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Maybe you are looking for that will stand the test of time. GRS Sign Company Limited makes engraved signs from a wide range of materials including but not limited to: brass, aluminium, acrylic, plastics and wood. We also make DDA-compliant, braille signs for the blind and tactile signs for the partially-sighted!

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Maybe you are looking for that will stand the test of time. GRS Sign Company Limited makes engraved signs from a wide range of materials including but not limited to: brass, aluminium, acrylic, plastics and wood. We also make DDA-compliant, braille signs for the blind and tactile signs for the partially-sighted!

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With a strong tradition of providing quality GRS also provides a wide diversity of styles and types - the vast majority of the NHS signs we produce are , made to specific orders by Trusts, hospitals, clinics, and surgeries the length and breadth of Britain. We follow the strict guidelines laid down by the NHS.

Interested in buying a sign? We are introducing our new customised sign process where you can pick from a current selection of mandatory signs, warning signs and prohibitive signs. Choose from a wide variety of symbols and options, and enter your own text to go with the sign. Our prices are very competitive and there is no difference in the quality of the end product by ordering online. See for yourself and customise a sign.

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    Aluminium Signs

    A heavy duty 11g aluminium sign with and vinyl lettering. To protect it from the elements and to help it last many years, a protective clear vinyl cover is applied on top.

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    Bespoke Signs

    All signs are really bespoke, some more than others. Here is an example of a highly customized sign using a variety of materials to create something truly unique.

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    Corporate Signs

    An elegant corporate sign this is constructing using clear perspex with reverse-cut applied to the underside. Fixed onto the wall using locators, this is a very stylish and sough-after corporate sign.

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    Modular Signs

    This highly bespoke modular sign is one that is made to order, one of several for the location. The lettering is applied using , with a clear protective vinyl overlay to alleviate vandalism and weathering.

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    Vehicle Livery

    It is not often that we get to take a photograph like this, matching livery on two vehicles, van and it's attached box trailer. This is clearly vehicle livery, by using applied , both of the same design with some minor alterations for size.

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    Wide Format Vinyl Printing

    Whether printing using or smaller pieces through vinyl cutting, the world of signs would be nothing without vinyl signs. This concave wall print is large, but printed to a fine focus, producing an excellent wall sign.


Archive for August, 2006, page 1

Classic Acrylic Wall Signs

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Acrylic is a much-overlooked material. It has become so ubiquitous in our society that it is as commonplace as wood, and yet it has fallen by the wayside in terms of technology and superceded by more advanced polymeric compounds.

But as a sign material, acrylic fits the bill in so many ways. It is versatile enough to be used in several different applications, it can be both utilitarian and decorative, and it lasts so long that recently, some employees noticed a sign belonging to a large building society in the UK that had been used for 40 years. Made from acrylic it just needed a clean every now and then and it was difficult to tell its age.

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The sign above is one that we have been recently using to showcase our products at a sign show. The interest in it is obvious, it is functional and attractive and being able to produce this in a variety of sizes it can accommodate nearly every logo or company name.

To the left, the sign is another example of this classy sign.

To read more information about this kind of sign, please visit our page.

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No Smoking Legislation & Signs

After designing a set of signs for a prominent educational facility, a discussion was started regarding the upcoming Health Bill enactments. The Health Bill will force all public places to ban smoking. Period.

For a sign company you can imagine the positive aspects of this, we hope that a lot more companies will realize their need for such signs, and use our online ordering systems to order their while they can get them. But the discussion centred around the position of most companies waiting until the last minute to buy them all in.

As of right now, UK companies have just under a year to prepare for this new legislation and get their workplaces properly outfitted with signage to remind employees of their obligation to not smoke.

To end this post, here are the Government’s proposals dealing with No Smoking Signs, section (7) of the :

(1) It is the duty of any person who occupies or is concerned in the management of smoke-free premises to make sure that no-smoking signs complying with the requirements of this section are displayed in those premises in accordance with the requirements of this section.

(2) Regulations made by the appropriate national authority may provide for a duty corresponding to that mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to—
(a) places which are smoke-free by virtue of section 4,
(b) vehicles which are smoke-free by virtue of section 5.

The duty is to be imposed on persons or descriptions of person specified in the regulations.

(3) The signs must be displayed in accordance with any requirements contained in regulations made by the appropriate national authority.

