Our Mission
“Making Your Business Memorable”
We aim to be an appropriate, relevant and informative source of business gifts, promotional items, fund raisers and incentives.
We help our clients achieve their marketing goals, in an ethical, cost-effective, professional and environmentally friendly manner.
We pride ourselves on being punctual, accurate and always offer great value prices. With our friendly approach, we aim to create a high standard of customer care.
Our experienced team offer the easiest, fastest and least expensive way to buy promotional products to show off your brand in the best possible fashion.
Established in advertising and promotional gifts since 1985, we are an experienced family team, helping clients make a memorable impression on their prospects and customers. From a database of over 80,000 products, we can recommend relevant, practical and cost-effective promotional incentive solutions.
Meet the Team
Managing Director: Steve Ward
Steve grew up in Aughton, near Ormskirk in Lancashire and was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby.
His first job was in Insurance in Liverpool, before moving into advertising with firstly local newspapers and then the Yellow Pages.
He and wife Ann started Ad-Options in 1985 to sell both advertising in BT payphone kiosks and promotional gifts.
The company started trading on the 1st June 1985 and their first son Adrian was born 2 days later!
Steve enjoys networking on the golf course if anyone facies a game?
General Manager: Ben Ward
Ben is Ann and Steve’s younger son and started working in the business by assembling key rings, for pocket money, as a schoolboy.
This later developed into holiday jobs and gap year employment before leaving home to study Business at Liverpool University.
After successful graduation Ben did 4 years, and gained 3 promotions, with the Halifax Bank before returning to the family firm. He lives with wife Faye and daughters Harriet, and twins, Charlotte and Florence.
Ben is now taking more responsibility for the day to day running of the company as his parents approach retirement.
Sales Manager: Nicola Hutchinson
Nicola has worked with BlankKeyrings for over 20 years.
She started as a part-time sales assistant gaining experience all types of promotional products and print.
From around 2009 she became the expert in key rings sales, particularly the popular Ad Loop keyrings. She quickly became known as the “Loop Queen” and has helped to train and mentor several new staff and apprentices over the years.
Nicola has excellent rapport with many regular clients.
She has two children and lives locally with her husband, Mark, cats (Betsy and Fern) and her rescue dog, Jim.