Promotional Business Gifts

While the exact origins of baseball are unknown, most historians agree that it is based on the English game of rounders. A Google search suggests that the first recorded baseball contest took place in 1846 and the first baseball team, the Knickerbockers, wore straw hats. Over the next 20 years or so the teams wore many different styles of caps including jockey caps but in 1860, the Brooklyn Excelsiors wore a cap that's a forerunner of today's 5 and 6 panel baseball caps with large visors. As for wearing baseball caps backwards: Catchers wore their caps backward so the visor didn't interfere with their protective mask. If the United States has a national hat it is probably the baseball cap.
Baseball caps are more usually associated with hot, sunny weather but even in the winter they are invaluable for drivers and certainly take the strain out of driving into that low, full on sunlight. Corporate events and training days often require some distinctive method of marking out the delegates and a baseball cap is a very acceptable way of doing this. Many Primary Schools are currently embarking on Thinking Skills courses and need hats for children in these 6 basic colours, red, black, white, yellow, green and blue. We have a children’s size cotton twill baseball caps on our website which is very inexpensive, samples can be supplied on request, just email us at sales@juon.co.uk

In our house on Sunday evening we watch the Antiques Road Show; it is almost a ritual for us and marks the end of the weekend. Of all the items that are presented for interrogation, for many reasons, I am always most interested in the ceramics and I have often wondered if, in future times, a piece with an advertising slogan will bring gasps of amazement at the price it could fetch at auction. I noticed in today’s edition of The Times that a Clarice Cliff charger bought for £1 at a car boot sale brought £192.000 at Sotheby’s just recently!

One of the gasps of amazement that our range of earthenware and china should bring is the inexpensiveness of printed mugs. Printed ceramics have long been one of the best ways of bringing company details to your customers’ notice whether it is part of your in house hospitality or as a present to valued clients.
Earthenware and china mugs can be screen printed and if you require no more than 2 colours we can turn an order round within 7 working days. For photographic quality images we offer our photomugs with wrap around print. Mugs with unusual shapes are transfer printed and this takes a little longer. To see our range of mugs visit our website and for a quote email us at sales@juon.co.uk

CD holders are popular with customers at present.

We have two kinds; one is very inexpensive and the other would make a very nice executive gift. CD Holder NCD is made from nylon, has a carry handle, and will take 10 CDs in individual plastic pockets. This item is available in black, red or royal and can be branded 1 or more spot colours. CD holder CLCD4 is made from bonded leather, has a tab fastening and will take 10 CDs. It looks good with gold or silver foil embossed logos.

Today the weather will be mainly cold, wet, snow in some parts, gloomy and generally unpleasant – so what’s new? At this time of year promotional business gifts are on many marketing executive’s minds and umbrellas are possibly one of the best ways of promoting your company. An enormous advertising area is available for your corporate image and as the umbrella is held up high and moves around with your customers it cannot fail to be seen. We have a large range of brollies from the ever popular budget golf umbrella through to super mini sized ones that can easily be packed into a small bag; see http://www.buy-umbrellas.co.uk/ to view the full range. Call us or email sales@juon.co.uk for details and a quote.

In our house on Sunday evening we watch the Antiques Road Show; it is almost a ritual for us and marks the end of the weekend. Of all the items that are presented for interrogation, for many reasons, I am always most interested in the ceramics and I have often wondered if, in future times, a piece with an advertising slogan will bring gasps of amazement at the price it could fetch at auction. I noticed in today’s edition of The Times that a Clarice Cliff charger bought for £1 at a car boot sale brought £192.000 at Sotheby’s just recently!

One of the gasps of amazement that our range of earthenware and china should bring is the inexpensiveness of printed mugs. Printed ceramics have long been one of the best ways of bringing company details to your customers’ notice whether it is part of your in house hospitality or as a business gift to valued clients.



Earthenware and china mugs can be screen printed and if you require no more than 2 colours we can turn an order round within 7-10 working days. For photographic quality images we offer our photomugs with wrap around print. Mugs with unusual shapes are transfer printed and this takes a little longer.

For a premium business gift it is hard to beat crystal which can be laser engraved with individual names for presentations or branded with your company logo.

Ask us for a quote on any of these items, call or email sales@juon.co.uk

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