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2011 AGM - Agenda and accounts available to download in the Member's Area.
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All your sign related questions answered
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - NATIONAL LOCATIONS
Basic £35 – 45K, Commission, Car/Car Allowance
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Smart Group of Chandlers Ford is NOT a member of the BSGA
Despite repeated requests to remove the BSGA logo and any reference to the Association from its website and literature, Smart Group continues to claim membership of the Association on its website pages.
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Industry leaders Nationwide Platforms chosen for major airport project
The £750 million project to build a new satellite pier (T2B) at Heathrow will see Nationwide Platforms providing a comprehensive working at height solution.
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Mulberry wins LUX Award
Lighting Design by DPA Lighting featuring Applelec’s LED Light Sheet
The inaugural LUX Awards, which recognise creativity and sustainability in lighting, took place at Chelsea Football Club in November and winner of the Retailer of the Year category was fashion retailer Mulberry for a lighting design scheme created by DPA Lighting which featured Applelec’s LED Light Sheet.
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Roland DG Celebrates Investors in People Success
Roland DG (UK) recognises that a great team can make a huge difference to a business, which is why for the past 12 months the company has worked towards, and has now succeeded in gaining, the Investors in People (IIP) accreditation.
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Crest Nicholson names Octink Contractor of the Year
BSGA memberOctink is delighted to have received the Contractor of the Year Award 2011 from Crest Nicholson Regeneration, one of the UK’s leading property developers.
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Signs Express Award Winners
Taking place every two years, the Signs Express Convention sees members of the group from all over the UK and Ireland visit the Sprowston Manor Hotel on the outskirts of Norwich, and this year was no exception.
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Successful Open House At Spandex UK
Spandex had hundreds of customers through their doors during a two-day Open House event in Bristol on November 17th and 18th , 2011. The Open House highlighted the latest trends and innovations for the printing and signmaking industries.
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Large Format Lightboxes add the Wow Factor
Simply Be, the catalogue brand that specialises in larger size womenswear, wanted to bring their plus-size fashion range to the high street and has opened two brand new stores in Liverpool and Bury with an of aim giving customers the ultimate shopping experience. This fantastic shopping experience is enhanced by the large format illuminated graphics positioned around the new stores which adds to the wow factor the stores generate. Simply Be knew they wanted large format light boxes for the new stores and when they saw BSGA Member W&Co’s LED Fabric Face light box systems they knew they had the perfect solution.
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Octink joins the BSGA
Octink, an award-winning display specialist that celebrates 50 successful years in business next year, has joined the BSGA.
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PM and Lord Mayor get up close to vehicle wrapping
Prime Minister David Cameron, London’s Lord Mayor Boris Johnson and Industry Secretary Vince Cable all took time to learn a bit about vehicle wrapping recently.
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New showroom facility brings Roland to customers in the south-east
A significant upsurge in demand for sign-making and digital printing solutions has led Roland DG to open a new showroom area in Aldershot, Hampshire. Situated on the same site as the company’s long-standing transport providers, Carry Gently, this flexible new facility contains comprehensive demonstration facilities for its latest families of printers, cutters and 3D products, including its recently launched dental machines.
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Spandex makes its debut at Labelexpo 2011 with Gerber Edge Digital Printing Solution
Exhibiting at Labelexpo Europe for the first time, Spandex will showcase its innovative range of solutions for the graphic communications and labelling market. Visitors to stand 9H38 will see the Gerber Edge digital printing system, part of Spandex’s portfolio of printers for prototyping onto a wide variety of media including polyesters, PVC, polycarbonate and papers.
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Top UK signage director hails work at height training from Lavendon Access Services
The Director of the British Sign and Graphics Association (BSGA) has urged industry colleagues to invest in working at height training.
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Applelec introduces TOTEM, a new range of extruded aluminium profiles for modular totem construction
Exclusive to Applelec, TOTEM is a new extruded aluminium profile range designed to deliver straightforward totem construction for indoor and outdoor use. The aluminium profiles are available individually or in bulk linear lengths or can be used to create a finished, cost effective sign constructed by Applelec.
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TATE GALLERY SCOOPS TRANSPORT OSCAR
A fleet of lorries, liveried by Lincolnshire signmaker Allen Signs, has won a prestigious Motor Transport Award.
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Sign 2000 MD Joins BSGA Technical Committee
Murray Crompton, Managing Director of Sign 2000, has joined the BSGA’s Technical Committee
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Eurostand Display welcomed into BSGA
Essex-based display graphics specialist Eurostand Display Ltd is delighted to have become an associate member of the BSGA.
