Exterior signage

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.

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 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.

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/

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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 40^th 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 >>

Henfield Storage Horsham adds clarity