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Getting your business noticed – Van Graphics Horsham

We all notice the Sky TV vans driving around with large images of great TV shows and movies covering the whole van. It’s the same with our home deliveries, images of your shopping or slices of onion or orange covering a van. Not only do they attract attention, they add as a reminder of that brand. Van signwriting, van graphics, van decals, and van wraps all make a plain business vehicle into something that advertises and can be seen to literally drive business.

Van graphics to suit any budget

There are different options to sign write your vehicle. The best way to get your business ideas onto your vehicle, whether van, car, trailer, Luton, pick-up, etc. is to let us know your budget. A large-format printed image wrapped onto the side can cost thousands, but a simple CAD-cut design with text can be as little as £150+VAT depending on the design and size of your van. However, on average, the cost of signwriting a van such as a FORD transit is around £350+VAT. By letting us know your estimated budget we can give you a range of options, these could include partially wrapping a panel area, adding a back door wrap with an image rather than all of the van, adding special vinyl colours and materials such as reflective. Our design team has a catalogue of outlines that allows us to offer you designs shown specifically on your vehicle, so you have got a feel for the design.

Recent Vehicle Signage

Van decals and signage are some of our most popular services. Here are some recent projects for local Sussex based businesses:

Design A Loft | Ford Transit Custom
A great case study showing that just a few colours of CAD cut vinyl can be used to recreate your logo along with essential business details.

Assured Aviation | Citroen Berlingo Van
Matching closely to their brand logo colours, a grey and blue vinyl where used to create these curved shapes on both sides and onto the rear, mirroring the logo and adding a large design element.

Spot On Oven Cleaning | Citroen Berlingo L2 with rear windows
This van for a local Oven Cleaning Company based in Broadbridge Heath is a great example of a design that fills the panels with a printed visual. The Spot on Oven Cleaning logo had to be printed as it has a 3D effect that cannot be replicated by cutting it from vinyl, but this makes a lot of impact with the panels in black and text in bold.

Direct Security Partnership | Ford Fiesta Car

Local business neighbour, Direct Security Partnership are based also on Blatchford Road, and this may look like a printed wrap, but it is actually made up of vinyl. The main red and white pieces of vinyl have been put onto the sides and text added. A real outstanding effect.

Types of Van Signage

  • Basic van graphics for Countryside Handyman
  • Long Wheel Based vans with Fleet Graphics
  • CAD Cut graphics are elements of design, such as lettering, cut from large rolls of vinyl. These can be used to make simple graphics or laid up with many other pieces and colours to create a design like a jigsaw. This is often the most common and cost-effective way to sign write a vehicle. This specialist type of vinyl can last for five to seven years if treated well and cleaned correctly.
  • Print and Cut allows our large format printers to produce full-colour images, these might be your logo or photos. We can then cut around specific edges to create designs that are shaped. These are printed and laminated, again on specialist material, which is applied to the surface of the vehicle by our trained team.
  • Panel Wraps are a great way to use the flat areas on a van, they can be ‘flooded’ with an image or colour, which means they fill up the edges of that panel. Obviously at the right height for readability and a simple way to use the ‘canvas’ of a van.
  • Wrapping, although expensive, can be used to great effect, as you don’t have to wrap the whole vehicle. Sometimes a partial wrap will add a head-turning amount of colour to make a van or car half a colour. Make the wrap at a slight angle or within a shape and you can have a very striking design. Wraps can also be used in one area of the vehicle, such as the back doors, to give impact to waiting traffic and in car parks.

Your business brand onto a van

It’s easy to get your vehicle sign written, simply get in touch with these details and we can get some ideas over to you:

  • Make
  • Model
  • Year
  • Loading doors, rear windows, or panels
    Any customisation which makes it different from a standard model
  • Colour
  • Provide us with your logo
    Ideally, a vector, eps, ai, or pdf file, but can also accept jpeg
  • Any details you would like on the van:
    How to contact you, phone, web, email
    Around five bullet points of services you offer
    Social media channels your business is on
    Accreditations or Business links, such as Check-a-Trade or Yell
  • Your budget

You can find a step-by-step guide on our blog, but once we have ideas for you and your chosen design and budget is approved we have the van booked in. It can take a day to get it applied and ready, so you will need to be able to leave it with us and re-arrange any work that day. We will also need it cleaned – don’t use anything but water though!
More examples of our van signage can be found on the Vehicle Graphic page in addition to Fleet Graphics and Lutons.

