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Vinyl Window Graphics and Shop Sign Sheffield for Poppies Bakehouse

Ecclesall Road is a great mix of eclectic boutiques, independent shops and cafes, restaurants and eateries, so the new bakery will be the perfect addition to this popular street. Poppies Bakery is the newest addition to the busy Banner Cross area of Ecclesall Road in Sheffield, offering a range of savoury dishes and freshly baked cakes and tarts.

Sheffield born Natalie Hall, aged 24, received support for the venture by Leeds Beckett University, which awarded her the Vice Chancellor’s Enterprise Scholarship worth £3,000. The bakery is a take away and a sit-in eatery with a vintage feel and a modern twist.

Shop Sign for Sheffield Bakehouse

Owner Natalie told the Sheffield Star “I could not be more thrilled to be opening my very own bakehouse in Sheffield, my home city. It has been a long-standing dream of mine to open a food-based business and thanks to this University scholarship and support it has assisted me in the process of making this happen.”

Leeds Beckett University Vice Chancellor, Professor Price commented: “Our 2014 student and graduate scholarship finalists were of an extremely high standard and Natalie’s determination and commitment to achieving her goals, coupled with her innovative and exciting business plan, made her an exceptional and worthy recipient. This scholarship will be a real lifeline to help establish Poppies Bakehouse and I wish Natalie every success with her business.

Vintage Inspired Branding and Shop Sign

As professional shop sign makers in Sheffield, Image Sign Studio were asked to provide a shop sign for Poppies Bakery to reflect the image that Natalie was trying to project of an informal, vintage inspired eatery. They used an aluminium backboard with a wood print effect to achieve the look of wood, giving it a natural, rustic look. They then mounted aluminium standoff letters in pink italic letters using studs onto the backboard, adding a funky, feminine twist.

Shop Front Vinyl Window Graphics

In addition to the shop sign Sheffield, Image Sign Studio also provided vinyl window graphics for the front window of Poppies Bakery, featuring butterflies and a picket fence effect to give a quaint, outdoorsy feel to the window. The colour co-ordinated bunting and shabby chic tables and chairs that can be seen from outside finish the look perfectly, and it looks fantastic!

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Shop Signs and Street Signs Drop Letters to Raise Awareness of Giving Blood

National Blood Week runs from 8 – 14 June, and the campaign hopes to build awareness of the shortage and encourage the public to donate blood. They’ve called the campaign #MissingType, and even the Prime Minister’s official residence has become D wning Street. As makers of shop signs Sheffield, we think it’s a great idea to show support for such a worthy cause in a way that will be seen by huge numbers of people and help to raise awareness.

National Blood Week

The campaign to raise awareness of National Blood Week has swept across the UK, causing letters to disappear from street signs and shop signs across the country. It’s all part of a campaign launched by Give Blood NHS which has been designed to encourage people to donate. Shop signs, street signs and landmarks are removing the letters A, O and B from their signs in order to symbolise the donors’ blood groups that are needed to maintain the much needed supplies in Britain.

The head of PR at Give Blood NHS, Andrea Ttofa told Buzzfeed News: “There’s a decline year-on-year of the number of new people donating, and more than half of current donors are over 45. It’s important to take action now in order to maintain a safe supply of blood for the future,” she continued. “We’re hoping many more individuals and companies will get behind it to drive thousands of people to be new donors.”

Reduction in the Number of New Donors

The assistant director for donor services Jon Latham said: “We simply can’t ignore the fact that there has been a stark reduction in the number of new donors coming forward – a trend seen across the world. While we can meet the needs of patients now, it’s important we strengthen the donor base for the future.”

The Official Twitter account for Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) recently tweeted a picture of their sign missing letters, and read “We’ve lost our As, Bs and Os in support of @GiveBloodNHS, help replace them by giving blood #missingtype” The campaign also encourages people to drop the As, Os, and Bs from their Twitter names to raise awareness of the need for new blood donors. “We have the biggest social media following of any blood service in the world and a very engaged community, but they’re often people who have already donated themselves,” Ttofa continued.

Illuminated Shop Signs Sheffield

Although we’ve not noticed any shop signs Sheffield having their letters removed, it’s certainly an interesting campaign that is bound to get the attention of the general public, especially with large companies such as Odeon, Green and Blacks, and Waterstones on board. For more information about our shop sign making services, call us on 0114 261 7617 to get in touch and chat to a member of our friendly team.

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It’s Sheffield Café’s Thyme for a new Sign

Projects here at Image Sign Studio signage Sheffield, this month have included a project with Thyme Café, the highly esteemed establishment in Broomhill, Sheffield. Thyme Café had decided that it was thyme for a change and so enlisted us to do just that, exactly the way they needed it to be done!

We started the project of redoing their café face around two weeks ago. It was decided that Aluminium Sign Trays and Digital Print with Aluminium Lettering with CNC Cut Out would be used for their new signage. Once manufactured, it only took us a couple of hours to fit their new sign, although we did get a little distracted by a rather delicious lunch, so we remained onsite for longer than expected, but we shall blame Richard, one of the owners and extremely talented Chef, for that!

