£300m wasted on unspent 保証人／証拠物件s
消費者s will waste as much as £300 million this year by leaving gift 保証人／証拠物件s to 満了する／死ぬ.
Every year 6% of 保証人／証拠物件s go 未使用の as they 嘘（をつく） forgotten in people's wallets and drawers, a 熟考する／考慮する by the UK Gift Card and 保証人／証拠物件 協会 (UKGCVA) 設立する.
Some £2.5 billion 価値（がある） of gift cards and 保証人／証拠物件s were sold in UK 小売 蓄える／店s last year as gifts and £2.25 billion 価値（がある） were bought by 商売／仕事s as staff or 顧客 rewards.
Squaddies are 存在 申し込む／申し出d £100 of 小売 保証人／証拠物件s when a friend enlists as a 正規の／正選手 or reserve 兵士 (とじ込み／提出する photo)
The gift card and 保証人／証拠物件 産業 grew by 10% in the third ４半期/4分の1 of this year, によれば the UKGCVA, and the UK 産業 as a whole is now 価値（がある） £5 billion.
消費者 affai rs 大臣 Jo Swinson 勧めるd 受取人s to spend and enjoy any 保証人／証拠物件s they get for Christmas before they 満了する／死ぬ.
She said: "Cards and 保証人／証拠物件s are a popular gift choice at this time of year, but many people do not even realise that there is an expiry date and fail to check the 詳細（に述べる）s.
"Hundreds of millions of 続けざまに猛撃するs is going unspent, which means 消費者s are losing out.
"I would 勧める people to look carefully at the 条件 and 条件s on the 保証人／証拠物件 or gift card and if it is not perfectly （疑いを）晴らす how long it is valid for, they should 接触する the retailer who 問題／発行するd it so that they know when they need to use it by.
"It is a real shame to 行方不明になる out on a gift because a card or 保証人／証拠物件 is left hidden in a drawer."
However 科学（工学）技術 could 供給する a 解答 as 数字表示式の 保証人／証拠物件s, such as those that can be 負担d on to a 動きやすい phone, are becoming more popular, the UKGCVA said.
UKGCVA director-general Andrew Johnson said: "Whilst money does of course go unspent on gift cards and 保証人／証拠物件s 予定 to them 存在 left in drawers or forgotten about, it is important to 公式文書，認める that retailers 現実に prefer 顧客s to spend their gift cards and 保証人／証拠物件s.
"Firstly, people using gift cards spend 40% more than the value of the 保証人／証拠物件 on 購入（する）s in 蓄える／店 or online. Secondly, gift cards and 保証人／証拠物件s 供給する 多重の 利益s to retailers, such as introducing new 顧客s and 増加するing footfall.
"The 大多数 of 顧客s spend 保証人／証拠物件s within the first three to six months of receiving them and it is important to remember that the 広大な 大多数 of 消費者s that use their gift 保証人／証拠物件s do have a 肯定的な experience of the 過程, and 大いに value the 柔軟性 and choice that thi s 選択 供給するs."
