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BEL Signs working with Horsham District Council

If you are local in Horsham you might have seen some of the work we have been supplying to Horsham District Council (HDC). This includes the new Reuse Hub graphics for the Environment, Recycling, Waste, and Cleansing department in addition to uniform for Park and Countryside Services.

HDC Reuse Hub with graphics from BEL Signs

Digital graphics for The Reuse Hub

The reuse project, recently launched, is a trial being run by West Sussex County Council and HDC to help residents drop off pre-loved items that can have a new life. It is housed inside a shipping container with slight curves over the surface and a door opening at one end. HDC supplied us with artwork designs which are in the form of a large logo, with graffiti type and items cut round all the edges. We digitally printed and cut out the artwork at our factory in Blatchford Road, Horsham. The logos were printed onto MD5A, a high-performance vinyl from Metamark, which has a special adhesive system that allows large-scale printed graphics to be fitted more easily onto slightly curved surfaces. The print was also laminated and then installed onsite onto the container by our specialist team. The Reuse Hub, based at the Hop Oast site, is open Wednesday to Saturday, details can be found here. Now launched we can show the project being fitted and are proud to be part of this local innovative venture.

Embroidery for Horsham District Council

Clothing for wardens, workers and volunteers

Embroidery and heat applied details have been added to a range of clothing for staff and volunteers at Horsham District Council (HDC), including green Russell fleeces, Fruit of the Loom polo shirts, and Titanium grey Russell waterproofs jackets. All clothing includes the HDC logo and text placed on to chest sides, with the jackets, details have also been added to the reverse. Popular with workwear and uniforms, embroidery has durability, with high quality, and can be a great way to promote your business, look professional, and give customers confidence knowing staff. Logos can be created into thread and stitched onto clothing from our factory in Horsham. Waterproof jackets cannot have embroidery in order to keep their proofing, so heat-applied text and logos are an ideal way to brand workwear. Heat-applied transfers are a specialist type of vinyl that can be printed or cut and applied to garments via a heat press. These types of transfers can also cover a larger area and are great for events and short-run items.

“Looking good 😍 Fantastic job guys!” Horsham DC

Thanks to Horsham District Council for supporting local businesses and we look forward to completing more work for the various Council services and departments.

Russell jackets with HDC logo and details | Workwear

Interested in signage or workwear for your business?

Contact us for a quotation, site visit, or book an appointment to visit our clothing showroom:

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Did you know… we can offer a wide range of shop signage services?

From fascias to window graphics, digital wallpaper to A-Boards, hanging signs to built-up lettering, we have an experienced team who are able to work alongside architects and planning officers to ensure your shop looks its best, attract footfall, and welcomes in passing trade.

The Frontage

Walking down any high street, parade, or town centre, how can your shop stand out from the rest?
You’ll need an eye-catching design to create a great first impression and ideally something that reflects your brand. The shop fascia is usually the first place to start. We can offer a box tray fascia option, that can be digitally printed or designed with CAD cut lettering and designs in addition to a flat fascia. These types of signs all have their advantages, so it may be a cost-based choice, but our team can advise on the best solution for you. Think about adding built-up lettering or a 3D logo to really make it stand out from the background. Intricate designs can be laser cut and some facias and lettering can be illuminated, which is worth considering if your shop is going to open late in the evening, or if you want to add an extra wow factor.

  • Horsham Bedding Centre Rebrand Signage
  • Lettering for Impact shop signage
  • Printed Shop Signage with Window Graphics

Use Your Space

Additional signage can be used to catch extra passing footfall and tempt curiosity.
Got space for a hanging sign? Great for further advertising on busy streets seen from most angles.
Maybe an A-Board or pavement sign that you can put out every day and be packed away at night, options include signs with changeable posters or chalkboards for advertising offers.
Large window space? Think window graphics, from a few colours of CAD cut vinyl to full colour printed graphics. This can allow you to change the window with seasonal offers or continue the brand elements over the glass to speak to your customer. Simple etch film can obscure or change the viewpoint of the glass.
If your business is based outdoors consider printed banners and flags to enhance your message and advertise your brand from afar.