Café visit Thyme

2003 was the year in which Thyme Café was established by Richard Smith and Adrian Cooling. They had been extremely successful with Crosspool’s, ‘Smith’s of Sheffield’, their previous venture, that they decide to start up a new place. The focus for this brace of chefs from Thyme Café is on ‘robust, hearty dishes’ which are ‘big on flavour’ which was the key to their new venture. With front of house headed by Victoria Smith, Richard’s wife, they have created yet another very successful venture, with a vast, enticing menu and welcoming atmosphere, which continues to bring people flooding through the doors week after week.

Retail and Commercial Shop Signage

Image Sign Studio are experienced in retail shop signs Sheffield with the skills to provide you with the perfect shop signage ensuring the best look for you and your business. They can design, manufacture and install a vast array of bespoke shop signs in Sheffield and are proud to offer a tailored, personal service, which is personal to you. As part of their bespoke shop signs, they offer services such as, Digital Printing, CNC Routered signs, 3D signs and illuminated signs, which are just a few of the services they are able to provide for you. Materials range from aluminium to stainless steel, Perspex to wood. Not only do they offer different shop signage Sheffield and wide range of materials but they can also offer you their expertise, advice and direction if you need it, ensuring that you make a good and lasting impression on your customers, no matter what your business entails.

Get in touch with Image Sign Studio

If your business is showing signs of needing a facelift, then why not give Image Sign Studio a ring on 0114 261 7617, email them at rich@imagesignstudio.com or alternatively click here and the link will take you directly to their website.

Contact Thyme Café, Broomhill, Sheffield

For all enquiries, please phone 0114 2670735, email them at mail@thymecafe.co.uk or to check opening times, daily menu and offers click here to go directly to their website.

Sign of the Thymes

Why not pop up to Thyme Cafe on Glossop Road, Broomhill, for a ‘robust and hearty dish’ that is always full of flavour and whilst you are there, you can admire signage from Image Sign Studios, too – We’re sure Richard, Adrian and Victoria won’t mind if you hang around a little longer!

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A Sign of the Times

50 years ago, us Brits decided we were on the move! Having built new-fangled motorway infrastructures and with more of us were buying more cars their price having lowered and therefore becoming greatly more affordable to the masses, the nation was on the move quicker and more frequently than it had ever been previously. Soon, however, this became a problem, though not from the issues you may have thought, but rather due to our incomprehensible or lacking road signs. This problem was discussed at the 1931 Geneva Convention entitled “Concerning the Unification of Road Signals”. It was highlighted that visual aids were the key to new British road signs and a fewer words as possible were to be used. This was not because the Brits were all illiterate in the 60s but mainly due to dim lighting, bad weather conditions and high speed all preventing signs and signals from being read properly and warnings being missed.   Ministry members listened and asked for the assistance of a graphic designer from Hyde Park, named Jock Kinneir, to help keep the country safe whilst driving. So, new signs were designed with the assistance of his talented, young pupil, Margaret Calvert, who later became his business partner. The signs go the thumbs up from the ministry and in 1965 a leaflet was canvased through every door in the country, titled “The New Traffic Signals”. This was the modernity turning point for British signage. Kinneir and Calvert designed signs have barely been changed since 1965 – 50 years later, their names live on.

50 Years In the Signage Industry Is A Good Sign!

From the 19th until the 27th September is the London Design Festival 2015. This event amalgamates design and creative geniuses from the entire country, giving them an opportunity to showcase their designs. These range from specific items from our built environment, functional daily necessities and decorative luxury items. This free to attend event has never been held on such a large scale, hosting around 400 events. One of the most celebrated exhibitions to see this year is being held at the Design Museum and is the 50 years of British road signs Exhibition, designed by Calvert and Kinneir. This exhibition is also free and shows curated archived materials by Made North, as well as celebrating the installation of both original and new British signage.

Image Sign Studio

Image Sign Studio are professional makers of signs Sheffield, and are pleased to show their support of the 50 Years of British Road Signs Exhibition, freely available for you to see now. Signage Sheffield, Image Sign Studio, was established 11 years ago by Richard and Dean. Having previously worked together in the signage industry, this dynamic duo bring everything you could possibly need to the signage industry. Between them, they are able to bring together all aspects of the signage industry and create exactly what each individual customer needs directly, on-site. This enables Image Sign Studio to offer a multi-faceted array of services to their customers, with specialisms including:

  • Large retail signage
  • Commercial signage
  • School and Hospital signage
  • 3D Signs
  • LED Signs
  • CNC Routering

How To Contact Image Sign Studio

If you need advice or assistance in relation to the manufacturing or installation of your new shop sign Sheffield, then call Richard and Dean at Image Sign Studio on 0114 261 7617 or alternatively, you can email them at rich@imagesignstudio.com

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Reasons to Choose Image Sign Studio for Your Sheffield Shop Sign Sign

We Have Some Fantastic Testimonials Under our Belt

Nothing tells you more about the quality and reliability of a company than positive testimonials from their customers. We have acquired a great many glowing testimonials from happy customers. For example, Roger Reade of Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association said: “We are all absolutely delighted with the signs now that they have all been erected around the building. They really look smashing! Many thanks to Image Sign Studio for all your hard work in installing them – they have been really excellent.” Allie Langham of Chrysalis Photography said: “Quick, slick and professional service.”

