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Easter Egg Hunt šŸ°

The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products hosted a successful Easter egg hunt for their employees on the morning of Tuesday 4th April 2023. The event was fun filled that brought colleagues from different departments together in the spirit of Easter.

The Easter egg hunt took place at the companyā€™s headquarters in Hampshire. Employees were divided into teams and given clues to follow and riddles to complete. The winning team, ā€˜Jodieā€™s Ladiesā€™ was rewarded with a special prize of a giant chocolate Easter egg, and the whole company received a chocolate egg too. The event was enjoyed by all, and the employees expressed their appreciation for the opportunity to take part in a fun activity that brought everyone together.

HR Administrator of The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products, Tiffany Pegg, said, “We are delighted that our Easter egg hunt was such a success. It was great to see everyone come together, have fun, and get into the spirit of Easter. Our employees work hard throughout the year, and we wanted to show our appreciation by organising this event.”

The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products are committed to creating a positive working environment for their employees. The Easter egg hunt is just one example of the companyā€™s efforts to strengthen the workplace culture and is also a reflection of their values of teamwork and collaboration.

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Promoting International Day of Happiness

International Day of Happiness is celebrated every year on 20th March. Snap Products and The Pen Warehouse strive to create an environment that fosters positivity, collaboration, and support, not just on this day but every day.

The HR department worked collaboratively with the Marketing team to create a range of vibrant and cheerful postcards, promoting International Day of Happiness and encouraging staff to take a moment to write a message of appreciation to another employee.

Tiffany Pegg, Hr Administrator, commented: ā€œMonday was all about appreciating the simple joys that bring happiness and fulfilment, such as meaningful relationships, purposeful work, and personal growth.ā€ She added, ā€œit was great to see so many people get involved, with so many lovely words written.ā€

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Celebrating International Womenā€™s Day

The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products marked International Womenā€™s Day by getting all the amazing women from every department together for a photo.

Monica Malfa, Marketing Manager, commented: ā€œWeā€™re proud to promote diversity, equity, and inclusivity at The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products, not just today but every day.ā€ She added, ā€œour mission is to build a workplace where women thrive. Taking a photo in aid of International Womenā€™s Day was a beautiful way of celebrating women in our team and around the world.ā€

For more information, visit internationalwomensday.com, and join in on the push to celebrate womenā€™s achievements, increase visibility, and drive gender parity.

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Pantone Colour of the Year 2022

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ā€˜A New Pantone Colour Whose Courageous Presence Encourages Personal Inventiveness And Creativityā€™ – PantoneĀ®

PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri

The PantoneĀ® Colour Institute have announced that PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri has been selected as its ā€˜Pantone Colour of the Year 2022ā€™ and weā€™re thrilled that it is a shade of a colour very close to our heart with our Pen Warehouse Purple. 

PantoneĀ®ā€™s Executive Director describes the selection as bringing ā€˜a novel perspective and visionā€™ from the trusted blue family with the violet undertones providing a ā€˜joyous attitude and dynamic presenceā€™. With recent years providing an unparalleled amount of change, Very Peri is said to be symbolic of the current transitions we are all facing in our daily lives and the propulsion into a dynamic digital world. The colour encourages us to dare to be curious and creative as we head into a new, re-written future – we like the sound of that!

The announcement took us back to our exploration of colour psychology in business last year where we interrogated how colour choices affect consumer behaviour and psychology. In celebration of Very Peri, we wanted to look at the colour purple again a little bit furtherā€¦

With its parent colours being red and blue – purple holds onto both the power and luxury of red, whilst maintaining the relaxing tones of its parental blue. When synthesised, the overall feeling is one of mystery and also nobility, which is why we often see purple royal robes and why it is used often to honour military veterans such as The Military Cross.

Purple is also said to spark innovation and passion – two of our favourite words! With brands who use it often being associated with creativity and luxury. 

With the sense of forward thinking, creativity and dynamism we canā€™t help but think these are all qualities that our MoodĀ® collection inhabit – embracing individuality and self-expression but with a drive to the future, all whilst maintaining the cool, calm and collectivism that purple tones tend to offer. 

In honour of Very Peri’s win, weā€™ve handpicked a few of our favourite purple promotional products that make up our MoodĀ® Collection:

To find out more about our MoodĀ® range or to speak to a member of our team, please contact sales@pens.co.uk.

