About Us
Picture: Needapresent.com founders receiving their UK E-commerce Award.
City Hall, London, September 2003.
From left to right: Michael Frye CBE - London Development Agency, Needapresent.com founders: Jason Hick & Martin Gerhard, David Sumner-Smith - Sunday Times Business Network Enterprise. The story so far...
"Martin came up with the idea for Needapresent.com in 1999 when he had a little more time on his hands than usual - thanks to a broken arm!
We were both sick and tired of rushing around the shops whenever we needed a present for someone. What we wanted was an easy to use website - full of stylish gifts, at reasonable prices - which would take the hassle out of gift buying.
So we scoured hundreds of stores in London, Paris and New York… looking for unique, funky products. We went to trade fairs, read countless newspapers, magazines and catalogues - until we had a range of gifts that we would be proud to give ourselves.
We went online in April 2000. Since then the site has gone from strength to strength and we now have thousands of satisfied customers across the globe. We hope you will be one of them."
Martin Gerhard was a BBC journalist for ten years; Jason Hick is a web designer and worked for financial institutions including Barclays and Fidelity Investments Ltd. 