Use our offer and get something for FREE

Our offer aims to support new businesses, by offering something every business needs, business cards, and uniforms. Book a van with £250+VAT of van signwriting and you can choose between FREE embroidery set-up for workwear and uniform OR 250 printed business cards for FREE. For full details along with terms and conditions see our Offer Page.

What Local Horsham Customers say about our service:

Gelstarr Windows Ltd
“Fantastic service from quote to job completion. The team kept in touch with various quotations and did a brilliant job with the design, especially as we kept changing our minds and asking for different options. We had the van sign written yesterday and WOW, what a transformation! we will definitely use BEL Signs again.”

Farlington School
“Looks great –  thank you… Guys have worked so hard today in the cold on the buses. They’ve done a fab job!”

D.Howick Tree Surgery
“Fantastic service, have used BEL Signs for designing and installing our vehicle signage, business clothing, and embroidery, and would highly recommend them.”

Contact us now:

01403 255442 or email: infor@belsigns.com

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If your business is looking to re-open, is it ready?

With the recent government announcement of a recovery roadmap we are aiming to help those businesses looking to open their doors again, whether it be an outdoor sport, a cafe with seating in and out, local shop, hairdressers, gym, or education setting. Our range of products and services can be used from a friendly welcome back sign to a branded face mask.

How can we help?

Your school, outdoor area, business, or shop will need promotion and information in addition to health and safety signage. Our COVID signage solutions in partnership with our range of printed products, clothing, and a whole variety of services mean we can offer something to help you show potential customers you are open, inform them of your COVID safety measures and keep staff and clients safe when they do visit.

Here is a quick guide and some ideas to aid, advertise and adhere to safety guidelines:

Printed Banners
If you have an outdoor surface from which a banner can hang, now is the time to get it up and advertise when and how you will be open. Our banners come with hems and eyelets and can be made bespoke to the size you require. Ideal for outdoor space, these banners can be manufacture using CAD cut vinyl as a cheaper alternative to full colour printed banners, which can feature full-colour images and photos.

Flags
Outdoor seating for a cafe, gyms, external fitness, or sports areas, can all benefit from a flag. Mark out zones, attract attention in a bright way, and let people know far and wide who you are and what your offering.

Cafe Barriers
We have a range of Cafe banners that allow you to separate space in style and help the flow of people in addition to branding and advertising your business. Options include various styles of banner material and posts. They are all easy to assemble and pack away and can be used for internal or external spaces.

Face Masks
An essential product that can be branded with your logo. Our sister company AppliedFX can offer face masks with hat-applied simple lettering, to printed logos or embroidery. Not only will your business be complying with government guidelines, but they will also allow customers to easily spot staff and feel safe.

Protective Screens
We can manufacture and install clear Acrylic and Polycarbonate in a range of sizes, with options for rounded corners and printed logos. These are can be fixed into place on worktops and desks, or can be supplied with brackets or free standing to allow you to move around. Easy to clean and robust, use as a divider, and to aid the prevention of spreading and contamination.

Sanitiser Stations
Our options include free-standing, desktop, or wall-mounted Sanitiser Stations. Ideal for high footfall areas. All options include a space for a poster, so branded safety messages can be displayed.

Pavement Signs, Posters, and Window Stickers
Keep everyone up-to-date and notified of your opening times, special offers, promotions, discounts, and sales. Communicate important health and hygiene messages. These types of signage can allow for a different in message, meaning you can keep on top of an ever-changing situation.

  • View our range of A-boards, pavement signs, chalkboards, and forecourt signs >>
  • Printed posters with your message or use our design service >>
  • Window graphics and stickers to decorate, advise, or brand >>

Reflect these new changes by updating your signage

These times have changed the way we operate our businesses. Make sure potential new customers and existing clients know of your intention to re-open and how to get in touch by updating or amending your indoor and outdoor signage. From your shop window to vehicle graphics and uniform, BEL Signs and AppliedFX can offer solutions to aid the road to recovery and provide support to make the most of the future.

Let us quote for your project, contact us:

Email us: info@belsigns.com
Fill in the web contact form >>
Call: 01403 2554442

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Dry Transfer Service Launched at BEL Signs

We are very excited at BEL Signs to be launching a brand new service; Dry Transfers.
Dry transfers are a specialist type of rub-down prints that are ideal for prototypes, film props, museum labels, and professional model makers. Specially made to order we thought we would introduce this service with some background.

