Business Advice
British Library
Online business support for SMEs
www.bl.uk/bipc/index.html
Business Link
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Business Link (London)
www.businesslink4london.com
Federation of Small Businesses
www.fsb.org.uk
Copyright Protection
ACID
www.acid.uk.com
Briffa
Briffa is a modern legal practice specialising in intellectual property (IP): the protection of copyright, designs, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and information technology.
www.briffa.com
Credit Checks
Experian
www.uk.experian.com/bi/
Credit Control
Brookes Bates
www.brookesbates.com/
Export
British Trade International
www.brittrade.com
Exporting to the EU
www.cec.org.uk
Green Claims Guidance
Defra
www.defra.gov.uk/ENVIRONMENT/consumerprod/pdf/greetingscardsguide.pdf
Legal Help
Steele and Co
www.steele.co.uk
Market Reports
Mintel
www.mintel.com
Overseas Greeting Card Associations
Australia
The Australian GCA
18-20 Queens Avenue
Hawthorn, VIC 3122
AUSTRALIA
011-61-3-9819-6144
Fax: 011-61-3-9819-6292
www.greetingcardassociation.com.au
Brazil
The Brazilian GCA
www.origami.com.br
Canada
The Gift Packing and Greeting Card Association of Canada
1407 Military Trail, Westhill, Ontario M1C 1A7, Canada
Clancy Delbarre
Tel. 001 416 281 81 47
Fax 001 416 286 48 68
France
UPCP Union Professionnelle de la Carte Postale
12 rue des Pyramides
75001 Paris
Tel: +33 1 42 60 40 30
Fax: +33 1 49 27 97 92
Email: upcp@wanadoo.fr
Président Olivier Draeger
www.upcp.fr
Germany
ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT DER HERSTELLER UND VERLEGER VON GLÜCKWUNSCHKARTEN [AVG] (German GCA)
Beppener Strasse 29
D-28277 Bremen
GERMANY
011-49-421-82-1251
Fax: 011-49-421-82-0993
www.avgcard.de
The Netherlands
STICHTING WENSKAART NEDERLAND (The Dutch GCA)
Lange Brugstraat 4
4871 CP Etten Leur
THE NETHERLANDS
011-31-76-503-0775
Fax: 011-31-76-502-3973
USA
The US GCA
1156 15th Street NW, Suite 900,
Washington, DC 20005
001 (202) 393-1778
Fax: 001 (202) 331-2714
www.greetingcard.org
Postal Services
PostComm
The Postal Services Commission is the independent regulator for postal servises in the UK. It provides information on postal services in the UK and on the new opportunities provided by postal market liberalisation.
www.psc.gov.uk
Royal Mail
Royal Mail's information on Pricing in Proportion (PiP)
www.royalmail.com/pricinginproportion
Royal Mail - PiP
More information on Pricing in Proportion
www.pricinginproportion.co.uk
Progressive Greetings
The Magazine website
www.progressivegreetings.co.uk
Trade Fairs
Autumn Fair
www.autumnfair.com
Harrogate Home and Gift
www.homeandgift.co.uk
Spring Fair
www.springfair.com
Top Drawer
www.topdrawer.co.uk
Trademarks and Patents
Patent Office
www.patent.gov.uk
The British Library - databases
Access to the British Library's business, patents and trademarks databases
www.bl.uk/collection/cd-busin.html
UK Associations
The GA (Giftware Association)
www.ga-uk.org
Trade Association Forum
The GCA is a member of the Trade Associaton Forum. The Forum encourages the development and sharing of best practice among UK trade associations and promotes the role of effective trade associations to government, industry and the wider public.
www.taforum.org
Website Design and Ecommerce
Pepper Digital
Pepper Digital designed and developed the GCA website, and offer a range of Internet services including website design, ecommerce solutions, content management systems, Flash websites and email marketing. They also offer discounts to GCA members.
www.pepperdigital.com
