Cornish Eco-Brand 'Gloweasy Promotions' Provides UK Businesses With A Greener Approach to Promotional Merchandise

1. PRESS RELEASE JUNE 2019 Cornish Eco-Brand 'Gloweasy Promotions' Provides UK Businesses With A Greener Approach to Promotional Merchandise 'Gloweasy's Promotions Environmentally friendly range looks to change the face of business promo items' St. Austell CORNWALL, Wednesday 17th June 2019 – Striving to change the face of the promotional product marketplace, Cornish brand 'Gloweasy Promotions' is providing an opportunity for businesses of all shapes and sizes to adopt a green, eco friendly and ethically sourced approach to its promotional merchandise. The company, based in St Austell, was launched by Cornish businessman Simon Dutton, after he recognised the huge environmental damage being caused by cheap, disposable plastic promo merchandise – many of which cannot be recycled and end up poisoning the landscape and oceans. Simon commented: “Since its inception, Gloweasy Promotions has been instrumental in moving the focus away from cheap plastic promotional products to more ethically-sourced items, including bamboo branded toothbrushes and bamboo travel cups to name just two. Gloweasy Promotions was launched some 13 years ago in response to a gap in the market for eco-branded promotional items, with the ultimate goal now being to educate businesses regarding what they give away at trade shows and events, ensuring the products won't harm the environment”. Simon continued: “We’re here to help companies flourish, whether they need standard 'greener' branded promotional items or creative bespoke variants. We're ethically driven and we're committed to helping all businesses succeed whilst protecting our environment. With the oceanic plastic waste crisis at the forefront of global awareness, Greenpeace UK have published statistics showing around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are currently poisoning the world's oceans. With Cornwall offering some of the UK most beautiful coastlines, Gloweasy Promotions is also working hard to raise local awareness, being instrumental in the launch of the Change.org petition “Save Cornwall from Plastic Waste: It’s Now or Never” that currently has 400 signatures. They are also working with the Marine Conservation Society. The petition focuses on the hazards of plastic waste, which is affecting Cornwall’s beaches, with the movement having sparked additional efforts such as a GoFundMe campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/cornwall039s-first-beach-sculpture-for-waste) for installing a big fish sculpture on one of Cornwall's beautiful beaches. Simon commented: “We've been thrilled with the support we've received. Gloweasy's Promotions environmental efforts and beach cleans have attracted the social media support of celebrities such as business guru Deborah Meaden, presenter Julie Bradbury and Olympic rower Helen Glover, amongst others. Further information about our beach cleans can be seen at http://www.gloweasy.com/our-beach-cleans” In providing a myriad of promotional items that help businesses promote their products and

2. services, Gloweasy Promotions provides an opportunity for businesses to think carefully about the environmental impacts of their promo campaigns and consider the wide range of greener, eco- friendly and ethically sourced options they can offer. For high-resolution images, interviews or questions relating to this press release, please contact Simon Dutton on the details shown below, or alternatively visit the official website at http://www.gloweasy.com About Gloweasy: Founded in 2000, Gloweasy Promotions was created by Cornish businessman Simon Dutton to deliver a branding and promotional merchandise service which focuses on being eco-friendly, re- usable and ethically sourced. Based in Cornwall, Gloweasy Promotions has created a niche service which is sensitive to the global plastic waste crisis and works towards reducing the rapidly increasing damage to our oceans being caused by the use of massive amounts of plastics. Media Contact: Contact: Simon Dutton Email: simon@gloweasy.com Telephone: 01726 932392 Web: http://www.gloweasy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gloweasy-Promotions/754177847983262 - Release ends -