{"entity":"company","company":{"id":2178542,"name":"Card Factory","domain":"cardfactory.co.uk","logo":"https://alion.io/storage/2026/1011/0ee497bd1f.256.webp","description":"Card Factory is a British specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts, wrap and party supplies headquartered at Century House in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, that designs and prints much of its own range. Founded in 1997 and listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2014, it operates a chain of around a thousand stores across the UK and Ireland alongside online sales, and its board also carries roles for the Funky Pigeon online card business. It hires store sales assistants and team leaders, maintenance electricians, health and safety advisers, finance analysts, merchandise planners, IT support and performance marketing staff.","industry":"Consumer Goods","segment":"Gifts, Party Supplies & Souvenirs","size":"1001-5000","founded":1997,"hq":{"city":"Wakefield","country":"GB"},"links":{},"hiring_now":true,"url":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory","open_jobs":186},"pages":{"profile":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory","jobs":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory/jobs","technologies":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory/technologies","salaries":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory/salaries","visa":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory/visa"},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2178542},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2178542"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=company%2Fcardfactory"},{"id":"company.list","title":"Companies by industry, country, size, technology and hiring","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per company in a list","note":"companies like this one: the same industry, country and size","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_companies"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.list&for=company%2Fcardfactory"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":2178542},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/search_jobs?company=2178542"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=company%2Fcardfactory"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"company/cardfactory\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=company%2Fcardfactory"}],"html_url":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory","json_url":"https://alion.io/company/cardfactory.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-11T21:52:08Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11124,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-12T00:00:00Z"}}}