We are Experienced Shop Sign Makers in Sheffield

Our partners have nearly 30 years in the sign industry under their belts collectively, making them experts in the industry. Both partners gained experience in many aspects of signage Sheffield and sign making and have brought their collective skills together. This has proved mutually beneficial and has enabled the company to offer a broad range of services to an exceptionally high standard.

We Have an Excellent Portfolio of Work

Our portfolio includes everything from shop signage to large industrial signsfactory signage, illuminated signs3d signs and much, much more. We endeavour to work very closely with our clients, ensuring they get the perfect image for their business, from sign design and manufacture, right through to installation. Our commercial and business signage products include door signsprojecting signs3D letteringlight boxesbuilding wraps, and banners.

When you’ve made the decision to invest in a new shop sign Sheffield for your business, there are various decisions you need to make about the design, manufacture and installation of it. You’ll also have to decide on a shop sign company to carry out the process.

Shop Signs Sheffield

Here at Image Sign Studio, we have the skills and experience to design and manufacture a wide variety of shop signs in Sheffield, from illuminated shop signs to 3D shop signs. We offer a range of business and commercial signage solutions to businesses all over the city, and we can help you too. Call us on 0114 261 7617 to get in touch and chat to a member of our friendly team.

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Case Study of Illuminated Shop Sign Sheffield Installation

Béres Pork Shops were founded in 1961, after the Hungarian butcher Sandor Béres left Budapest during the 1956 uprising against the communists. As a political refugee in Britain, his aim was to establish a chain of shops and build a successful business. Sandor and his wife Eileen opened their first shop in 1961, predominantly as butchers specialising in pork and beef.

After seeing an excellent opportunity in the making and selling of freshly made pork sandwiches, the couple quickly built a good reputation. Béres Pork Shops are very much a family affair, with the couple’s children Richard, Helen and Catherine joining the business. They now have 9 shops all over Sheffield and have become a household name in the city.

LED Face Illumination

The latest project here at Image Sign Studio shop signs Sheffield is a series of signs for the famous chain of speciality pork sandwich shops Béres. Béres have revamped their shop frontages recently, and asked us to help them with their shop signs. There are now 9 Béres Pork Shops scattered around the city, with shops located in Hillsborough, Firth Park, Woodseats, Crookes and Chapeltown.

Our Sheffield shop sign makers have manufactured and installed signs for several of the branches throughout Sheffield, and have recently installed shop signage for the Crookes and Woodseats branches, with Chapeltown in the pipeline.

Béres Pork Shop’s shop signs were manufactured to be face lit. LED face illumination is created when the lights are placed on a tray inside the 3D letter, meaning that only the face of the lettering is illuminated.

The signs themselves are 3D illuminated shop signs, made from 3D stainless steel letters which have been expertly powder coated white to consistently match the branding of the business. The 3D stainless steel letters are also face lit, and feature an opal Perspex face which the light shines through in order to illuminate it. The letters are mounted on aluminium sign trays.

Shop Signs Sheffield

Sheffield shop sign makers Image Sign Studio are experts in the design, manufacture and installation of shop signs. We can produce 3D illuminated shop signs for a variety of businesses, ensuring that your business will stand out from the crowd and project a professional image. 3D letters can be manufactured from stainless steel, aluminium or Perspex, and can be illuminated using LED lighting to give them the extra wow factor.

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Objections to Controversial Plans to Demolish Devonshire Street, Report Shop Sign Makers Sheffield

Campaigners have been trying to raise the money needed for the legal costs for a judicial review to overturn the decision to knock the shops down on Devonshire Street. Campaigners have been fighting ever since to save them from being bulldozed, and have now raised £15,000 in order to launch a legal battle. The money will cover the costs in case permission for a review of the case is refused, and has been raised through a variety of fundraising events and activities including an art auction, gigs, and online crowdfunding from those who support the campaigners.

Objections to the Controversial Demolition Plans

There have been more than 20,000 objections to the controversial plans, also previously reported by experts in shop signs Sheffield Image Sign Studio. Sheffield Council plan to knock down the shops on Devonshire Street and replace them with shops, restaurants and flat.

According to the Sheffield Star, several celebrities have backed the cause, including Sheffield singer Jarvis Cocker. He called the second hand bookshop Rare and Racy, which has been on Devonshire Street since 1969, a ‘global treasure’. The head of Save Devonshire Street Nick Roscoe said “The community has shown it is totally behind us and I think if there is any chance of holding the council to account then we have got to take it.” There has also been an organised protest outside Sheffield Town Hall, in which hundreds of people attended to protest against the scheme to convert the shops into flats and restaurants. Campaigners were out in force to make it known that they disagreed with the plans, saying that the shops on Devonshire Street are part of the city’s heritage.