Expert Team

Industry experts, with over 11 years of expertise, our new team members have a wealth of experience when it comes to manufacturing dry transfers. Transfers can be created within 24 hours. Our factory is now well equipped to produce colours to match Pantone® swatches, but also produce a range of fluorescent, pastel, or metallic colours. In addition to matt and gloss finishes, these transfers can replicate foil blocking.

Manufacturing Dry Transfers, the process

Dry Transfers involve many steps in order to produce the transfers you will receive. Once we have accepted your artwork or created vector artwork, via briefs and proofs, the transfers can be made. A rod pulls down a fine layer of ink onto a special flat sheet, which is usually around A4 size but can be A3 or A5. This ink is dried, then a layer of glue is added and after drying, a final layer of photo-sensitive ink is applied on top. The sheet is taken to an exposure unit where chemicals are added to the reverse leaving what was exposed. The transfers are then ready to be used, they are then ’rubbed’ onto the final product or object – hence the name ‘dry transfer’. Once we have completed this process we have the film negative, so transfers can be replicated again without additional set-up.

  • Chopper logos as dry transfers

Past Projects

Speaking to our team they have chosen some examples of past projects they have worked on to give you some idea of how this service can be used:

  • A very special Spy movie – Films often need props to look real and mimic life. Dry transfers can be a way to make one-off special designs and labels to make the illusions more realistic. Our team had to produce dry transfers for a fake brand of whisky to be used on the bottle and added to the set.
  • Creative Lego pieces – one favourite transfer created was for a modeller reproducing planes, such as fighter jets, in Lego®. These pieces are over a metre in length and match an amazing level of detail, including plane livery, which is how the dry transfers were used.
  • Sci-Fi Aliens – Musical instruments with odd hieroglyph type symbols, which are in fact, blue foil dry transfers rubbed onto plastic keys for a science fiction film.
  • Exhibition graphics – one of the reasons to use a dry transfer rather than CAD cut vinyl, is the way it can be used for the smallest of text and lines. 0.5pt lines and fonts 5mm in size, can be created with precision and clarity, ideal for museum labels and exhibition pieces.
  • Restoration projects – from railway models to amps, car dashboards and chopper bikes, dry transfer lettering, and symbols are a great way to finish a restoration project. Many of these types of stickers and labels are not available, custom made ones to match the originals can be made to finish off a home project or reconstruction.

Your next project

If you would like to know more about dry transfers or have a project you would like some help or a quotation on, please get in touch:

Email: info@belsigns.com
Call: 01403 255442
Use our web form to get in touch >

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Van Signwriting, from rebranding to simple graphics

Whether making use of our van offer, updating branding, adding to a fleet of vans, or just getting some CAD cut vinyl added to your vehicle, van signwriting can be a simple and effective way to promote your business and advertise whilst on the road or on a job. Here’s a quick overview of some recent work which might spark some ideas! Remember booking your van graphics along with our offer now includes free embroidery set-up as an option, ideal for getting your clothing, workwear or uniform ready to have your logo embroidered on. Our sister company AppliedFX has a great range of winter jackets, sweatshirts and beanies to keep you warm this winter, see the full details here >>

Drainflow Fleet Graphics

Drainflow Solutions Ltd | Mercedes-Benz Sprinter MWB HiRoof van, VW Crafter MWB HiRoof, VW Transporter

Horsham based drainage and block drains specialist, Drainflow Solutions, came to us needing updated graphics and three vans adding to their fleet. Two were medium wheelbases, we were able to design an updated logo in a simple two colour vinyl design which features on all sides. Often working on the roadside, a Chapter 8 kit was added to the rear of the Merc Sprinter. Both have the various accreditation logos printed and added to the sides.

Hancocks Garden Services | Peugeot Partner

Friendly Horsham based gardener, Hancocks Garden Services wanted a simple design but something with a little impact, by wrapping the side panels in a bright green similar to the one on their website, you can allow a bigger space for details and grab attention. Basic shapes can stand out, making the text and details easy to read, especially on this Peugeot Partner van.

Van Graphics for Horsham Businesses

Cannon Plumbing & Heating | Ford Transit Custom

Pulborough based Cannon Plumbing & Heating came to us as their usual signage supplier had ceased trading. They wanted their new van to match the fleet, so our design team recreated the flame logo and our production team digitally printed the large graphic to appear on all sides. Our installation team did a great job fitted the large flames onto all sides. A design that really works on the van and tells you exactly what services Cannon offer.

