range of industry representatives other than those directly involved with the core retailing of vouchers & cards to the consumer and to business users. It nevertheless still provides a good meeting ground for ideas, common problems such as statutory regulations and industry needs for the main players in the industry.”
Bernard Grant, Debenhams
"As founder members of UK Gift Card & Voucher Association, Marks & Spencer continue to value the benefits that the Association delivers. For example, the extensive membership offers outstanding networking opportunities and the pooling of sales information delivers data on both the progress of the overall market and your own performance within this."
Neal George, Marks & Spencer
"Being a member of UK Gift Card & Voucher Association is invaluable and brings with
it lots of tangible benefits. It gives you access to market intelligence, up-
Helen Jones, Theatre Tokens
“I found that UK Gift Card & Voucher Association provides three important functions that helped me in the day to day management of Argos Homebase Business Solutions.
· Warned and helped me understand both current and planned legislative and taxation issues that affect the voucher business. If it was not for UK Gift Card & Voucher Association we would have to spend time and money monitoring the increasing complex legislation to ensure that we did not miss any fundamental issues.
· A simple and quick way to keep up to date on new opportunities that are being driven by technology at an ever increasing pace. Whilst in most cases we do not choose to adopt the technology it is important to understand what your competitors may be considering.
· The ability to network with other people from all aspects of the industry is pleasurable, reassuring and educational.”
John Davis, Argos Business Solutions
Over the last 8 years, UK Gift Card & Voucher Association has grown hugely. This expansion in membership has brought with it big opportunities for networking both for business growth purposes and the simple benefit of being more aware about trends and practices. Being able to mix with market leading retailers and technology firms in this market helps Voucher Central learn what makes them successful and assists smaller members to stay ahead too. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association offers members excellent value for money – and you get out what you put in when it comes to the meetings, conference and social events!
Philip Shelley, Voucher Central
PrePay Solutions has been a service member of UK Gift Card & Voucher Association for many years. We find the UK Gift Card & Voucher Association a great opportunity to network with all key stakeholders from the gift voucher, card and stored value industry including clients, prospects, competitors, partners and peers. The UK Gift Card & Voucher Association is a good resource for current, UK consumer research on the ‘gifting’ industry and is a strong voice promoting the use of gift cards as a gift and incentive mechanic to the UK market. By being a member of UK Gift Card & Voucher Association we are kept informed with areas that affect our industry now and in the future which we find invaluable.
Rachelle Smith, Head of Retail Sales, PrePay Solutions