(4) The signs must conform to any requirements specified in regulations made by the appropriate national authority (for example, requirements as to content, size, design, colour, or wording).

(5) A person who fails to comply with the duty in subsection (1), or any corresponding duty in regulations under subsection (2), commits an offence.

(6) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (5) to show —
(a) that he did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that the premises were smoke-free (or, as the case may be, that the place or vehicle was smoke-free), or
(b) that he did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that no-smoking signs complying with the requirements of this section were not being displayed in accordance with the requirements of this section, or
(c) that on other grounds it was reasonable for him not to comply with the duty.

(7) If a person charged with an offence under subsection (5) relies on a defence in subsection (6), and evidence is adduced which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to that defence, the court must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.

(8) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding a level on the standard scale specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(9) The references in this section, however expressed, to premises, places or vehicles which are smoke-free, are to those premises, places or vehicles so far as they are smoke-free under or by virtue of this Part.

Given the current political climate and this Health Bill coming into force next year, it is more and more important that No Smoking signs be clearly posted and displayed so citizens can clearly understand where it is permissible to smoke. Employers could even be committing an offence by NOT displaying No Smoking signs!

While large companies might have large budgets for signage it is also important small- and medium-sized businesses to conform to the letter of the law. We think that our pricing is fair and honest, and suits the large as well as the small business – you can order hundreds of No Smoking signs, or just a few, and the choices available are numerous – 3 pages in all.

If you are looking at No Smoking signs right now – are you looking for anything in particular? Are you looking for a specific design? Give us your feedback and tell us what you think of our own signs.

Take a look at our online ordering system for No Smoking signs and decide for yourself.

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Tactile & Braille Online Ordering

A new addition to the ecommerce side of the site, we have now let the ordering go live. This is similar to the customise sign page, letting the customer select the symbol/text they want, colour, text colour and so on. As of right now it has a limited selection of symbols and text, as we want to see how well it is received before expanding it.

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College Sign, Healing School

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This college sign is an example of the melding of several different kinds of sign. First off, the educational nature is obvious, but you will also see the logo (the tree) as well as numerous other corporate logos in the section beneath.

The very bottom section of the sign is taken up by a small bit of , directing visitors to parts of the school.

The sign itself is constructed using , and fixed into place using posts.

This style of sign belongs to the aluminium signs,college signs,corporate signs,educational signs,wayfinding signs categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Alcohol-Related Injuries at Work

In a discussion recently, the issue of alcohol-related injuries at work was brought up. Clearly, no-one wants any injury to occur at work, but we have prepared ourselves for the eventuality, and as a sign company we have plenty of signage indicating the procedures to take in case of an accident.

However, this assumes one important thing – that the injury occurred on someone who was sober. What if an employee came to work in the morning and for whatever reason, was intoxicated, to any degree, a little or a lot. I should make it very clear right here, that it is our policy to send home any employee who is thought to be intoxicated. We do not tolerate that kind of behaviour.

After some thought though, it was suggested that breathalyzer tests might be implemented at work. It is an odd procedure to have to carry out mind you, can you imagine ‘spot’ breathalyzer tests, and having to explain them?

This leads us to think of the legal implications of course. What protection does the company have in terms of liability? If we permitted someone to work here who was slightly intoxicated, and they had an accident, would we be liable? What protections does the law provide the company in implementing such tests to prevent the issue of liability from even coming up?

Obviously this is not something that we can just implement at a whim, we have to be certain of our own protection, and the very protection we provide the other employees, before we instigate such a draconian method of enforcing sobriety. But on the other hand, to enforce sobriety in an individual might provide greater protection for all the other employees!

So, for those of us who are reading this and want to take part I have compiled a list of resources to browse through at your leisure, which I thought might be of some use to the discussion:

I should note that there is precious little information available online as to whether using a breathalyzer test is legal or not. Perhaps someone could add a comment if they find something useful regarding this subject?

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Safety & Directional Sign

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For most directional signs it is all they are, just pointing viewers in a direction to find an end point of their journey, short or long. In this case, a directional sign at a local power plant, you can see the small section at the very top, showing the speed limit.

This sign is made from and fixed to a column on site. The text is achieved via cut .

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New Labels

GRS has introduced a new line of labels that you can buy at our site. These labels come in 5 sheets of 6 labels. Choose your label from a mix of mandatory, prohibition, and warning safety symbols.

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