Ford Transit and Tipper graphics

L.J.Hebblethwaite Ltd | L3 H2 Ford Transit

“A Cracking Job” concluded Laurence Hebblethwaite, owner of L.J. Hebblethwaite, a family-run landscaping business based in Broadbridge Heath. A client who has been using our services for over 15 years, a testimony to our customer service and installation. The van graphics are a combination of CAD cut vinyl graphics and laminated digitally printed logos which appear on all sides.

Van wrap and rebrand

Woodstock IT | VW Caddy

With a recent rebrand came this VW caddy for local computer support company Woodstock IT, based in Faygate. It features the new mint colour as a vinyl wrap which closely matches the print colour. The wrap encompasses the rear doors and wheel arches on the sides. Working well with the white text and dark blue of the van itself it shouts about the new brand and company ethos in a very concise design.

Your van, your business

Want a great looking design for your business vehicle? We don’t just design, produce and install vehicle graphics onto vans, we can also cover cars, trailers, minibuses, grab trucks, 4x4s and Lutons amongst others. From a large image graphic wrap to smaller vinyl details, Chapter 8 kits to reflective vinyl for a brilliant glow, we have the skills and expertise. Get in touch with your ideas and budget or have a look at our gallery. Don’t forget our van offer, helping your business get noticed.

Contact us:

 

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Coronavirus Signage Solutions

Our amazing team has been extremely busy helping local businesses get ready to open their doors as safe as possible with our Covid-19 signage solutions. In addition to sourcing, manufacturing, and installing health & safety signage we have been also been busy with our usual vehicle graphics, banner printing, and branded clothing.

So what solutions can we offer you and your business?

  • Signage
    To redirect / offer additional information / update and reassure clients.
  • Stencils
    Great for outdoor spaces. Mark directions and set two-metre areas. Reapply when needed.
  • Sanitiser stations
    Ideal for those entering a building. Desk or wall-mounted and free-standing stations available. Options include hand sanitiser bottle and branded poster.
  • Stickers
    For marking out floor spaces, or special messages.
  • Printed Graphics
    We can print large format graphics such as digital wallpaper and banners, great for larger spaces, advertising and even doors.
  • Pavement signs
    Update your opening times and allow customers to see your menu before entering. We have a range of options including chalk, A-boards, and forecourt signs to suit all budgets.
  • Safety screens
    Keep staff and customers safe with protective barriers, such as screens on desks, countertops and tall standing options.
  • Specialist wrap material
    A clever anti-microbial material that can be wrapped onto surfaces.

Recent examples of c-19 health and safety

If your space requires a high level of hygiene we can offer an anti-microbial film, which can be applied to almost any surface. Easy to clean, transparent and waterproof this film allows easy cleaning and helps to stop the spread of germs and reduce them.
We used this material for a pub in Crawley. Our expert team applied this shield product onto areas with a high level of usage and contact including the bar top, tabletops and a variety of different door handle, including entrance, fire exit and toilet doors. This gives the public reassurance and enables surfaces to be more easily cleaned and maintained. Contact us for a bespoke quotation.

Our safety screens have been very popular with installations at local Horsham garage Nightingales for their front reception area, local RSPCA offices in their client-facing welcome area with the screen surrounding the front desks, in addition to Southwater, based Coco Hair Salons.

Our services were greatly appreciated by local charity Horsham Matters who wanted to re-open with safety a paramount issue for both staff and customers. Protective screens have been installed around the countertops with holes for card payments to be made easily.
“Just wanted to say that the chaps that installed the screen yesterday were amazing. Nice friendly guys and it looks absolutely spot on.” Operations Manager, Horsham Matters

Business as usual

In amongst all the health & safety solutions we’ve also been manufacturing some of our more usual signage at our factory in Horsham. A few recent projects include large format printed panels for trailer panels for Kurt & Co which is part of the vehicle signage services we offer. A large scale project involving both internal and external signage for a new wellbeing centre in Billingshurst; Meadows Wellbeing. This included signage which wrapped around the building turning it from an old bank into a clean fresh looking wellbeing & health centre.

Can we help with your next project?