  • CoCo's Booster A-Board and DEJA! Ecoflex pavement signs
  • Printed hanging sign for local letting
  • Flags for outdoor use at events and as advertising

Enhance The Interior

Our digital printers can print onto a type of wallpaper, this means that plain walls can be transformed into travel destinations, views of the world, inspiration quotes, or large-scale photos, the limit is your imagination!
Other options include large vinyl shapes or text onto walls, great for brightening up the office walls, and adding colour.

  • Wall Graphics in brightly coloured vinyl for an office interior
  • Digitally print to cover a whole wall
  • Etch film with wall graphics | Sign Company Horsham

Consider Health & Safety

With the pandemic, all businesses have had to change the way they offer their services and interact with the public. As such, we can offer a range of COVID signage solutions including:

In addition, we can offer our other services such as printed posters and stickers for informing customers, stencils for outdoor distancing, and further types of signage to redirect, update and reassure your customers.

  • Local Horsham Hairdressers with screens
  • Wall Mounted option Sanitiser Station
  • Protective wrap onto bar top for Crawley Pub | Health & Safety

Your Brand is Your Business

All of our signage is bespoke, we manufacture it in our factory based in Horsham. This means we can offer all your signage with your logo and branding at the heart of it. Add your logo onto uniforms, business vehicles, and bags for a full range of branding and get your business noticed!

  • Screen Printed promotional bags
  • Large metallic vinyl detail | Van sign writing for Horsham based decorator
  • Embroidery for workwear | Carpentry | Horsham

Fantastic Offers, for Your Business

We have two great offers for new businesses, or those having a rebrand, just click on the links to find out more:
Get FREE embroidery set-up OR business cards when you book £250+VAT of van signwriting.
Or if you are just after clothing, uniform, headwear, sportswear, schoolwear, or safety wear we have an offer for free set-up with new accounts.

Shop Signage for Sussex

From Worthing to Billingshurst, Crawley to Dorking, Haywards Heath to Steyning, we cover a large part of the South, and our happy customers can attest to our services and installations. Simply contact us for a site visit or quotation.

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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

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Tis the season

Seasonal signage is upon us, with temporary signage needed to advertise your event, sale, business dates or celebration. From Pumpkin carving to watching the bonfire with fireworks and even dare to also say Christmas, it all needs signage!

Printed Seasonal Posters

So what might your seasonal event need, and what solutions can we offer?
Here are a few suggestions for your business or events committee that can help get your message across;

Printed Banners

In-house we have large-format printers along with a design team to create your seasonal message along with an attention-grabbing creative. Whatever the length, we can supply banners with hems and eyelets for hanging or attaching. For roadside use, on frames, with pole pockets or as part of a café banner system we can make them for your custom requirements that can include simple CAD cut vinyl messages or full colour print with photos. Think ‘Christmas Fayre here’ and ‘Xmas Trees for sale’.

Temporary Signage

We have material that can be used for a few months, saving on expense, which can have simple vinyl messages applied, or full colour prints applied to them. Such material as Correx is easy to drill through for using with cable ties, ideal for short-term advertising, traffic and roadside use or directional signage needed on the day. Think ‘This way for event’ and ‘Festival on today’.

Window Graphics

Seasonal images such as pumpkins or snowflakes are a great way to decorate the glass. Along with messages to your customers or SALE decals, again these can be manufactured from CAD cut vinyl or printed graphics depending on your design and budget. Think frosted etch film snowflakes and ‘Autumn Sale now ON!’

Large Format Print

Whether your pavement sign needs updating or your snapframe could do with a new poster to advertise your event, we can print a variety of sizes and papers to promote. This includes items such as roll-up banners, ideal for indoor festive markets, Christmas stalls and seasonal exhibitions. Think ‘Taking bookings now’ and ‘Buy Tickets here’.

