Gift Kit for Clients.

Less than you might assume — and the reason is gift acceptance policies rather than budget.

Many organisations cap what their employees may accept from suppliers. It is common in the public sector, financial services, healthcare, legal and large corporates, and the limits are sometimes surprisingly low.

If your gift exceeds the recipient's limit, they have to decline it, declare it, or hand it into a charity draw. All three are slightly awkward for both sides, and none of them build the relationship you were paying for. A generous gift can actively make things uncomfortable.

The practical answer is to shift spend from contents value to presentation quality. A modest gift in a rigid box with a fitted insert and a considered opening reads as thoughtful. An expensive gift in ordinary packaging reads as expensive — and may trigger a policy.

If you know a particular client sector well, it is worth asking about their policy directly. Most people are relieved to be asked rather than put in a position of having to refuse.