Resources

https://www.pantone.com/uk/en/color-of-the-year-2022 

https://www.colorpsychology.org/purple/

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2021 – Year End Message from Our CEO

With 2021 coming to a close itā€™s a good time to reflect on the past twelve months and also shed some light on the plans we have for the year ahead.

The promotional merchandising sector has not been immune to the challenges wrought upon it by the Covid pandemic but despite these industry-wide headwinds The Pen Warehouse has achieved record-breaking restorative growth in sales over the past twelve months. 

These excellent results have only been made possible by the grit and determination of each and every team member at The Pen Warehouse and the core values in which we share in our work together. This year we welcomed an additional 39 staff members and we are delighted to have them onboard. Our team, and the values we foster, underpins all the good we do. Itā€™s through our collective efforts that we make the greatest difference and I regard it as a privilege to be part of it. 

Iā€™m really looking forward to 2022 as we have so many exhilarating projects in the pipeline. The acquisition of new brands, new printing technologies and new operating systems. For me, the most exciting of these will be the launch and development of systems to improve the employee experience. The Pandemic has brought about change for employers and employees alike, some of which will be irreversible, and our focus in 2022 will be to create a working environment that reflects these changes to everyoneā€™s benefit. The business landscape is changing at a breathtaking pace, hard lessons have been learnt in 2021 and change is vital so our teams are equipped and supported to face the challenges ahead. As CEO of The Pen Warehouse I am completely aware of the importance of these changes.

Our success in 2021 is a credit to our wonderful staff that understand the need to support our loyal customer base and this will continue to be central to our culture and values as we enter 2022.

On behalf of the board of Directors I would like to thank our staff, customers and suppliers for their unwavering support in 2021 and we wish you all a very happy and successful 2022.

Neil Cleere

Managing Director

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PAGE Partnership Visit Innovations House

On Monday 8 November, Brian Hayward, Director at PAGE Partnership, visited The Pen Warehouse with a small group of catalogue members for their annual meet up. The day started with a tour of Innovations House including the factory, offices, studio and showroom.

The afternoon continued with a company update, outlining challenges, achievements and objectives for the future, followed by a presentation of brand-new products landing in 2022. The evening included a luxury private dining experience in a relaxed environment to catch up on both a business and personal level.

Monica Malfa, Marketing Programme Manager at The Pen Warehouse commented: ā€œIt was so good to welcome PAGE Partnership back and meet with familiar faces, sharing each othersā€™ experiences and gaining invaluable feedback to help us build back better.ā€

The Pen Warehouse’s commitment to regain exceptional levels of customer experience and unrivalled service remains a core objective for 2022. Now out of survival mode and into recovery, the teams are rebuilding, processes updated and new structures implemented.

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Spooky Bake Off / Face Off šŸ‘»

On Friday we celebrated all things spooky by hosting a spooky bake off, a spooky face off and a charity bake sale.

Winners included Beata and Angelika who both received a Ā£20 Amazon voucher. Beata won Spookiest Cake and Angelika won Spookiest Face.

The bake sale raised over Ā£100 for Frimley Health Charity – a huge thank you goes out to all our employees for participating and donating. It was a day filled with fun and delicious treats, and a fantastic way to support a charity close to our hearts.

For more information on Frimley Health Charity please click here.

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Celebrating the Importance of Family Businesses

Family Business United founder and champion of the family business sector, Paul Andrews explains, ā€œThere are over 5 million family firms across the UK and not only do they employ significant numbers of people, generate significant tax revenues and support local communities, they are the backbone of the UK economy. All too often the endeavours of the family business sector are dismissed in favour of their non-family counterparts and the aim of National Family Business Day is to champion the sector, put family firms on the map and help to dispel the myths surrounding the family business sector.ā€

The Pen Warehouse are trade-exclusive suppliers of promotional products and sell through a network of distributors – many of which are also family businesses. The promotional merchandise industry is very much a community of like-minded individuals with strong family values. Celebrating National Family Business Day is a fantastic way to help put the industry firmly on the map.

At the beginning of the year, The Pen Warehouse was shortlisted for the Family Business of the Year Awards 2021 and this was a huge achievement and great boost during such a challenging year.

Helen Dyl, Operations Director of The Pen Warehouse commented, ā€œThis company was founded by my father, and our MD, over 25 years ago and is now in its second generation. Through hard work, brilliant vision, and an amazing team we are still here today.ā€

If you’re a family business and want to get involved, simply use the hashtag #GBFamilyBizDay.

For more information on Family Business United please visit familybusinessunited.com.