Printed Posters in Notice board frames

Event Day

It’s not just promotion we can take care of; when it comes to the event day itself we have a wide range of services and products to offer. From directional signage for visitors, hi-vis jackets for organisers, stickers for handouts, van decals, printed leaflets for promotion and flags for decoration or branding we can manufacture items to help your successful event, including:

  • Halloween: Thursday 31st October 2019
  • Guy Fawkes Night: Tuesday 5th November 2019
  • Remembrance Sunday: Sunday 10th November 2019
  • Christmas: Wednesday 25th December 2019
  • New Year: Wednesday 1st January 2020

Get in touch

We can offer a range of solutions to suit your budget and ideas. Ideally let us know where the signage will be used, if it needs fixing if you would like installation or require a site visit. We are happy to help and based in Horsham, West Sussex. Contact us via 01403 255442 or email for quotation: [link opens new email]

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The Hornets are keeping us busy

Our advertising boards at the new Horsham FC stadium

So it was this time last year we were formally announced, on the dedicated stadium website [news link here >>], that we were going to be in partnership with Horsham Football Club to provide their new signage and in that time we’ve been busy:

  • Proposing concepts for all types of signage, from the entranceway to internal printed wallpaper that also includes some design work. All signage is produced in-house and often fitted by our installation team
  • Producing over 60 perimeter advertising football hoardings for the new pitch and training grounds
  • Creating signage on the sponsored spectator stands which are individually named and branded
  • Producing two large Club Crest signs on the Clubhouse
  • Bespoke Away Bus signs which can be reused on the windows
  • Supplied Hi-Visibility Steward vests for match-days with heat-applied logos

The Camping World Stadium | Signage completed by BEL Signs

The Octotech Stand with long panel frontage

We are also in discussion about entrance signage on the road that will feature up-coming game details in addition to sponsor details.

Paul Osborn, Commercial Director, has been working closely with us on all aspects of the signage and he also won our prize giveaway at our sponsored lello:networking event last September, winning a printed roll-up banner that now sits in the welcome area.

Lines and James Family Stand

D Durrants Stand with printed logo and details

We’re proud to be part of the new premises and supporting the local team in this way as we too have a sponsor board, as do many of our clients and customers.

So here’s to a new season, come on Hornets!

The current pitch sides with advertising hoardings produced and installed by BEL Signs

Stadium Signage | Hi-Vis Steward Vests | Roll-up Banner

You can find the home of the Hornets here: www.horshamfc.co.uk
The dedicated Stadium website: https://stadium.horsham-fc.co.uk/
If you wish to know more about sponsorship this link will take you to commercial details >>

Local football advertising boards | Horsham football signage | Large Format Print

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Come rain or shine – we sign

It’s been a busy May running into June with many local events keeping us busy with banner printing and signage. Promotional items and large format printers are also in high demand as the two go hand-in-hand when exhibiting at a show, in addition, our vehicle graphic team has been inundated with work.

Events Banner

Local entertainment company Manic Mundays urgently required two printed banners for Horsham event Plum Jam, which saw them host singers and bands in the Carfax bandstand. Handily hung from the bandstand railings, the banners look great in promotional photography and obviously let all the audience know who is helping run the show, a must-have piece of promotional signage, all manufactured in-house here in our factory. Some kind words from Ms. Munday: “HUGE thank you to BEL Signs who printed our lovely banners. We would HIGHLY recommend their speedy and friendly services.”

General Signage

Parking issues to Health and Safety, our external signage expertise keeps us busy, designing, printing, manufacturing and often installing signage of all shapes and sizes. All bespoke, informative and on various materials ranging from correx to aluminum composite material.

Screen printed bags and Exhibition Graphics

Many exhibition shows and event evenings coming up requiring large format printed panels, exhibition pop up systems, banners and tables in addition to promotional items for hand-outs and advertising. Items like these screen-printed sports bags for JOLF to be handed out at junior golf events and large printed panels for Aero Healthcare exhibiting at Railworx this week. We’re happy to take some of the stress out of organizing your event, our team can show you a range of exhibition systems to suit your budget and scale of stand along with branded promotional items from pens to bags.