Whether you are reopening, looking to update your current signage, or would like something bespoke, please get in touch:
Call: 01403 255442
Email: info@belsigns.com
Find us on social: Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

Health and safety signage | Horsham Signage | Covid19 Signage | Safe Distancing Signage

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Henfield Storage Horsham adds clarity

We’ve been working with Henfield (Hire &) Storage since 2018 [see our blog Driving Business] when we met the then manager at a local networking event. We took on the CAD cut vinyl and installation of their van graphics on the various additions to their growing fleet.

Following on from Henfield Hire & Storage, recent changes to the business are now focused solely on storage. So the business is Henfield Storage, Horsham. As such the signage on the Horsham site needed to be changed to reflect this including the graphics on their fleet of vehicles.

Henfield Hire Horsham Signage

All change

The change in signage required large format printing of their branding, with their cheeky smiley storage icon, red and turquoise colours, and handwritten font. The main sign was manufactured in sections due to its size. 3mm thick Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) 6m x 1.5mm with digital print and clear laminate for external use. Our installation team worked with a cherry picker to install the sign high above the main warehouse. Further digital prints were added for entrance wayfinding, and two foamex panels with the store logo to add to the site for information and directional use.

Vehicle graphics for Henfield Hire

Vehicle graphics across a range of sizes

We have experience and expertise to install graphics across a range of all sizes of vehicles; from larger type vans, such as Luton and box style vans, to long wheelbase Transits, Tippers, Pick-ups, 4x4s along to smaller Crafter and Berlingo. Along with the popular Transit Custom, Vauxhall Vivaro, and Renault Master, we have the vehicle outlines to ensure the job can be fitted correctly.

For Henfield Storage it was a matter of updating some vehicles, just changing the main text sections, for others new branding and graphics were needed on all sides. We installed onto:

  • IVECO Eurocargo 9.5 Ton Lorry fitting graphics to the front and rear doors and front cab section
  • A VW Crafter Luton Van with replacement graphics to both sides and front cab.
  • Ford Transit L1H1, replacement graphics
  • Ford Transit Custom, full branded graphics on all sides.

Installtion of Signage at Horsham Branch by BEL Signs

Installation at the Horsham site

Our team needed to reach the top of the external covered space at Henfield Storage, so we used a local plant machinery company to install via a cherry picker. The Horsham site situated on Nightingale Road Industrial Estate just a few minute’s drive from us in Blatchford Road. Removing and reapplying new graphics and installing new vehicle graphics and signage took a few hours, so now the site is all up-to-date and ready for business.

Does your business signage need an update?

Businesses have had to change, diversify, and look to operate differently since the pandemic. Does your signage reflect these changes? We have a wide range of signage and COVID solutions to help any sized business get noticed, inform, and protect. Or perhaps it is business as usual and you need promotional signage to let people know you are open. Talk to us about our requirements to see what we can offer.

Have a look at what we can offer:

You can see a gallery of vehicle graphics on our dedicated page: http://www.belsigns.co.uk/vehicle-graphics/

Our COVID signage solutions are always being updated: https://www.belsigns.co.uk/coronavirus-signage-solutions/

If your business is open but struggling, perhaps a pavement sign or banner to help show customers where you are:

https://www.belsigns.co.uk/a-boards-pavement-signs/

https://www.belsigns.co.uk/printed-banners/

Simply get in touch:

We’d love to hear from you about your business, contact us:

email: info@belsigns.com
call: 01403 255442
fill out our web form >

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New Van Signwriting Offer Book Now

If you’re looking to get your van signwritten why not take us up on our offer of FREE embroidery set-up or FREE 250 printed business cards!* Just book £250+VAT of van sign writing and help get your business noticed.

What offers work for you?

Our free embroidery set-up is ideal for those looking to have their logo or text embroidered onto workwear, uniform, or clothing. In fact, we can offer a full range of clothing from aprons to sweatshirts, polo shirts, and t-shirts, to beanies and gilets which are great for the colder winter weather. Our embroidery machines can stitch logos and text in a selection of colour threads to match as close as possible any branding you have.

Our free printed business cards are double-sided in full colour with a matt lamination. Great for reminding customers of your name and contact details or for networking. We have a variety of design templates for your business logo and information.

Van signwriting Horsham

Our team of expert signwriters can signwrite any size van. From small caddy type vans to large long wheel base, from Citroen Berlingo to a Ford Transit to VW Crafter or Vauxhall Vivaro up to Lutons and trailers. We have large format printers to produce printed graphics and images in addition to a range of vinyl colours which can be cut and applied to simple but effective graphics and details.

