Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/industry-deals/wegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384/ --- description: WeGift received Industry Service Provider of the Year and two highly commended results at the 2019 UKGCVA Hall of Fame awards. title: WeGift, now Runa, wins gift card industry service award at 2019 UKGCVA event image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/wegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-2019-ukgcva-event-3b9253a7e4eddd67009e35521729c51d.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Industry Deals](https://giftcard.news/industry-deals/) # WeGift, now Runa, wins gift card industry service award at 2019 UKGCVA event WeGift received Industry Service Provider of the Year and two highly commended results at the 2019 UKGCVA Hall of Fame awards. By [Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/author/maya-bennett/) October 2, 2019 1 min read Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fwegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=WeGift%2C%20now%20Runa%2C%20wins%20gift%20card%20industry%20service%20award%20at%202019%20UKGCVA%20event "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fwegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=WeGift%2C%20now%20Runa%2C%20wins%20gift%20card%20industry%20service%20award%20at%202019%20UKGCVA%20event%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fwegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![WeGift, now Runa, wins gift card industry service award at 2019 UKGCVA event](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/wegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-2019-ukgcva-event-w650.webp) Photo: Source: runa.io [WeGift](https://giftcard.news/company/runa/), the business now known as Runa, received Industry Service Provider of the Year at the 2019 UKGCVA Hall of Fame awards. The company reported the recognition in an October 2019 article. It also received highly commended recognition in the Most Innovative Technology Product or Service and Best B2B Product or Service categories. The company described the awards as recognition of its work on digital reward ordering and distribution. According to its account, the judges highlighted the market opportunity, growth ambitions and scalability of the business, as well as the £4 million Series A round announced earlier that year. UK managing director [Adam Hobbs](https://giftcard.news/person/adam-hobbs/) connected the result with work completed over the preceding twelve months. The provider's technology focused on moving electronic gift card ordering from manual spreadsheets to an API-based process. The article linked that infrastructure with acquisition, retention and loyalty uses for business customers. The announcement records recognition at the 2019 event. It does not provide an exact ceremony date, so the October publication timestamp is retained separately from the awards themselves. ## Sources and documents ExpandCollapse * [Runa, Formerly WeGift, Wins Industry Service Provider of the Year at UKGCVA Awards](https://runa.io/blog/wegift-wins-industry-service-provider-of-the-year-at-ukgcva-awards?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news) — runa.io ## In this article ### Companies * [Runa](https://giftcard.news/company/runa/) ### People * [Adam Hobbs](https://giftcard.news/person/adam-hobbs/) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fwegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=WeGift%2C%20now%20Runa%2C%20wins%20gift%20card%20industry%20service%20award%20at%202019%20UKGCVA%20event "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fwegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=WeGift%2C%20now%20Runa%2C%20wins%20gift%20card%20industry%20service%20award%20at%202019%20UKGCVA%20event%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fwegift-now-runa-wins-gift-card-industry-service-award-at-2019-ukgcva-eve-73fbf685f384%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![Portrait of Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/maya-bennett-editorial-portrait-w320.webp) About the author ## [Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/author/maya-bennett/) Journalist — Rewards & Loyalty Maya Bennett covers customer loyalty, employee rewards and incentive programmes for Gift Card News. 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