Why not head over to our sister company AppliedFX who can help you look the part in branded clothing whether your meeting potential clients at an event or at an exhibition, we have garments to suit you and your budget.

Ford Pickup graphics

Merc Sprinter Van Signwriting

Long-standing clients RJ Power Group and Wood & Wisdom have been in recently with a Ford Ranger Pick-up truck and Mercedes Sprinter Van. The Ford Pickup needed printed graphics coupled with CAD cut vinyl and a Chapter 8 kit on the rear, whilst the L3H2 Merc required three colours of vinyl applied to all sides. Reflective vehicle graphics are a must for working on the highway and branding your van is a must when parked on-site to drive more business.

SWB Van Signwriting

New business TL Glazing came to us seeking a logo graphic in addition to signwriting their van, a short wheeled based Fiat Ducato. Large printed graphics designed and fitted onto the panels and across the bonnet. It has an impact and is a head-turner on the road.

Minibus graphics for Horsham Boxing

Lastly, Horsham Boxing Club has been beating up some support with van graphics and a welcome banner. Their Ford Tourneo Custom MiniBus featured not only their logo but also some hanging boxing gloves on all sides. Turning up at a match and out on the road will definitely feel more upbeat being part of a club that wants to promote themselves and be seen.

If any of this has inspired you or reminded you to sort out your vehicle graphics, exhibition print or external signage, get in touch with the team here, we’re happy to help; email info@belsigns.com call 01403 255442 and find us here.

Printed Banners | Road signage | Promotional Merchandise | Large format print | Exhibition Graphics | Vehicle Graphics

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WANTED: A tale of Wild West Signage

Here at BEL Signs we love helping new businesses, and that’s not just with signage, but also things like print, clothing and an online presence. A recent project has just been completed for such a business. Buffalo Bills is a new Tex Mex restaurant at Halland near Lewes. Our large format printers have been busy producing banners and exterior panels for the venue. Some panels are nearly four metres in length, made of composite aluminum (ACM), a material that is great for outdoors, light and durable. The graphics are digitally printed and laminated then fitted onto the ACM and fixed onto buildings, boards, and gates.

Wild West Signage

Exterior Signage on ACM for Buffalo Bills

All Wild West inspired graphics, with wanted style poster designs, informative graphics such as welcome boards; motel tariffs and new management banners formed some of the signage we completed.

We also embroidered the type from the logo in red onto black polo shirts for over twenty team staff uniforms, which will ensure everybody looks smart and customers can be sure who can take orders.

Interior posters advertising cocktails and food were printed along with all five different menus from breakfast to children’s options. In addition to menus, vouchers and various stationery items for the business were also printed.

Embroidered Workwear and Posters

The website reflects all of these printed elements, with moving imagery, themed style, downloadable menus and links for booking. With pages dedicated to information about the venue, parties and a gallery: https://buffalobills-halland.co.uk/

Print items for Lewes Business

We wish them luck with the new business and hope to sample a ‘Cowboy Feast’ or ‘Mississippi Melt’ soon.

If you’re looking to launch your new business or restaurant ask us for a quotation or site visit to get your branding noticed. Call us on 01403255422 or email us for a quote or query here.

Signage | Large Format Print | Embroidered Clothing | Website Design | Banners | Exterior signage panels | Poster Printing | New Business Signage | Lewes Signage | Sussex Signage

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Built up Stainless Steel lettering

When a building needs a high impact sign that is guaranteed to impress, built up Stainless Steel lettering can be the perfect solution. Available in many styles and sizes, the letters are individually manufactured and fixed to give a superb appearance. BEL Signs have recently produced built up stainless steel lettering for the new building at Collyers College Horsham. The Duckering Hall is nearly completed but the sign is up and looking fantastic.

Built up lettering is also available in many other materials such as brushed aluminium, clear and coloured acrylic, dibond and PVC and can be made in any typeface and size.

Contact us via our form here to discuss your next signage project.

Bespoke Built Up Lettering in Stainless Steel | Educational Signage | Collyers Collage Signage | Horsham School Signage