Sheffield Council ‘In Difficult Position’

According to Sheffield Council, they have been put in a difficult position regarding Devonshire Street and expressed clearly that their hands have been tied by government requirements. Sheffield City Councillor, Leigh Bramall, said: “Although technically we make the decision on planning applications, our hands are tied by the stringent planning laws set out by the government. If we did not follow these laws we would be putting the Council under a big risk of being taken to an appeal by the developer, to be heard by the National Planning Inspectorate, which would mean that the Council would be overruled and the development go ahead, but with the Council facing huge legal bills.”

When the review application has been submitted, a judge could decide the campaigners have a case based on the paperwork, or it could go to the High Court for a hearing in August. As professional makers of shop signs Sheffield, Image Sign Studio are very aware of the support for this eclectic group of shops and think it’s a shame not only that they may be destroyed, but sad that so many people are upset by the proceedings.

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Moor Market Footfall Down, Report Shop Sing Makers Sheffield

The new Moor Market hasn’t gone down quite as well as Sheffield City Council had hoped unfortunately. According to recent figures, half a million fewer people visited the Moor Market in its first year compared to the last year that Castle Market was open. The Council are now reducing the market traders’ rent by half until March 2017 due to the poor trading conditions.

The council, however, are more optimistic about the future of the Moor Market and are offering 4 weeks of free rent to new traders. There are also plenty of events scheduled at the market this summer including puppet shows, table tennis, reading sessions and mini golf. As makers of shop signs Sheffield, it’s really sad to see this iconic sign being removed. It’s unfortunate that the Moor Market hasn’t really lived up to many people’s ideas of what the council promised, but as the area develops, we really hope footfall increases for the new site.

Iconic Shop Sign Sheffield Removed

Castle Market in the city centre of Sheffield is currently in the process of being demolished, with the most complex part of the demolition set to start in the next few days. The old Sheffield shop sign that read ‘The Markets’ has recently been removed, and the building contractor Kier are now set to deconstruct the tower block from the top down. Castle market has now been replaced with the new Moor Market, which cost a huge £18 million to build, but the old market is still being knocked down and is due to be completed by November.

A spokesman from Sheffield Council said: “Demolition works remain on programme to be completed in November 2015. Things are going well with no major issues so far and the site remains safe and secure.” The spokesman also added that the council have made sure that the accessible parts of the castle ruins are well protected and regularly monitored during the demolition works to ensure they are not damaged. “The progress of the physical demolition works on site is fairly obvious now given that you can see right through from one side to the other from both Waingate and Exchange Street.”

Sheffield Castle Site

Castle Market took its name from Sheffield Castle, as the market was built on its remains. The market closed in 2013 when the Moor Market opened on the Moor, at the other end of the city centre. The market opened in 1965, and was a well-loved place by many, meaning that a huge number of people were really disappointed when plans to demolish the site were announced.

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Add Another Dimension to your Shop Sign Sheffield with Window Graphics

There are lots of advantages to window graphics. For example, they are a very cost effective way of decorating the front of your shop. Unlike a shop sign Sheffield, the level of installation is minimal, and digital printing means that the possibilities are almost endless.

Because you’re not breaking the bank with a window graphic, if you change your mind or fancy a different look in a few months, you need not worry. They can be changed relatively easily, and can give you a degree of flexibility should you decide to promote a particular offer or service for a particular period of time.

Advertise Products and Services

If you’re anything like us, you’ll love having a good look in the shop windows as you pass, so no doubt will give window graphics with the same attention as you would a shop window display. More and more people are catching on to the fact that their shop windows are a brilliant place to advertise their products and services, and there are plenty of ways to do it. Sometimes simple lettering is all that’s needed, but many people go for graphics that really make an impression.

Here at Image Sign Studio, we spend our days designing, manufacturing and installing a wide range Window graphics are a great way of complimenting your existing shop sign Sheffield, and adding another dimension to the exterior of your shop and the way that your brand is perceived. Here at Image Sign Studio, we can use a range of different materials including vinyl lettering and full colour pictures to make your window graphic. We also have one way vision material which allows you to see out of the shop front, but people cannot see in; therefore passersby only see the graphic on the window.

There’s a massive colour choice available for the vinyl too, and we are able to print any specific artwork onto it. There’s also the option of vinyl window graphics with a frosted effect so something a little different.

Shop Sign Makers in Sheffield

As experienced sign makers in Sheffield, Image Sign Studio can offer you expert advice on how to achieve a great window manifestation, and catch more passing trade by doing so. For more information about the design and manufacture of window graphics for your business, or to find out about a shop sign Sheffield, contact Image Sign Studio on 0114 261 7617 to speak to a member of our friendly team.

 

 

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Add Another Dimension to your Shop Sign Sheffield with Window Graphics

There are lots of advantages to window graphics. For example, they are a very cost effective way of decorating the front of your shop. Unlike a shop sign Sheffield, the level of installation is minimal, and digital printing means that the possibilities are almost endless.

