Guides
Choosing between face-lit and halo-lit built-up letters
Two illumination methods, two very different results. Here is how to decide which suits your building, your brand and your budget.
Creating an image since 1983
Signage thatmakes your brandimpossible to miss.
Designed, manufactured and installed in-house from our 9,000 sq ft facility in Blaydon-on-Tyne — for single shopfronts and national rollouts alike.
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Years experience
Founded in 1983
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Manufacturing facility
Blaydon-on-Tyne
UK-WIDE
UK-wide projects
Single sites to national rollouts
END-TO-END
End-to-end service
Design, manufacture, install
Selected work
Brands we've helped get noticed.
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What we do
One team, start to finish.
Sign types
Every sign, made in-house.
Made here
Manufactured under one roof.
Laser and CNC cutting, metalwork, acrylic fabrication, vinyl, LED build and finishing all happen inside our 9,000 sq ft Blaydon facility — so quality, lead times and changes stay under our control.
Inside the workshopHow it works
From brief to installed.
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Discover
Tell us about your site, business and requirements.
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Survey
We evaluate the installation location where required.
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Design
We develop concepts and digital proofs for sign-off.
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Manufacture
Components are produced in-house in Blaydon.
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Install
Professional installation by accredited teams.
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Support
Maintenance, updates and future rollouts.
Sectors
Signage built for your industry.
Featured project
Superdrug
National retail signage across illuminated fascias, light boxes and interior elements.
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Client feedback.
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News & insights
From the workshop.
Manufacturing
Inside the workshop: from aluminium sheet to finished sign
A walk through our Blaydon facility — laser, CNC, metalshop, vinyl, assembly and finishing — and why keeping it in-house matters.
Neon Signs
LED neon versus traditional glass neon
LED neon delivers the look people love with efficiency, durability and far more flexibility in where it can be installed.
Your brand deservesto be seen.
Let's create something that gets noticed.