Read the full terms and conditions of the offer

There are a few terms and conditions to complete this offer. Find out the full offer details here >>

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Here when you needed us

BEL Signs is open and ready for business

Whilst many businesses over the last six months have ceased or temporarily closed, the team here at BEL Signs Horsham has been tirelessly working. From 8.00 am to 4:30 pm each weekday we have been cutting acrylic for screen barriers, creating COVID safety signs, and wrapping various surfaces with an anti-microbial film. This alongside our usual van signwriting, printed graphics, and branded clothing. You can read about our COVID signage solutions on an earlier blog or read about our safety screen and barriers.

BEL Signs open just ring the bell

Our doors are open – but stop by the tent first

Changes in conducting business mean we now have a tent outside for any visitors or collections. If you are collecting anything a wireless doorbell can be pressed and we can sort orders outside without too much inconvenience. Obviously we have been issuing more design proofs so as not to have visitors in the office. However, for those jobs that need face-to-face, we’re able to do so under the tent. Hand sanitizer stations are by the door and inside. Should you need to come into the office to make a payment or visit our clothing showroom, facemasks must be worn. We’ve found our customers to be a great help adhering to guidelines and our staff is working hard to ensure a smooth process.

Latest signage solutions

We have a few freestanding hand sanitizer stations on offer with 10% off. Popular signage at this time includes A-boards and Pavement signs ideal for updating customers, showcasing offers, and reminding people of health & safety. Branded clothing has become increasingly in demand as businesses look to offer washable uniforms and advertise their business more professionally. Items such as t-shirts with heat-applied transfers or padded vests and hooded jackets with embroidery for the colder weather.

Van Signwriting for fleets of vans and minibuses

Horsham businesses brand up

Our local clients have been keeping us busy with large format print to wrap trailers, like these for Revived UPVC and panels for Kurt & Co, or to expand their fleet of vans such as C&M Fire Alarms and minibusses for Farlington School.

Trailer wraps and trailer panels

New Machinery – Laser Cutter

The newest addition to the BEL Signs factory is a Fabertec L1 1390 laser cutter. Able to cut and engrave cloth, wood, vinyl, and acrylic amongst other things! It now replaces an older CNC laser we had. Ideal for bespoke intricate work, items that need to be cut to specification and stencils. See some examples on our dedicated page.

Laser Cutter and T-Shirt branding

What can we do for you?

BEL Signs cater to so many types of business all over Sussex, from our base in Horsham to Schools in London, new businesses in Billingshurst, Shops in Crawley, and van signage for Southwater based companies.
For a quotation:

Email: info@belsigns.com

Call: 01403 255442

Fill in our web form >>

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Safety Screens, Guards & Barriers

Keep customers and staff safe with safety screens, screen guards and barriers. Freestanding countertop screens and protective guards are ready to be installed. Manufactured at our factory in Horsham they are easy to clean and maintain. Can be made to measure to fit in your reception, offices on desks or near payment areas. They can be free-standing, fitted to interiors or hanging, we have a range of options to suit all businesses and budgets.

Some of our range includes:

  • Acrylic Screen Guard – with or without hand gaps
  • Sanitiser Stations – design can be modified to suit your requirements, with various options for units, posters and flags
  • L-Bracket Screen Dividers – popular social distancing barriers which are easy to move and van be branded with your message
  • Protective Wrap Around Screens – lightweight and ideal for countertops, desks and open plan spaces.

All our protective signage can be wiped clean and printed with your logo and safety message.

Let us take care of your safety so you can take care of your customers!

Get in touch to order yours:

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Big Projects of 2019

Our last month of 2019 was so busy we’ve not had a chance to catch up and look back over the amazing year we had… until now. Here is a quick rundown of some great projects we had the pleasure of working on in 2019.

Large format print for the Lord Mayors Show

An outstanding project and certainly one of the largest jobs of 2019 was the printing of panels and banners for the Girlguides float at the Lord Mayors Show. It was the Sussex Central county group of the Girlguides celebrating their 40th year that required a great deal of large format print for their lorry to be covered and to appear in the show.

Initially, we had printed small labels and recycle stickers for the Girlguides in the Horsham area so we were very pleased to sit down with the Horsham Division Commissioner who came into the office with a special request and showed us the plans for their float. We are no strangers ourselves to the Lord Mayors show in London, as some of the staff visit most years.