Because you’re not breaking the bank with a window graphic, if you change your mind or fancy a different look in a few months, you need not worry. They can be changed relatively easily, and can give you a degree of flexibility should you decide to promote a particular offer or service for a particular period of time.

Advertise Products and Services

If you’re anything like us, you’ll love having a good look in the shop windows as you pass, so no doubt will give window graphics with the same attention as you would a shop window display. More and more people are catching on to the fact that their shop windows are a brilliant place to advertise their products and services, and there are plenty of ways to do it. Sometimes simple lettering is all that’s needed, but many people go for graphics that really make an impression.

Here at Image Sign Studio, we spend our days designing, manufacturing and installing a wide range Window graphics are a great way of complimenting your existing shop sign Sheffield, and adding another dimension to the exterior of your shop and the way that your brand is perceived. Here at Image Sign Studio, we can use a range of different materials including vinyl lettering and full colour pictures to make your window graphic. We also have one way vision material which allows you to see out of the shop front, but people cannot see in; therefore passersby only see the graphic on the window.

There’s a massive colour choice available for the vinyl too, and we are able to print any specific artwork onto it. There’s also the option of vinyl window graphics with a frosted effect so something a little different.

Shop Sign Makers in Sheffield

As experienced sign makers in Sheffield, Image Sign Studio can offer you expert advice on how to achieve a great window manifestation, and catch more passing trade by doing so. For more information about the design and manufacture of window graphics for your business, or to find out about a shop sign Sheffield, contact Image Sign Studio on 0114 261 7617 to speak to a member of our friendly team.

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Increase your Sales with a New Shop Sign Sheffield

Image Sign Studio have the skills and experience to design and manufacture a wide variety of shop signs in Sheffield, from illuminated shop signs to 3D shop signs. They offer a range of business and commercial signage solutions to businesses all over the city, and they can help you too.

Professional Shop Signs and Sales

A professional looking and well designed shop sign Sheffield can effectively increase your sales by attracting more customers and increasing your potential audience. They can also educate your target audience about the goods and services you have to offer, encouraging them to buy.

Draw in New Customers

Shop signs for physical premises are effective because they act as a guidepost to guide your customers to your shop. A good shop sign will be eye-catching and have the ability to draw in new customers, whether on foot or driving by. Passersby will be immediately drawn to your premises, and if they like what they see, they will be more likely to browse and buy.

Stay Ahead of the Competition

There is often a great deal of competition between retailers in heavily populated urban areas, making it really important to ensure that your retail premises keeps up with the competition. If you’re surrounded by well presented, professional looking shops, you need to make sure that you have a chance of standing out from the crowd with a great shop sign.

Convey the Promise of your Brand

Your shop sign is a direct reflection of the brand message that you are trying to convey. A professional looking well made shop sign will effectively convey the promise of your brand, and the high standards of your business. On the other hand, an old sign with a worn appearance and faded images or lettering will send out a negative message to your customers and potential customers. A poor sign will give the impression that your products and services are also poor, but a great sign will give the impression that your products and services are great too.

Image Sign Studio knows that there are many great reasons to have a new shop sign for your business. So, as professional shop sign makers in Sheffield, they put together a list of the top 4 reasons to enhance your retail premises with a new shop sign Sheffield.

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Devonshire Street Independent Shop Signs Sheffield will be Destroyed

As professional makers of shop signage Sheffield, Image Sign Studio thinks it’s a great shame that this vibrant and eclectic area of the city will be replaced with flats and other shops. The director of Coda Planning has assured Sheffield residents that the building’s design will respect the street’s character and allow occupancy to continue.

Image Sign Studio recently reported on the plans to demolish a number of shops on Devonshire Street in Sheffield, a popular area of the city centre with an eclectic mix of independent retail shops and quirky boutiques. As experts in the design and manufacture of shop signs Sheffield, they have been keeping a close eye on the developments of this story, and are sad to announce that the Sheffield Star have reported that despite nearly 20,000 objections, the shops will be knocked down.

Loss of Specific Businesses

A report to the planning committee says “Though occupiers of the existing retail units perfectly reflect the city’s aspirations for the Devonshire Quarter and undeniably have a part to play in creating an attractive, viable and varied city centre, the planning system does not exist to protect the private interests of one person against the activities of another. Provided a retail frontage is retained, the loss of the specific businesses is not a planning matter.”

Failed Petition for Planning Application

Coda Planning, agent for the developers Primesite Ltd insist that the development would ‘rejuvenate’ a block falling into ‘disrepair’ and improve the area. According to Sheffield Council, the online petition was the largest ever connected to a planning application since the Council began keeping logs, and raised a huge 18,337 signatures. Unfortunately, planners say that according to the law, only views based on ‘material planning considerations’ can be given weight, meaning that the buildings will be destroyed and replaced regardless of the signatures received in opposition.

Public Outcry

According to the newspaper, the specialist shops on Devonshire Street will be replaced with flats and other shops, which has caused massive public outcry in opposition to the plans. Objectors to the demolition say that the impact on the area means that the street will become ‘like every single high street in the country’ and that it would be ‘utter madness to demolish one of the truly individual parts of Sheffield.’

