A little bit about us - What we do!

Innovation and Ideas

Woofapult dog ball throwerOur Innovation 'Skunkworks'  is an ideas factory that will concept and evolve everything from marketing
campaigns to ideas for books.
All sorts of products have been conceived including 'Woofapault' dog ball chuckers and 'Archimedes' toilet cistern water saving devices.

Characters

Aunt Acid character in shoe shopWe are proud to say that our characters are on products in many different forms on every high street in the U.K! We also have a massive on-line presence on Moonpig with GoochiCoo. More...

What we believe in...

Vincent sharing chocolateWe believe in being fair, open and honest in everything we do, whether that's dealing with our licensees or our suppliers, these ethics and best practice business standards have meant we have great relationships with everyone we deal with. It might sound old fashioned but hey, it's who we are.

Greetings Cards

Greetings card from the Backland StudiosAll our team are massively experienced and talented in greetings card creation and management, whether it's planning a caption balanced 4ft offer or a small 12 card specialist range - we've all been there, done it and have the awards to gather dust as evidence! More...

Licensing

Goochicoo Trouble characterSet up in 2004, the Backland Studio is one of the most successful  character creation studios in the U.K. Its characters can be seen across the globe on licensed products. We create then license out our own Intellectual property. More...

What we like...

Suga Lumps character with cakeFun, family, friends, breaking the paper seal on new jars of coffee, hugs, Toffee Revels, old men who wear training shoes. We also like people, talking to people, helping people and encourage anyone who needs advice  or help in any of our areas of expertise to drop us a line.

"Ged is a fantastic creative person with immense humour, and wit. He has tremendous enthusiasm and has been and hopefully will always be a help and inspiration to Clinton Cards."

Clinton Lewin, Group Managing Director, Clinton Cards plc

"Ged is a brilliantly creative writer, great with words and coming up with funny original ideas. We worked so well together, if I were single, I would probably marry him. Basically, he's a long haired lovely bloke from Liverpool with talent."

Keith Chapman, creator of Bob The Builder, Fifi and The Flower Tots and Roary The Racing Car

“Ged is a Genius! He has created two of the most inspiring characters for teen's and tween's. Scarlett and Crimson have given Ruby and Myself the opportunity to create a worthy and fabulous brand of cosmetics available in Boots and Superdrug in the UK nationwide.”

Millie Kendall, Director, Hammer and Kendall and one half of beauty icons 'Ruby and Millie'

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