With the fact that many budgets are being stretched at present, it is almost certain that the purchase of promotional gifts will be left as late as possible, due to the fact that this will be a spend possibly deemed surplus to requirements during a recession. However, for the most part, this decision is regretted late on and clients are now making contact with last minute rush enquiries for events, promotions or campaigns where they have to sort out some promotional merchandise with little lead time in which to do it in.

All is not lost in these situations, lead times are becoming shorter as production speeds up and newer machines allow quicker turnaround in orders.  This is sometimes relied upon by clients who regularly leave it late, a buying philosophy not overly recommended should you have already decided what you are looking to purchase in case of any hitches.  Nevertheless this is a result of how technology streamlines an industry and improves production speeds. There are now so many products that are possible for that last minute order and a client should never assume that they have left it too late. Always call your promotional gift company (Steel City Marketing’s sales team can be contacted on 0114 2754150) and you may be pleasantly surprised.

Promotional pens is one product ranges where you can easily achieve a 5 working day turnaround with a proof, printed in more than one colour. Sometimes this can be even shorter – down to 24 or 48 hours on some product lines, but is then normally a one colour print and no proof. The Calico ballpen is a popular choice achieving the tight lead-time, good colour choice and more than one print colour.

Many other business gift ideas are now also achievable on a delivery time of around 5 working days from proof approval. Ice scrapers (popular during these long winter months) and a good range of recycled & Eco promotional gifts can hit a tight lead time. Mousemats, along with a whole host of desktop business gifts are now easily achievable in under 10 working days.

It is easy to think that something just cannot be done and that surely it is impossible. Today, however, this is just not the case, and the sales team at Steel City Marketing pride themselves on achieving whatever last minute order you are looking to place. Put us to the test today.

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