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Park Hill gets it sign of love back
Marking its 50th birthday, and with a little lift from a 37 metre EPL Skylift truck mount, Europe’s biggest listed building has had its famous message of love resurrected in neon.
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BSGA welcomes Tekcel
The market leading CNC router and cutter supplier, Tekcel CNC Solutions, has recently been accepted an Associate Member of the British Sign and Graphics Association.
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Applelec light the way with illuminating star product
A Chamber of Commerce grant has transformed Applelec’s LED Light Sheet with the launch of a new logo and bespoke website, whilst an increase in product sales has lead to the recruitment of two new staff members.
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Leading the way towards new apprenticeships
The BSGA and Cogent, the Sector Skills Council for the Sign Industry, held their first event to explore the potential for launching a sustainable framework for funded Sign Making Apprenticeships in Scotland in March
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Sign 2000 on the Move
In January 2011 Sign 2000 Ltd will relocate to a new 35,000 sq ft factory site situated in
the heart of Tonbridge, Kent
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WEBSITE DEVELOPMENTS WILL HELP MEMBERS
The BSGA’s website continues to attract visitors and is currently being updated to make it even more user (and search engine) friendly.
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The U.K’s Greenest Hotel
Sign 2000 and retained Whitbread project management company VADO Associate
complete new corporate signage for the sustainable pilot dual brand Premier
Inn/Beefeater sites.
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Smart Group of Chandlers Ford is NOT a member of the BSGA
Despite repeated requests to remove the BSGA logo and any reference to the Association from its website and literature, Smart Group continues to claim membership of the Association on its website pages.
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Citation joins the BSGA
Award winning Citation plc, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of Employment and Health and Safety services to business has joined the BSGA as an associate member.
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Insurance cover for large format printers
Sign industry insurance specialist and BSGA member Signelite is now offering machinery breakdown and accidental damage insurance through machinerybreakdown.co.uk
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A Power Lift up the career ladder
When David Catanach was appointed Director of the BSGA he knew it was a step up the career ladder, but he didn’t realise that he would need a power lift licence to take it.
However, he is now the proud holder of an IPAF licence, having completed the course run by BSGA member Lavenden Access Serices.
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Busiest ever Sign and Digital UK for Roland
The highlight of Roland’s stand at the recent Sign and Digital UK exhibition event was its Creative Centre, divided into quadrants, each covering different types of print technologies and their production versatility in terms of materials and output, including textured finishes.
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New pensions requirements alert from BSGA
You may be aware that the Government is introducing far reaching changes to the pensions landscape which will impact on every UK employer and has real cost implications for many.
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Sign & Digital UK 2010
David Catanach reviews his first visit to Sign UK and Digital as Director of the BSGA and found that ‘the mercury is rising’.
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Roland introduces its new Eco-UVS inks
With elasticity and flexibility being the key and an essential part of today’s graphic, industrial and packaging applications, Roland DG (UK) has announced a new formulation of UV-curable ink which is designed for use in the company’s innovative VersaUV family of printers.
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Spandex to distribute Omega 1 for Durst
Durst has announced the appointment of Spandex as sole UK distributor of its new Omega 1 UV inkjet printer
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Trade Signs aims for the top
BSGA member Trade Signs UK has been making huge changes over the past year to meet the sign industry’s demands for the best prices, highest quality and tight deadlines.
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Spandex expands Roll-up range
Spandex has announced a major expansion of the Spandex 300 Series of Roll-Up Displays.
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New members join the BSGA
The Board of the BSGA has recently approved a number of companies for membership of the Asosiciation. They include: Tekcel CNC Solutions, Atlantic Print Solutions, Ecosse Signs and Citation Plc.
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New President and new Board members appointed
AGM in Birmingham
The Annual General Meeting of the BSGA took place in Birmingham during Sign and Digital UK in April. Full reports and minutes of the meeting are available in the members area.
At the meeting Craig Brown, managing director of Signs Express, was elected for his second term as President of the BSGA. He said he was delighted to accept the post.
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Apprenticeships - the new way forward
Apprenticeships are the new way forward in preparing young people for their future careers and Cogent, the skills council for the sign making industry, in association with the BSGA, has developed Apprenticeship Frameworks that meet the needs of sign businesses and are rigorously quality assured.
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LEDS add a festive touch
Solihull’s Touchwood Shopping Centre recently completed an overhaul of its exterior for the festive season, using 36 PixelRange PixelPars to realise a design created by Wickford -based DPL Production Lighting.