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Retail Shop Signs in Spital Hill, Sheffield Revamped with Local Growth Fund

Image Sign Studio has recently been involved in the regeneration of 47 independent shops signs Sheffield in Darnall, a suburb in the east of the city. As it was a £300,000 refurbishment project they really had their work cut out for them, as many of the shop fronts were in a poor state of repair, which was having a knock on effect on the area as a whole.

Improvement of Shop Signs and Frontages

The scheme aims to smarten up the frontages of the businesses to improve the overall look of the area. The idea is for the scheme to start the improvements off with the shop signs and frontages, and then encourage the local residents and businesses to get involved and invest in the community themselves.

Local Growth Fund for Shop Signs Sheffield

Spital Hill is the next area of Sheffield to receive money from the Local Growth Fund to help to smarten up the area. There are several shops, restaurants and takeaways in the area that have run down shop signs Sheffield. Sheffield council’s spokesman for neighbourhoods Councillor Harry Harpham said “Spital Hill could be a thriving and successful district shopping centre. It has a strong community, a good range of shops and community facilities, and access to transport links – but it needs a helping hand to reach its full potential.”

Shop Signs Regeneration Project in Spital Hill

Image Sign Studio are delighted to be involved in the regeneration project in Spital Hill where they will be manufacturing and installing over 70 shop signs over the course of the next six months. They’ll be talking to businesses individually to find out what they want from their new shop sign Sheffield, and then making and installing signs for a variety of different businesses in the area. From illuminated shop signs to projecting outdoor business signs, their aim is to get the area looking smart and welcoming for what will hopefully be a new wave of shoppers coming into the area.

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Shop Sign Makers Sheffield Install Flex Face Sign for Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA

Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA were formed in 1867, making them the first County Football Association in the country to be established. As experts in shop signs Sheffield, Image Sign Studio recently had the pleasure of manufacturing and installing a flex face sign for the exterior of Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association on Meadowhall Road in Sheffield. They also had the pleasure of meeting Uriah Rennie, the retired English football referee who was born in Sheffield.

Outdoor flex face light boxes are effectively illuminated signs that are especially suitable for outdoor signage for retail parks, businesses signage, and shop signs Sheffield. In addition to being very robust and incredibly durable, they can be manufactured in a variety of different shapes to suit the branding of the business. They can also be used to create large illuminated letters for completely bespoke large format illuminated signs.

Flex Face Illuminated Shop Signs

Flex face signs are a great option because they are really cost effective. The system used to make them is simple and versatile, and unlike ordinary banner signs, they don’t need eyelets, which cuts maintenance down giving them a long service life. The banners are printed using a process that achieves high quality colour, which hold their intensity even when the LED lights are shining through them. The flex face ‘skin’ is tightened in such a way that it gives the impression of being one flat piece of panel signage.

Our expert shop sign makers made the sign from a fabricated aluminium box. A special machine called an aluminium bender was used to create a circle from the metal, in order to create the logo for the football association. A flexible printed PVC banner fascia was then used to stretch across the front of the light box and clipped in position to create a skin over the aluminium frame. This ‘skin’ was then lit from behind with a number of low energy LEDs to illuminate the banner graphic from the inside. The LED lights are cheap to run and create an outstanding effect for a high impact sign.

Flex Face Shop Signs Sheffield

For more information about the design and manufacture of a flex face shop sign for your business or shop sign Sheffield, contact Image Sign Studio on 0114 261 7617 to speak to a member of our friendly team.

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Sheffield Shop Sign Makers Offer Useful Advice on Improving your Retail Sales

As expert shop sign makers in Sheffield, we have come up with 5 top tips that will improve your retail sales, providing your business with a boost as well as bringing in the cash! Making a success of a retail shop comes down to one thing; sales. The purpose of any business is to bring in customers, and there are several ways in which you can accomplish this.

Manage Your Cash

Cash flow is really important to your business, regardless of how fantastic your products are or how great your customer service is. Money is the vital component that keeps your retail shop financially healthy, so budgeting wisely,  and keeping track of your monthly income and expenses are a must.

Perfect Your Management Skills

As a retail shop owner, the chances are you will have a lot of responsibilities to take care of, including staff. Developing your management skills is key to keeping employees happy, giving them the opportunity for growth, and ensuring that they will work hard to make your business successful.

Develop Your Branding

The branding of your business is really important, and plays an important and fundamental role in your marketing efforts and materials. Your customers and potential customers create form a perception of your business from a variety of things including; your name, the appearance of your web site, the location of your store, your shop sign Sheffield, products, prices, visual merchandising, displays, business cards, newsletters, and advertising material.

Consider a Makeover

Competition for footfall on the high streets is fierce. Your aim to make sure your premises stands out from your competitors, looks visually appealing, welcoming, and encourages customers to enter. You could consider a beautiful window display, custom made window graphics or even a brand new shop sign Sheffield.

