Two official photographs marking Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton have been released by the royals. The portraits at St James’s Palace – one casual, one formal – were taken by Mario Testino, whose previous subjects include Diana, Princess of Wales. One picture shows the couple smiling in a suit and dress and the other sees the prince embracing his fiancee. Mr Testino said the couple, who will marry on 29 April next year, were “brimming with happiness”.     The images were chosen by the couple, both 28, following a photo-shoot last month about a week...

Loveable Essex man Jamie Oliver‘s latest cookbook has become the fastest selling non-fiction title of all time. Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals has sold 735,000 copies in 10 weeks, beating the previous record held by comedian Peter Kay‘s memoir, The Sound of Laughter.   In the past week, its sales were more than twice that of its nearest rival, which is ironically the Guinness World Records. It looks set to beat Delia Smith’s How To Cook (Book 1), which is the bestselling cookbook of all time, with more than a million copies sold.   Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals, which contains...

We love eco friendly gadgets; promotional products that run of green sources of energy. If you’re looking to spread your eco friendly message through corporate gifts, then have a browse of ecoproducts2order for a complete range of branded goods. Their friendly staff can advise you on promotional calculators, clocks, torches and many other gadgets that are powered by eco friendly means. One thing they can’t supply is promotional cars unfortunately, like the “poo-powered” VW Beetle which has taken to the streets of Bristol in an attempt to encourage sustainable motoring. The Bio-Bug runs on...

Gift Selection is making sure logos and advertising messages are the centre of attention with their practical mobile phone covers. Now available is a new range of covers made from a soft sleeve of high-quality neoprene, which offers ideal protection against moisture, impact, shock and scratches. If you’re anything like me, these are ideal as I drop my phone on the floor more times then I answer it.   Neoprene is part of the family of synthetic rubbers, and is actually the DuPont trade name for its brand of polychloroprene, and was invented back in 1930. It is such a useful material, because of...

If you work in a challenging environment,  and you’re looking for unbreakable promotional plastic mugs and tableware, then  you’ll know they can be hard to find. The Mugstore and Gift Selection however, now offer such products with short lead times and great quality printing.   Finding such products is hard enough, but not only that, you can now have them branded too. If you’re looking for unbreakable mugs, plates, bowls, trays and cutlery, then they are now available in a wide variety of attractive and vibrant colours.   When they say “unbreakable”, they don’t just mean under...

The home of promotional mugs has revamped its website today – take a look at their shiny new site here.   So what’s new in the world of promotional mugs? The Mugstore is now pushing their promotional corporate gift sets more then they have been. These quality sets are great for businesses large and small, and will give a really sharp corporate feel to one’s organisation.   These corporate sets are made from porcelain, which is a material there really keen on over there. They have a new range of porcelain promotional items, which they’re hoping will be big within the hotel industry. These...

Corporate golf days haven’t exactly been booming in the last eighteen months with the economy being what it is, however a new line of eco friendly promotional golf items are waiting and ready, for when you get chance to dust off your irons.   Did you know that golf is more of charitable sport then you may first realise. In the U.S alone, golf generates $3.5 billion for charitable causes each year, with all professional golf tournaments in the U.S managed by charity based organisations.   A smart eco friendly promotional golf item is this little golf tee set (pictured). These 20 tees are made from...

A very popular promotional pen on the continent, is the proudly German, Schneider range of writing instruments.   Well what can I tell you about Schneider pens? Well they certainly think they’re very good, but more interestingly they are the only promotional pen manufacturer to have been certified for more than 10 years with the world’s most demanding Environmental Management System in accordance with the EU Eco-Audit Regulation EMAS.   Created in the late 1940′s to manufacture superior refills for the American pens then being imported, Schneider quickly grew to be one of...

Have you seen the unusual range of promotional travel packs that Gift Selection have made available? Each branded pack has a distinct theme, which are ideal for different sorts of clients you may have.   My favourite of these promotional gift packs, is the branded Automotive pack (pictured). The idea behind this quirky promotional product, is that it is kept in the recipient’s glove box at all times. For organisations such as hire cars, car dealerships, valleting businesses – this promotional product would be absolutely perfect to give away to their better clients.   Well what do you get in this...

M&Ms are the treat that melts in your mouth but not in your hand, being one of the leading lines in Mars Chocolate’s confectionary range. Since 1941, and throughout one hundred countries around the world, people have enjoyed scoffing down those little chocolate drops.   Believe it or not, they have now opened a corporate division, so you can now buy promotional M&Ms branded with your corporate message. Very few UK distributors are able to supply these branded M&Ms, but one quality supplier is Sweets2order.   Branding of these M&Ms isn’t even limited to just text, you can even...