Fintech Miconex has launched its 2025 national festive campaign, The BIG Christmas Giveback, as part of its ongoing commitment to powering local communities.
Running across its network of over 100 Town & City Gift Card programmes, the BIG Christmas Giveback asks for nominations for people or organisations who have a positive impact on their community.
The person or organisation with the most nominations will win a £1000 Town & City Gift Card of their choice, with one person who nominated them winning a £500 Town & City Gift Card. Miconex is running similar competitions in Ireland, the USA and Canada.
Over £45 million has been spent through Miconex's local gift cards to date, with over 20,000 businesses participating, and 2025 sales up 115% year on year.
Posted: 20 October 2025
Toy Fair marks the first opportunity of the year for visitors to explore and get hands-on with thousands of new launches across a broad range of categories, from licensed toys, construction sets and board games, to arts and crafts, plush toys, tech toys and many more. Buyers in attendance are also able to take advantage of exclusive on-site retail offers. Find out more here.
Posted: 16 October 2025
Olympic champion, and crafting icon Tom Daley has teamed up with Hobbycraft, UK's largest arts and crafts retailer, to design and launch a brand new Made With Love by Tom Daley range, exclusively available online and in-store from Thursday 2nd October. The 11-piece collection celebrates Tom's love of yarn crafts with a fun, animal and fruit inspired twist; featuring crochet kits that make dogs, zebras and giraffes, to positive slogan embroidery designs and fun iron-on patches. Perfect for beginners and experienced makers alike, each kit comes with everything needed to get started, from hooks and threads to easy-to-follow instructions, so even first-time crafters can dive in, making them an ideal way to relax, unwind and embrace learning a new hobby or refining a current one.
Posted: 14 October 2025
The BTHA is pleased to announce that two special awards have been presented to long-serving toy retailers Vernon Franklin, who received a BTHA Golden Teddy and Philip Kaye, who received a BTHA Special Recognition Award. The awards were presented by Toymaster Managing Director Yogi Parmar, on behalf of the BTHA during a recent Toymaster regional event. With a combined length of service to the toy industry of more than 120 years, both were commended on their dedicated service to the industry through toy retail, commitment to their customers, trustworthiness within their companies and their humility.
Posted: 9 October 2025
Bang on trend with the Disco Retro bright colour scheme expected to be huge this festive season, this 25cm x 25cm Colourful Christmas Tree mini diamond framed canvas, from Figured' Art , is exceptional value for money. Your customers will benefit from full drill eco-friendly diamonds which stick to the premium adhesive numbered canvas already stretched onto a high-quality wooden frame.
Posted: 7 October 2025