Price Your Goods for Profit

For your business to succeed, it’s incredibly important to price your products properly. Getting it right will mean that you can enhance how much you sell, therefore creating the foundation for a business that will prosper.

Shop Signage Sheffield

If you need some help with attracting customers to your retail premises, Image Sign Studio shop signs Sheffield can help. They can design, manufacture and install fantastic shop signs that are sure to make you stand out on the high street. Contact them on 0114 261 7617 for more information.

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£500m Retail Development Set to Transform Sheffield City Centre

Residents of Sheffield will know that th£500m Retail Development Set to Transform Sheffield City Centree city centre has suffered in the period since the recession, with shops closing down and significantly less people visiting it, therefore new plans are encouraging for the future of the area.

Plans from Sheffield City Council

The latest news from the Sheffield Star reports that a group of Sheffield business people have announced £500 million plans to develop a new city centre retail quarter. Sheffield Retail Development Group says that they have the expertise, financial backing and the passion to ‘transform’ the city centre with a 650,000sq ft development on a five-acre site by the end of 2018. This ambitious date is a year ahead of Sheffield City Council’s plans, and is set to include a range of shops, offices, cinema, restaurant and bars.

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Sheffield shop sign makers Image Sign Studio we were understandably delighted by the news of a new shopping centre in the heart of the city. Whether the city centre is rejuvenated by the private sector, or with help from the council, they areexcited about the plans. We have a passion for helping businesses succeed starting with great signage, and are experts in the manufacture and design of shop signs Sheffield.

Transforming the City Centre

Spokesman John Crowther, who is an ex-chief executive of Vickers Defence Systems, chairman of the Amateur Swimming Association and non-executive director of Sheffield City Trust, said: “This is a world class team of Sheffield people who care about Sheffield and can deliver a scheme that will transform the city centre.”

“We have identified half-a-billion pounds of funding. We want Sheffield people to know there’s a local bid that’s oven-ready to go.” Mr Crowther has also commented that as the plans are a market-led solution, the council will not have to take the risk of diverting money away from other areas, especially at a time of spending cuts.

The future of Sheffield’s city centre has looked uncertain in recent years as new ideas are thrown around and existing plans are scrapped. In a previous post on the Sheffield shop signs blog, Image Sign Studio discussed how plans for the Sevenstone shopping centre were frozen last year, only to find out that Sheffield Council are fighting to buy the designated area back from the previous developers in order to restart plans, possibly as early as next year.

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Devonshire Street Sheffield Petition Gains 18,000 Signatures

Devonshire Street is a popular area of the city centre with an eclectic mix of independent retail shops and quirky boutiques selling everything from vintage jewellery and clothes to second hand books and records. But developers have recently submitted a planning application to Sheffield Council to demolish the string of independent retail shops on Devonshire Street and replace them with flats, restaurants and cafes. The application seeks to replace 162 to 170 Devonshire Street, which would result in the closure of the Natural Bed Company, Rare and Racy, the Rag Parade Vintage Store and Syd and Mallory.

Professional Shop Sign Makers in Sheffield

As professional shop sign makers in Sheffield, we like to keep our eye on what is going on in the various retail areas of the city. The recent news about the possible demolition of a number of shops on Devonshire Street comes as a blow to this vibrant independent retail quarter of Sheffield, and there are many that oppose the plans.

Independent Vintage Shops and Emporiums

The petition against the demolition has now been handed in to city planners, which has over 18,000 signatures. Sheffield poet Jonathan Butcher, who stocks his books at the independent book store Rare and Racy, set up the petition. He said: “Those signatures on that petition just show how much people value this area of Sheffield. Students choose to come to Sheffield for the underground music scene and the independent vintage shops and emporiums. People are going to forget what Sheffield is all about it if developers keep building complexes. It’s becoming more and more corporate.”

Development Plans Could Weaken the City Centre

Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield visited the shop owners to discuss the plans from Sheffield business Primesite Ltd. He said: “I’ve had a lot of constituents get in touch with me and they are really concerned. I share that concern, because I think shops like this on Devonshire Street really make the character of the city centre, it’s not just about the big chains. We want small, independents that give life to the city. I’m really worried that, not only the development but the change in the uses for these units so restaurants and bars can move in will fundamentally weaken the city centre.”

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Shop Sign Makers Sheffield Help to Revamp Darnall Shopping Centre

Image Sign Studio were delighted to be involved in the £300,000 refurbishment project, which saw the shops on Main Road and Staniforth Road in Darnall, Sheffield, receiving impressive makeovers, including new retail shop signs. As shop sign makers in Sheffield, Image Sign Studio know the dramatic effect a new shop sign can have on the exterior of a retail premises, and were more than happy to be involved in the Darnall revamp.

Darnall Shops Undergo £300,000 Refurbishment Project

The fantastic project has helped to revamp the rundown shop fronts of 47 independent shops in Darnall, a suburb in the East of the city of Sheffield which has been looking rundown for a number of years. The project started at the end of March this year, in an attempt to smarten up the area, boost the amount of shoppers using the stores there, and attract investment.

