The Promo Column Keep it great outdoors
As the temperatures start to rise we can look forward to the joys of summer – barbecues, the World Cup, getting a suntan, and basically heading back out into the great outdoors without about five layers on. Promotional products commentator, Stuart Derrick, reports on upcoming seasonal merchandise.
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bin. Within this group there is a subset that thinks nothing of dropping chewing gum any old where so that somebody can come along and squelch into it. Yuk!
ne of the more unsavoury aspects of summer is the way that some people think they can turn our streets and countryside into a litter
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It is estimated that it costs around £150 million a year to remove gum from our streets, and that almost every shopping street in the UK is plastered with the tell-tale white splodges. If only someone could come up with a way of helping us deal with the sticky stuff.
Step forward Gumdrop, the first company in the world to recycle and process chewing gum into a range of new compounds that can be used in the rubber and plastics industry. The company operates a closed loop recycling process that uses pink ʻGumdropʼ receptacles designed specifically for the disposal of waste chewing gum. They are bright pink and look like strawberry flavoured bubble gum bubbles, and once full, the whole Gumdrop along with its contents of waste gum is recycled and processed to manufacture new Gumdrops, the cycle starts again.
brackets, it makes a talking point of any open space, whether thatʼs by the pool, on a balcony, porch or patio.
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includes licensed designs from fantasy artist Anne Stokes and the ʻWorldʼs most famous Graffitiʼ courtesy of Banksy, plus plenty more designs curated by FieldCandy. There are more than 200 designs in the collection. What better way to take in your outdoor art than through your own branded directorʼs chair. Mojo Promotions invites you to take a load off your feet with its custom printed chair. The traditional collapsible wooden frame is perfect for unfolding wherever you want to spread out and relax, whether youʼre directing your next blockbuster, or simply having a picnic in the park with colleagues.
Outside wall art from FieldCandy Gumdrop
Gumdrop also collaborates with manufacturers and companies globally to make products from recycled and processed chewing gum – a product it calls Gum-tec. Recycled and processed chewing gum can become a vast number of things from wellington boots, to mobile phone covers, stationery, packaging and more.
The company is also currently on the lookout for new partners who are interested in using its Gum-Tec technology in their existing product ranges. Itʼs something to chew over.
Make the most of the outdoors
Another piece of innovation that makes the most of the outdoors is FieldCandyʼs Outdoor Art. The company specialises in colourful tents and hammocks which feature amazing all over designs. Its latest offering is designed specially to be hung outdoors and can be placed in any outdoor location with direct exposure to the elements.
Utilising its knowledge of outdoor materials, FieldCandy has created wall art that is 100% waterproof, durable, UV fade resistant and wind resistant up to 60mph. This is achieved by swapping the traditional timber frame which can warp in an outdoor environment for a much more durable frame made from aluminium, which doesnʼt twist, warp, rust or degrade. Securely
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The chairs are suitable for occupants weighing up to 16 stone (101kg) and are great for event stands, outdoor cinemas and many more uses. Its 230gsm polyester material is printed in full colour as standard, offering 100% coverage, enabling you to match the canvas to your brand colours for a truly unique finish. They are also highly covetable keepsakes to remind guests of the great time they had at your event. To really set the seal on your seating, you could add a logo cushion or pillow printed with a full-colour logo. This excellent promotional product, by British Made Promotional Merchandise (BMPM) is ideal for a large-scale campaign, or to dress a press office or reception area, and has proved popular among a wide variety of companies from global alcohol brands to family-run solicitors.
UK made promotional merchandise
BMPM also aims to be competitive on all its UK made promotional merchandise. Having scoped out the competition at several exhibitions over the past couple of years, it is also confident that the quality of its logo cushions, the mock-suede fabric it uses, and its pricing, will beat all comers. The proof is in the seating. Finally, this month, news reaches us of the latest intriguing entrepreneurial move by Elon Musk. Not content with introducing the Tesla electric car to the world, Mr Musk has been goofing around recently selling flamethrowers, and bizarrely 50,000 hats promoting his The Boring Company which is digging tunnels to alleviate traffic congestion. Is there nothing he canʼt sell? Apparently not. His latest wheeze is to use the rocks dug from the tunnel to create life- sized Lego-style bricks that can be made into real structures. Theyʼll be hollow in the middle so lighter than rock but super- strong, the inspiration for Robert Downey Jrʼs portrayal of Iron Manʼs Tony Stark claims. You couldnʼt make it up.
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