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Orb Group hosted the largest promotional merchandise showcase in Scotland. The Showcase was opened on the 4^th October at the Marriott in Anderston, Glasgow by Kenneth Gibson the Scottish MSP Convenor of Finance.  Other government bodies present were Bill Hamilton Scottish Enterprise, Dr. Gerry Black Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP),  Dr Declan Bannon UWS and J. Johnstone UWS; all showing support and thrilled with Orb’s success as a merchandise distributor. 

A queue of clients patiently waited on the doors being opened at 09:30.  On entry clients were provided with a bag for life which had a free copy of The Drum marketing magazine in it. The hall quickly filled up and soon there was a happy buzz all round the Queen Mary suit. 

Client’s enjoyed viewing the products, getting new ideas and receiving good advice and information from the suppliers who all did an exceptional job.

Client’ and suppliers a like embraced the pamper theme having nails manicured, back and neck massages and eyebrows threaded.  One supplier, Gerry, entertained everyone when he was only brave enough to have one eyebrow threaded!

As the day came to an end everyone was happy with how helpful and informative the day was.  Everyone enjoyed the free samples that were given out too.  At 16:00 the doors closed and all suppliers quickly packed up and left to fight the heavy Glasgow traffic and head to Edinburgh for the second leg. 

Day two was hosted at the Hibernian Football Stadium, Forthview suit which looks directly onto the well kept football stadium.  The second day saw more high quality clients being impressed with the wide and varied range of products that the suppliers had put on display for Orb Group.  Everyone enjoyed the food and drink provided by Hibs with many suppliers and clients raved about the Hibs ‘chicken curry pie’.

Now back at the office Orb have the mammoth task of following up over 300 leads!  We will be in touch soon.

The Largest Promotional Merchandise Showcase in Scotland is fast approaching. Hosted by Orb Group on the 4th October Marriott, Anderston, Glasgow and on the 5th October Hibs Stadium, Easter rd, Edinburgh the show is a must for anyone who uses or SHOULD BE using promotional merchandise as part of their communication strategy.  The event will be a fantastic opportunity to speak direct with suppliers such as Parker pen.

There will be goody bags, fantastic prize draws and free hospitality. 

The show is also sponsored by The Drum so remember to pop by and collect your free copy and get preferential rates on a year’s subscription.

Register you intention to attend at events@orbgroup.co.uk.

2012 Diaries & Calendar’s

If you haven’t thought about your 2012 Promotional Diaries or Calendar’s now is the time to order.  Diaries and Calendar’s ensure you get the most from your advertising budget; allowing you to stay in front of your customers 365 days a year.  They are a useful gift that your clients will appreciate and a great promotional tool. What better way to spend your advertising budget!

Order now before it is too late!

Reflective Promotional Items

As we all know the weather is turning and the nights are getting darker so why not take advantage of our fantastic offers on reflective snap bands.  These are a great protective promotional idea that everyone can use. Suitable for a variety of uses such as being seen when out walking or running, children going to school or travelling by bike. 

Let your customers know you care. Let your promotional message be seen.

Orb Direct have some fantastic promotional merchandise offers.  These include great prices on branded highlighters, promotional golf umbrellas and over 5000 more products that can have your logo on them.  Why not take a look at some of our amazing special offers such as 50% off our Tate promotional mugs. 

Go on, order your promotional merchandise today and make your marketing message work.

Remember to be the first to hear about promotional merchandise special offers follow us on twitter @orbdirect .

Orb Group were proud to unveil their new event's display at the recent Marketing Week Live event held in London, Olympia.  The new display looked great and was a big hit with event attendees.

With two glorious days of sunshine the hall was buzzing with visitors all looking for new and exciting promotional ideas. The bespoke Grant's drinks barrel and enormous bespoke Grolsch bottle attracted much attention with many visitors wishing they could share a 'dram' with the sales team, 'just to cool themselves down'!  There was also much hilarity in the hall when Mike Smith (MD) decided he would show some visitors how loud the 'deafening' Irn Bru promotional horn could be too.

The Orb team had a great two days and would like to thank all that visited the display.  We hope we inspired you with some great promotional ideas.

Orb Group have recently achieved the most sought after Chartered BPMA Status.

Mike Smith (MD) was pleased to say, 'We are really pleased we have achieved this prestige's BPMA award.  It is reflective of the quality of service Orb provides and the dedication we have shown in providing industry specific training to our customer service staff so they can maintain the high level of service our clients deserve.'

Mike Smith (MD) of The Orb Group is speaking at a one day conference, on June 30th, at Manchester Art Gallery. The hot topic of the day is 'Going Global'.  Mike is well versed in operating abroad having expanded the Sports Merchandise Global Brand into mainland Europe and India.

Welcome to Orb Direct: Branding Made easy!

Orb are delighted to launch their new Promotional merchandise site that really does make branding easy. We have 1000's of products in our range just waiting to put your logo on them.  Why not browse our site and when you find that perfect promotional item just go straight to check out.  It really is that easy.

Or if you would rather speak with a member of our  customer service team then just call the free phone number on 0800 124 4213, email sales@orbdirect.co.uk or click the live chat button.  We are always happy to help.