Sheffield Council cabinet member for homes and neighbourhoods Councellor Harry Harpham spoke to the Sheffield Star newspaper before the start of the project in March: “Regenerating shopping centres can put the heart back into a district and make it a place where people want to live and businesses want to invest.”

“Darnall has all the ingredients to be a thriving and successful district shopping centre – a strong community, good range of shops and community facilities, and access to transport links. But the quality of the shopping is poor in relation to a centre that serves such a wide residential area and many shops are in a poor state of repair. This will help the area become more attractive to shoppers and boost the centre’s potential.”

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As well as the renovation of shop fronts with new shop signs, the wider regeneration framework for the centre of Darnall includes general improvements to the street scene to make the area cleaner and safer. In addition, training and support will be given to traders, and housing development will be enabled on nearby vacant sites.

Regeneration initiatives are set to continue all over the city of Sheffield, including projects in Banner Cross, Hillsborough, Sheffield Antiques Quarter, Spittle Hill and Stocksbridge. As professional makers of retail shop signs Sheffield, Image Sign Studio have already been asked to design, manufacture and produce the retail shop signs for the Spittle Hill regeneration project, which of course they are delighted to be involved in!

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3D Stainless Steel Letters for Retail Shop Signs in Sheffield and Beyond

Image Sign Studio originally carried out the manufacture and installation of the Help for Heroes shop sign in the shopping centre Meadowhall last year, and they are now manufacturing and installing signs for the shops all over the UK including Birmingham, Peterborough, Essex, Wimbledon and Bromley. It’s such a great cause, and Image Sign Studio were over the moon to be contributing to their retail expansion across the UK, supporting them in helping to raise funds for the tri-service military charity.

3D Backlit Letters for Retail Shop Sign

As professional sign makers in Sheffield, Image Sign Studio is lucky enough to be manufacturing and installing a number of illuminated retail shop signs for the charity Help for Heroes. To manufacture the Help for Heroes signs, a box was made out of folded aluminium composite called Dibond, and stainless steel hollow 3D letters were produced to create the words ‘Help for Heroes’. These letters were then backlit by fitting them with white LED lights to create a halo effect and attached to the Dibond backboard using studs.

Advantages of Dibond Aluminium Composite

Although Dibond is extremely lightweight, it is also very rigid and achieves a perfect flatness. Just what you need for a shop sign! The aluminium alloy is corrosion resistant, making it an excellent choice for shop signs that are likely to be exposed to the elements. Dibond is also great for printing on too, lending itself especially to digital printing, which is a popular choice for many shop signs Sheffield.

To manufacture the shop signs for this charity, Image Sign Studio used Dibond, which is an aluminium composite material consisting of a polyethylene core and aluminium cover sheet. Dibond is a lightweight yet rigid material, and there are many advantages to using it in sign making.

3D Illuminated Retail Shop Signs Sheffield from Sign Maker Sheffield

Illuminated shop signs can have a dramatic overall effect on the look of any retail shop. Modern LED lights are cheap to run, low maintenance and long lasting, making them perfect for use on shop signage and business signage. For more information about having an illuminated shop sign designed, manufactured and installed for your business, contact Image Sign Studio on 0114 261 7617 to speak to a member of their team.

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Use a New Sheffield Shop Sign to Attract Customers over the Festive Season

According to Mintel’s Christmas 2014 predictions a huge 87% of all retail sales will be made in shops in December 2014. Online shopping has been a hot topic of conversation for a number of years now as footfall on British high streets has made a gradual, but significant, decrease. So although the number of people doing online shopping is set to rise again, there’s still plenty that will carry out their shopping in store.

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There’s nothing like going into a shop and physically holding a product, then to come home with the item in your shopping bag on that very day. For all the convenience of online shopping, there’s only so much you can find out about the item from looking at it on a screen and reading reviews. Image Sign Studio is well aware of the increasing popularity of online shopping, but they firmly believe that there is a lot of scope for retail shops to claim their fair share of the market.

Retail Spending in the UK on the Increase

Online business Website City AM recently reported that although fewer shoppers visited shopping centres and high streets this summer, retail spending was actually at it’s highest since January. The Director of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Helen Dickinson said that although footfall had decreased, the amount of money that was spent by shoppers per trip had actually increased.

Boost Festive Sales with a New Shop Sign Sheffield

One of the ways that you can attract these customers is by investing in a new shop sign Sheffield ready to catch those festive shoppers. As the nights draw in and the weather becomes autumnal, perhaps an illuminated shop sign Sheffield may be the perfect choice for your business?

Online shopping may be as popular as ever, but the research suggests that there is still an enormous amount of people stepping out on the high street, shopping centres and retail parks. Now is the time to ensure that you make the most of attracting the shoppers into your retail store. If you are looking for a shop sign Sheffield that will increase your visibility on the high street over the festive season, Image Sign Studio can help. The staff at Sheffield sign shop will offer you all the helpful advice and direction you need to ensure that your business makes a great first impression. Call them 0114 261 7617 for more information.