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New distributors for KPMF
Kay Premium Marking Films’ products are now available from distributors across the UK. Signmakers throughout Wales will be serviced by Signserve, a company with an unfamiliar name but, nevertheless, one with an experienced team that is able to provide technical support and advice based on its in-depth practical knowledge of the KPMF range.
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SignComp endorses Sign & Digital UK
In this, the first of a regular series designed to highlight some of the exhibitors participating in Sign & Digital UK next year, Alicia Fairlie talks to Guy Wales, UK Sales & Marketing Manager at SignComp Europe.
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Open House adds value
Around 200 signmakers, digital printers and industry cognoscenti attended the recent Spandex Open House event in Bristol, which followed the theme of Learn, Discover and Benefit.
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The Italian Job
Italy is synonymous with a great many things, including fantastic art, design, fashion and food, but not, necessarily, printing - or at least not until now. Val Hirst reveals why Pixartprinting’s latest innovation will enable British sign and graphic producers to enjoy one-stop shopping, Italian style.
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Illuminating the South Bank
Leading brand implementer Octink, working in partnership with London agency Identify, approached Applelec Sign Components for assistance in the supply of an illuminated advertising hoarding for NEO Bankside, a landmark residential building project in a prestigious area of the capital.
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Lets get serious!
If sign companies want to persuade both their current and potential customers that they are, indeed, serious businesses, they need to join the British Sign and Graphic Association. David Catanach, the Association’s newly appointed Director explains why to Val Hirst
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More metallic options from Roland
Following the strong uptake of the VersaCAMM VS-640 with its metallic and white ink capabilities, Roland DG (UK) has now extended the choice offered by its innovative print-and-cut technology with the addition of three, more compact models.
Designated the VersaCAMM VS-540, VS-420 and VS-300, the 1.37m, 1.07m and 0.76m printers use the same dedicated feed and printhead mechanism as the 1.62m version, thus offering users the benefits of advanced ink handling technology and high quality results.
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Take a Closer Look!
Matthew Etkin-Budge, Managing Director of Hove-based print professionals, Budgeprint is no stranger to vehicle wraps, but his company’s recent work for specialist banker, Investec is really turning heads and may just qualify as one of the most ‘involving’ wraps ever seen.
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Spandex Open House set to deliver practical advice to grow your Digital Print and Signmaking Business
BRISTOL – SEPTEMBER 15 – Spandex, the one-stop supplier of complete and innovate solutions to the digital printing and signmaking industries has announced details of an inspiring Open House event, taking place at Spandex’s premises in Bristol on November 4th and 5th 2010.
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Eyecatching displays for the Salvation Army
When Kent-based W & Co Display Solutions was commissioned to supply illuminated signage for the international headquarters of one of the UK and Ireland’s largest and most diverse providers of social services, the Salvation Army, it specified the ECONOFLEX Flexible-faced signage solution from SignComp.
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CWE Solutions acquires DCP
CWE Solutions has announced the recent acquisition of the business of the Sheffield-based large format reseller DCP Systems, to form DCP Solutions, who, in future, will trade as a fully owned subsidiary of CWE Solutions.
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Metallica Fantastica!
When Reddhart Graphics became the first signmaker in Europe to install Roland’s new VersaCAMM VS-640 printer, which uses metallic inks, the Essex-based company couldn’t wait to put it through its paces. Mark Godden reports...
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Dual success for Signs Express
Part of the largest sign and graphics franchise network in the UK and Ireland, Signs Express (Peterborough) has successfully completed two major vehicle wrapping application projects for two singularly different companies.
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Sign Talk
One of the ancillary attractions at the FESPA 2010 exhibition, held in Munich at the end of June, was the first-ever Sign Summit, which was organised by FESPA in association with the European Sign Federation (ESF). Mike Hall reports
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Mister Vinyl takes the Roland route
An investment in a Roland print-and-cut solution and the decision to take advantage of several of the relevant courses available at the Roland Academy have both helped Mister Vinyl’s Daral Brennan to transform his business.
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BSGA appoints new director
The British Sign and Graphics Association, the UK’s principal trade organisation for the sign and associated industries, has announced the appointment of David Catanach as its Director of Operations. He replaces Albert Baxter, who retired from the post at the end of June....
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Thank you Albert Baxter
Albert Baxter shocked everybody at the Council meeting at the end of March by announcing that he would be leaving the Association...
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Members approve new rules
In addition to the routine business at the recent Association AGM, Members approved the adoption of a revised set of Articles of Association...
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