ISIS Equity Partners  investing funds from the Baronsmead VCTs, has completed a £4 million investment in GettingPersonal.co.uk Limited

GettingPersonal.co.uk was established in November 2005 by John Smith and Giles Harridge with just one product, a personalised calendar and now we sell over 4,000 items ranging from personalised cards, notebooks, mugs and chocolate to non-personalised items for general gifting.

We have developed a cult following online and the unique nature of our business has attracted significant media interest, we’ve been featured eight times on ITV1’s This Morning and also ranked 12th in the 2009 Sunday Times Virgin FastTrack 100.

Commenting on the deal, co-founder and joint managing director, John Smith said:  “The business has grown rapidly over the past five years and we still believe there is further scope for expansion in both product portfolio and our marketing capability. ISIS clearly has a firm understanding of the online retail space and we are very excited about working with them as GettingPersonal.co.uk enters the next phase of its development.”

David Cowan, who led the transaction on behalf of ISIS said: “John and Giles are exactly the sort of dynamic, forward thinking entrepreneurs that we love working with.  They have taken a very simple concept and turned it in to a multi-million pound business in a very short space of time and, having worked successfully with many other leading e-tailers, we hope to be able to help management at GetttingPersonal.co.uk with the next stage of its journey.”

So all this means is we will be able to offer an even wider range of gifts and an even higher standard of service then ever before….watch this space

Check out below some of the brilliant coverage and also check out our twitter page to see who has been tweeting us

Take a look and you can see our personalised Notebooks and Personalised Chocolate Bars in the studio at Key103. Check out their tweet

Click here to listen to the mention Key 103

Galaxy Manchester tweeted about our great gifts and even posted a picture.

To listen to the on air mention click on the link Galaxy FM

JK at RadioAire posted this great pic of his goodies

And finally check out the Blog on TotalKiss.com

Keep a look out, we are popping up all over the place

Check out our Dear Mum From Me to You Journal in last weeks edition of That’s Life:

..and our fabulous Personalised Notebooks in Woman magazine:

Some of their top rated gifts for 2010 included the Naughty but Nice Lip Glosses that smell just as delicious as they look, along with one of our favourites: the Microwavable Cosy Boots, a perfect winter treat for those cold and tired feet!

Of course our fantastic Personalised Notebooks were rated as a must-have for all busy journalists, especially the amazing Journalist design that we had made up for them that reads: ‘Nobody understands how hard it is to be a journalist’ in shorthand…(at least that’s what we hope it says!)