The deadline has now passed for plastic card orders to be delivered before christmas.

However, we are still taking orders for plastic cards for delivery in the new year.

We close for Christmas on Thursday 18th December at 5.00pm and reopen on Monday 5th January at 9.30am.

May we take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy new year.

We look forward to hearing from you in the new year and as always aim to provide the highest possible level of quality and service.

Please support Thomas Buckley who is walking from the west coast of the UK to the east cost to raise money for Christies Hospital.

He is a brave young guy who unfortunately is dying of bone cancer and has less than a year to live.

Please donate as much as you can and spread the word.

Link can be found here to read all about it and make a donation.

We are currently receiving a huge volume of plastic card orders from our customer for delivery before Christmas – fantastic

With Christmas fast approaching, couriers companies and the royal mail receive a huge volume of packages to be deliver which often results in packages being lost or delayed.

We recommend that our customers place their plastic card orders ASAP to avoid the Christmas rush and disappointment.

Also, ensure that you order enough cards to see you over Christmas, especially if they are for a pre-Christmas promotion.

We are looking to increase our range of products to include barcode systems, specifically ones which will help people with members to keep a track of activity including payment history, renewals and identification.

We are in the very early stages of looking in to available options and equipment for this, as we would like the software and hardware to be as easy as possible to use and set up.

The advantage of a implementing a barcode system include:

Keeping track of customer activity
Ensuring all customer data is located in one central location
Exporting information which may help with mailings
Payment information – who has paid there subscription and who hasn’t
Ex-members database to allow special offer targeting
Identification of different membership categories/types

Watch this space for more information!

Today, the standard VAT rate has been reduced from 17.5% to 15%. We have received lots of smaller plastic card orders this morning (500 and less cards) from end users.

The 2.5% saving on VAT only affects (to their advantage) our non VAT registered customers who cannot claim the VAT back. For everyone who is VAT registered, it is simply a paperwork exercise.

Actually, to a far lesser degree, it does give us a small (very small) saving on credit card terminal processing charges, as each order we process now will be 2.5% smaller, so our credit card terminal provider will charge us a handling percentage on a smaller figure.

Feels good that it costs us less money to be an unpaid VAT collector!