In total the project entailed:

  • Two digitally printed banners measuring over 13 metres long featuring the names of the various Girlguide groups in the region.
  • Two large printed banners for the end and roof of the float which were over 2.5 metres and featured logos and sponsors
  • 12 correx panels with printed images that were over 2metres in height and width which had large photography of the Girlguides and fitted on frames within the lorry, forming the float interior
  • Eight foamex printed panels featuring the Girlguiding badges as a 400mm diamond shape to dress the sides.

The float started to come together when the print was placed on frames and banners hung, it also had some great feedback on the day.

The Horsham Division Commissioner gave us this great review:

“A big thank you to BEL Signs. They couldn’t have been more helpful! They gave excellent advice as to how to minimise cost and maximise impact and quality and they waved all design and delivery costs. All this helped enormously for us to present Girlguiding professionally on an international stage along side some of the wealthiest City corporations without us looking at all out of place. I am also going to send a personal letter -I would give them a top rating for everything. Thank you.”

See the float on the day via the dedicated Girlguide page here >>
Also, the Lord Mayors website has some photos of the float being pieced together here >>

Working with Horsham FC

In the summer we were busy with the Hornets new home in South Horsham. It was back in 2018 when we announced our partnership with the Horsham Football Club and the support of their new stadium signage. Since the stadium has been built we have manufactured and installed over 70 perimeter advertising/hoardings boards on pitch side and in the training area. In addition to sponsor logos on stands and on the Clubhouse we have also printed pull-up banners, digitally printed wallpaper, external signage for wayfinding and internal signage for marketing. You can see more of our signage on the ground via our blog >> and on their official website >>

The Milky Way

In the autumn we produced and installed a really interesting project for Amplify Life on their grounds. The signage comprised of wayfinding and informative posts that featured the Amplify Life logo, some mandatory safety signs, CCTV signage and colour-coded arrows for those walking on footpaths and bridleways. Six signs comprised of Aluminium sign trays with printed long-life graphics that were then applied and fitted to green oak timber posts. We also installed the signs in and around the private grounds and parkland of the estate. The happy client also gave us a five-star review on Google.

Interior signage trends

A big trend last year was for interior signage and print that brightens up and brand spaces inside offices and retails. Feature walls, digital print, and simple but effective CAD cut vinyl can really change a space and create great talking points, making dull walls jump out and inspire. Some examples include:

  • Logos onto office walls as part of a rebranding phase, like these for Sensia in their corporate colours in CAD cut vinyl in reception areas
  • Large digitally print for stairwells, like these for local flooring business Supafit Carpets. Which were large 1.5m x 2.4m panels with printed lifestyle images and fitted to the showroom staircase walls
  • Door coverings are an interesting way to add images internally, with photography of winding pathways; steps and walkways in places around the world can catch your eye and change your workspace
  • Inspirational quotes and word clouds can also form décor, like these for a local mortgage business, impact. Brightly coloured vinyl on otherwise empty spaces.

Vehicle graphics, some unusual

A staple of our services, vehicle graphics, saw some fleet work for Wood & Wisdom, with both an L3H2 Mercedes Sprinter and short wheel base VW Transporter both signwritten in three vinyl colours including gold which looked great in the summer sun. Highlights also include printed graphics onto a Ford Tipper for NFP Forestry on all sides and continuing with tippers, more printed graphics onto an Isuzu tipper for SJM Landscapes.

Some slightly more unusual vehicle graphics projects came to us in 2019 including a Ford Mustang bonnet wrap for The Sussex Travel Company to appear in the AmeriCARna event. Featuring their logo and the American flag as a partial wrap the car featured in the rally and on the stand at the local Horsham event. We also installed some traditional style text to a Morris Minor for Berwicks of Horsham as a nod back to their many years of trading and has featured on their promotional stands and photography.

BEL Signs 2020

And the future? With ongoing fleet vehicle signwriting, exhibition graphics and shop signage to keep us busy we look forward to more signage for the new businesses setting up in 2020. Our van signwriting and business card offer can help get your new business branded, find out more about our offer here >>

Printed graphics and banners for events | Football stadium signage | Directional signage for private estates | Fleet graphics for local Horsham businesses | Traditional van signwriting to promote company heritage | Car wrap for Horsham event | Van signwriting with free business cards offer