2014 AT BLACKPOOL SIGNS AND GRAPHICS
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL THE TEAM
Phew!! Its been a very busy year overall. As we rush around trying to finish off all the jobs before we start our Christmas and the New Year break, we will take a look back at what made our 2014 that little bit extra special.
We have once again seen an increase in turnover from the previous year. As our client base has grown so has the level of our repeat business and referral work. Whilst we know how hard we work to produce outstanding signage, it is always brilliant when our clients reward this by referring us to their friends and business contacts.
WORK
UK Sign Solutions:
At the beginning of the year we launched our new sister company UK Sign Solutions Ltd. Based on Back Burton Road South Shore, UK Sign solutions produce livery and wrap graphics for large commercial vehicles including double decker buses, coaches and large promotional vehicles.
Some of the clients we have worked for are
• 20th Century Fox
• Manchester Evening News
• NHS
• AQA
• University of the West of Scotland
• Rock FM
• Robinson Coaches
• YuGiHo Branding
• Celotex
• Guide Dogs for the blind
• Atlantic Travel
•East Yorkshire Council……………
The list goes on and on.
UK Sign Solutions has been going from strength to strength over the year and have a full diary of work well into February next year. We will be working on lots of exciting new projects in 2015 and are looking forward to be working with a new list of clients.
Blackpool Signs & Graphics:
It has been a very busy year indeed for Blackpool Signs. Sign writing vehicles is a core part of our business. We tried working out how many vehicles we have produced this year…….It’s definitely in the 100s as we produce graphics for large fleets. From Motorbikes to Double-Decker Buses we have printed and fitted thousands and thousands of square metres of vinyl this year.
One related product that has seen a huge increase during 2014 is 'Window Tinting'. Our expert fitter Craig has been in charge of this and has installed specialist films to many private cars, fleet vans, hotels, restaurants, retail shopfronts and homes.
We have also been busy working in all different parts of the country as we are now a preferred fitter and installer of a large signage company based in the South East.
We always push the boundaries when it comes to the quality and service of our work. We have a lot of exciting times ahead kicking off in the new year. We are confident that 2015 we will be even better and we look forward to working on some more exciting projects .
STAFF HIGHLIGHTS
On a personal note It’s been all go for the Blackpool Signs and Graphics team. Here’s a few stories from this year.
• Paul’s car gets hit by some falling guttering, just after getting back after christmas in 2013
• In February the lads brought their camp beds in. We were working late into the night for 3 weeks doing 18 hour days getting the Read & Errington Fleet completed whilst still producing our day to day work throughout the normal working day.
• Paul’s car goes into paint shop to be repaired
• Craig moved into his new house and is now the village Squire, donning his feathered hat every time he leaves the house
• Having a works night out in Manchester, Craig gets rejected from every drinking establishment after 3 pints (We are never going to let him forget this one) haha
• Craig forgets to send a job out by courier and has to drive all the way to Essex to deliver (en-route to Manchester Via Leicester to do 2 other jobs) All done in one 20 hour day!
• Paul walks into a door
• In the Summer we welcomed a new part-time member-of-staff - Casper the office 'guard-dog'.
• The team spend 2 weeks wrapping the Royal zoological Society of Scotland bus internally and externally
• Paul’s yellow carded! He Breaks an opponents leg at football
• Paul’s car has an argument with one of Stuarts double decker buses
• Paul’s car goes into paint shop to be repaired after bus incident (The sequel)
• Chris makes us all some personalised mugs with his new ‘Mug Maker’. Chris then proceeds to make the team his first brew!
• The team get a free brand new coffee machine, courtesy of the Notebooms and Louise’s negotiating skills
• John forgets the milk for the 60th time this year (Making it a world record) So we’re back on the powered.
• Paul’s car goes into paint shop for a third time because of a bad repair due to the bus incident
• The early hours of December 15th saw the birth of our fitter Paul's first child. By the 18th he was surprisingly happy to be temporarily tempted back to work, helping out for a couple of hours on an install!! We're hoping that his new responsibilities (or his wife) will not keep him away from the famous Staff Day Out in Manchester on Saturday 20th though.
• Stuart forgets to ask John to attend his own Christmas party. John rings Stuart.
John- “How was the party”
Stuart -“you missed a great night you should have come”
John- “I didn’t know anything about it”
Stuart- “Aww I thought I told you, anyway you missed a great night”…………………….
As you can tell it’s been a funny old year and we’ve had some right giggles, laughing till our bellies hurt. I’ve always said that a happy workplace is a productive workplace and at the same time we’ve produced some brilliant work.
THANK YOU
So as we shut for our last day of 2014 Craig is nursing a hangover, Paul’s getting no sleep on Paternity leave, John’s writing this post, Chris is working his magic, Stuart’s forgetting to tell John about something and Casper looks like he might need the toilet. As this is our last day and 2014 draws to a close we would just like to take this time to thank all of our customers old and new for your continued support. We look forward to working with you all again in 2015.
Have a wonderful Christmas & New Year.
Be good, be merry, stay safe & have a fantastic time
Thanks again
John
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