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  • You can now pay your annual membership subscription by Direct Debit

    The NGS has launched a Direct Debit facility to allow members to pay their subscription fee automatically. This makes keeping your membership up-to-date much easier. Not to mention it reduces the need for committee members to track whose membership needs to be renewed and then sending out reminders on a regular basis! More information can…


  • Upcoming website maintenance

    Just to give you some advanced notice that our website host will be undertaking maintenance on the 20th February. During this planned maintenance period you may find the website either unavailable or slow to load. Start: 2026-02-20 00:00 UTC End: 2026-02-20 02:00 UTC


  • Important Update: Changes to Postal Contribution Rates from 1 January 2026

    Due to two increases in postal charges during 2025, the Society has reviewed the postal contribution rates for members who receive the hard copy Journal. The cost of posting the Journal is now one of our largest expenses. For UK members, for example, it is now £8 per member per year. To ensure the sustainability of this…


  • A new one-stop shop for NGS e-journals

    NGS members will be aware that each time a journal is published the electronic version has been made available on a new page on the website. Over the years this has naturally led to the accumulation of quite a large volume of single-use pages. Neither efficient, nor making the most of our wonderful asset –…


  • Shop announcements: Christmas posting and annual stock taking

    Last Posting Dates for UK Christmas Delivery To get your orders before Christmas, last posting day for UK orders £75 or less (i.e. Tracked 48 service) will be Friday 19th December. For UK orders > £75, last posting day will be Tuesday 23rd. Please note that orders will need to be raised a couple of…


  • Changes to Shop P&P & Overseas Orders (Excluding USA)

    As a result of price changes on the 6th October 2025 by the Royal Mail, particularly the levels of compensation for the tracked services we use, an urgent review of our P&P charges has been carried out, and the following is now in place. £2 for orders of low value small items (up to 6 transfers or…


  • Shipping to the US has resumed!

    We are now able to resume shipping to the US, but with some changes to how we apply P&P due to the current administrations recent tariff changes on imports from the UK.  These are as follows: UK VAT will be paid on checkout, but this is refundable.  In addition to the postage charge, our UK…