Get Ready for XL 77mm (3 inch) Button Badges on 1st July

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Posted on 26/06/2024

Here’s some news, we’ve just taken delivery of some new dies for our badge making hand press. As of 1st July, we will be offering an XL 77mm (3 inch) button badge. This means we will be offering four sizes for most of our badges: Small 25mm (1 inch), Medium 38mm (1.5 inch), Large 58mm

US delays

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Posted on 09/06/2024

We have complaints from US customers that badges sent by Royal Mail Airmail are taking between two weeks and two months to arrive. On a couple of occasions we have had chargeback against us to recover payment, incidentally this is the first thing we know it has not arrived to a customer’s requirements. It is

Customs Charges

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Posted on 05/02/202410/02/2024

Customers are cordially reminded that they are responsible for all taxes and customs duties. We says this as we had a complaint today that a buyer in France had received a VAT and Duties demand for an order that was in excess of the value of the items order. Apparently, although she was aware that

Christmas Break 2023

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Posted on 24/12/2023

We are away from the Internet until the 27th when we will start making up and packing orders for dispatch on the 28th. We are having a little bit of a break to be with family, so, take care, eat drink and be merry! Happy Christmas!

Christmas 2023

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Posted on 18/12/2023

As we write we pass the last date for ordering to obtain in the UK our badges. The international date is now well passed. We are closed 21st, 24th & 25th of December and 1st January to see in the new year. Why the 21st December, yes, we celebrate Yule! Yule is a festival celebrated

Re-Building

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Posted on 08/12/2023

We’re currently rebuilding the site’s store. We’ve been using Etsy for the ecommerce side of the site for some time now just because it saved us time. Given the time that we now have on our hands following scaling back other business activities we decide to move our ecommerce back ‘in-house’, it should take us

Postage changes

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Posted on 07/12/202307/12/2023

With more delays being notified with first class post we are now sending mainland UK excluding highlands and islands orders via EVRI two to three day. Highland and islands orders will go Tracked 48 Royal Mail.

Five Star Colleague Badge

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Posted on 07/06/202307/06/2023

The origins of the five star rating system are unclear and subject to debate. Some argue that it dates back to the Roman Empire, where soldiers were evaluated according to a five point scale. Others point to the Michelin Guide, which introduced the five star rating system for restaurants and hotels in the early 20th

A Brief History of Button Badges

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Posted on 07/06/202305/03/2026

Button badges have a long and interesting history. They first became popular in the 19th century when they were known as “cello badges” because of the clear celluloid coating that covered the design. These early badges were often used for political campaigns and promoting various causes. During the early 20th century, button badges became a

Retired Doctor Badge

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Posted on 02/05/202302/05/2023

Complementing our retired nurse badge, ideal to give or use as a badge card for a doctor just retiring. Available in 1, 1.5 or 2.25 inch hand pressed button badges. Proudly made in Birmingham.

CJ Badges and Coin

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