Expenditure on staff vouchers and corporate gifts over last 5 years

Summary

The Isle of Man Post Office disclosed all requested information regarding expenditure on staff vouchers and corporate gifts over the last five years. The response details specific costs for marketing campaigns and gifts, totaling over £10,000, though it does not explicitly list separate figures for staff Christmas vouchers.

Key Facts

• The total expenditure on marketing campaigns and corporate gifts over the period was £10,219.39.
• Marketing commercial campaigns accounted for £5,454.03 of the total spend.
• Corporate gifts, primarily framed stamp collections, accounted for £4,765.36 of the total spend.
• The data covers the financial years from 2013/14 through 2017/18.
• No information was withheld; the outcome was 'All information sent'.

Data Disclosed

• £10,219.39
• £5,454.03
• £4,765.36
• 2013/14
• 2014/15
• 2015/16
• 2016/17
• 2017/18
• 2017-11-13
• 2017-12-06
• £1,666.44
• £1,062.00
• £875.00
• £1,050.00

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

Marketing Commercial Campaigns Year Date Campaign Rationale Cost 16/09/2013 Marketing commercial campaigns - Advent Calendars Advent Calendars provided to commercial customers, which contained details of last posting dates and other key postal information for the Christmas & New Year perdiod 645.00 25/09/2013 Marketing commercial campaigns - Cup Cakes Campign to promote our Sepcial Delivery postal serivce to identified commercial customers in IOM. 107.00 752.00 30/09/2014 Marketing commercial campaigns - Advent Calendars Advent Calendars provided to commercial customers, which contained details of last posting dates and other key postal information for the Christmas & New Year perdiod 574.50 24/02/2015 Marketing commercial campaigns - MiCard Sweets promotional material - giveaways to promote MiCard payment service 324.00 898.50 08/10/2015 Marketing commercial campaigns - Advent Calendars Advent Calendars provided to commercial customers, which contained details of last posting dates and other key postal information for the Christmas & New Year perdiod 1,062.00 31/03/2016 Marketing commercial campaigns - Confectionary Campaign to promote Box Storage services to businesses on Island, which included a mini storage box, filled with confectionary and a business card - followed up with face-to-face meetings. 1,666.44 2,728.44 18/05/2016 Marketing commercial campaigns - Chocolates Corporate gift of chocolates provided at launch event for Royal Artillery 300 stamp issue 135.00 26/05/2016 Marketing commercial campaigns - Confectionary Part of sponsorship and attendance at Information & Records Management Society (IRMS) conference 253.40 31/05/2016 Marketing commercial campaigns - Confectionary Corporate gift of chocolates provided at launch event for Royal Artillery 300 stamp issue 229.24 21/06/2016 Marketing commercial campaigns - Promotional Gifts Promotional Gifts 127.00 744.64 21/06/2017 Marketing commercial campaigns - Pens Promotional Gifts - giveaways for customers at events 290.45 09/11/2017 Marketing commercial campaigns - Easter Eggs Promotional campaign for IOMPO's 360 Mailing Service - which included mini easter eggs and information about IOMPO's 360 Mailing Service provided through Intergrated Mailing Solutions (IMS) 40.00 330.45 YTD 5,454.03 2014/15 2013/14 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 Gifts Year Date Gift Rationale Cost 20/09/2013 Framed Stamp Gifts - Olympic Stamps Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 480.00 10/12/2013 Gifts - Drinks Packs Commercial customer gift 273.61 18/12/2013 Gifts - Cufflinks Cufflinks presented to Cardinal Napier as part of his visit the Isle of Man 17.18 770.79 22/10/2014 Framed Stamp Gifts - Dark Skies Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 194.17 12/12/2014 Framed Stamp Gifts - Xmas Snowman Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 875.00 1,069.17 2015/16 15/10/2015 Framed Stamp Gifts - Christmas Stamps Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 1,050.00 1,050.00 16/05/2016 Framed Stamp Gifts - Royal Airforce Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 23.50 20/07/2016 Framed Stamp Gifts - IOM Bank Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customer's retirement 31.09 20/07/2016 Framed Stamp Gifts - Sarah Millican (Comedian) - unsure of stamp issue but think relating to Hawking/Einstein issue Framed stamp collection presented to Sarah Millican during event in the Isle of Man 28.15 10/11/2016 Framed Stamp Gifts - Biosphere Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 107.45 09/12/2016 Framed Stamp Gifts - Christmas Stamps Issue Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 804.02 994.21 20/06/2017 Framed Stamp Gifts - Bespoke stamp set for commercial customer business launch Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 115.92 28/07/2017 Framed Stamp Gifts - Green Mann & Biosphere Stamp Issues Framed stamp collection for commercial customers 80.10 01/10/2017 Framed Stamp Gifts - Invention & Innovation Dr. John Taylor Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for collection presented to Dr. John Taylor 80.00 01/10/2017 Framed Certificate Gifts - Cruise Ships Presentation of framed certificates with 30p Manx flag stamp postmarked to celebrate the 50,000th foot passenger to the Island in conjunction with DED. 105.00 01/10/2017 Framed Certificate Gifts - Cycle Champs Presentation of framed certificates to all competitors of the British Road Racing Championship - to support Government initiative to bring race to the Isle of Man 25.00 01/10/2017 Framed Stamp Gifts - Bloodhound Stamp Issue In support of the Bloodhound stamp issue 422.50 01/10/2017 Framed Stamp Gifts - Invention & Innovation Dr. John Taylor Stamp Issue Framed stamp collection for collection presented to Dr. John Taylor 52.67 881.19 4,765.36 TOTAL 10,219.39 2017/18 2016/17 2013/14 2014/15

Isle of Man Post Office Department:

Freedom of Information

Postal Headquarters Switchboard: +44 (0)1624 698400

Spring Valley Industrial Estate Telephone:
+44 (0)1624 698402

Douglas

Fax: +44 (0)1624 698406

ISLE OF MAN Email: foi@iompost.com

IM2 1AA
Web: www.iompost.com

6th December 2017

REFERENCE NUMBER: IM110234I

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”)

You asked for:

“Please advise how much has been spent on vouchers for staff at Christmas for each of the last five years.

Please advise how much has been spent on unsolicited advertising material sent out, such as chocolate advent calendars, sending sweets to clients and magazines, for the last five years broken down by years, broken down by year and type of material. For clarity, I am referring to materials sent in direct mailings to customers and former customers.”

We then, after clarification with yourself, changed the second part to the following question:

“The expenditure over the last 5 years on all corporate “gifts” sent as part of commercial campaigns to all customers broken down by year, cost and gift given”

Christmas Vouchers

In response to the first part of your request regarding staff vouchers, we can advise of the following:

Year
Cost
Amount Given
Dec 2013 £14,332.50 £35 Dec 2014 £13,300.00 £35 Dec 2015 £13,632.50 £35 Dec 2016 £17,600.00 £50 Dec 2017 £0 £0

We can confirm that the Board of Isle of Man Post Office have made the decision not to issue staff Christmas vouchers in 2017.

Corporate Gifts

Regarding the second part of your request, please see attached table with the information you requested.

Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Further information about Freedom of Information requests can be found at: www.gov.im/foi