Gift of the Year 2025 Winners Announced
Celebrating Creativity, Sustainability and the Very Best in the Home and Giftware World The UK’s most prestigious and anticipated gifting awards…
2025 SHORTLIST
Congratulations to all our shortlisted entries in this year’s competition.
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A unique platform to showcase new and innovative products
The Gift of the Year awards are the most highly respected industry accolades, aimed at recognising the best new products, talent and inspiration in our industry each year.
Judged by over 150 industry professionals consisting of Retailers, buyers and key industry experts, who are all looking for the best new products to market.
Why enter the Gift of the Year awards?
Being crowned a category winner gives your business industry-wide recognition and previous entrants have seen a huge boost to their sales and revenue.
The competition has helped to elevate businesses through exposure at trade shows, our winners’ area key trade shows, the winners’ brochure, and social media channels. Check out some of the testimonials below
Our goal is to bring your products to your most important audiences, the buyers and retailers and raise the profile of your brand.
A Glittering Awards Ceremony
Gift of the Year brings together two award programs to celebrate the winners.
The Gift Awards is a Black Tie awards evening celebrating the ebst in the retail world with The Greats and the best in the home and Giftware World with GOTY.
Entry
Whether you are a start-up or a multinational brand, discover everything you need to know about entry into the Gift of the Year Awards 2026. The process is simple and aims to let your products shine for the judges, with images, videos and product descriptions.
Judging
The Gift of the Year Awards are judged by over 150 industry professionals, from independent retailers to buyers for international organisations as well as key industry experts and trend hunters. They are all looking for the best new products and ranges in the home and gift industry.
Our Sponsors
Every year, our categories are sponsored by an incredible range of businesses both national and international. We are now looking to work with sponsors for the Gift of the Year 2021.
News & Articles
2025 Finalists - FROM YOU TO ME
Name Helen StephensProduct in the Final: I Made A Book About YouCongratulations on being a finalist! How does it feel to be recognised in this year’s Gift…
2025 Finalists - Gardening for Kids Ltd
Meet Louise Edgeworth, the passionate founder behind Gardening for Kids, whose Grow Your Own Garden Gift Bags have been named finalists in the Gift of the …
2025 Finalists - Santoro
We caught up with Tara Strickland from Santoro, whose whimsical and imaginative designs — the Pirouette Countdown and The Book Café Swing Card &mdash…