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Safecontractor
We are pleased to confirm that after an assessment by the Safecontractor team our licence has been renewed which demonstrates the high standard and continual commitment of Health and Safety that we have obtained within our business. John Kinge, Head of Risk Assessment said, "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound healt[...]
Exporter of the year finalist
In the last 12 months John Anthony Signs have exported just under £2,000,000.00 into 52 countries and continue to strengthen our international abilities. This was recognised by the East of England UK Trade and Industry who nominated us for exporter of the year award. John Anthony Signs were 1 of 70 companies that were selected and after a presentation to a panel of judges we were shortlisted with[...]
Shell Eco Marathon
As part of our strategy to be at the forefront of innovation, when Belfair’s Technology College approached us in 2007 to sponsor a car that they were developing for the Shell eco marathon, that was able to achieve 4,500 miles to the gallon, we jumped at the chance. Since that day we have continued to sponsor the car until Ian Bushall, the man who was the main driving force behind this develop[...]
Signs Last 30 Years
Although it is the norm for signage to be replaced every 7-10 years, it is nice to know that the John Anthony Signs team build signs to last. Many companies talk about quality but when the signs were replaced at Harrow Inn in Cheam we uncovered one of our original sign labels from 30 years ago. We have had 4 rebrands since then. The company has quadrupled in size, installed signage internationall[...]
Archer
When Archer found themselves let down by an incumbent sign supplier, the designer of their new corporate identity knew who to call to get things back on track. The Archer brand needed extensive R&D and prototyping, site surveys and visuals of the proposed schemes and John Anthony Signs got to work straight away. Sites were surveyed in the UK, Middle East and Scandinavia. The sites included [...]
Global Switch
Global Switch are one of the largest data storage companies in the world with offices spanning the globe. JAS were appointed to advise, research, prototype and develop the brand with the Marketing team in the UK office, to agree the specification for the global roll out. The brief included high level logos, internal reception signs and a way finding system throughout each facility. The largest [...]
Cabot Circus Rebrand
When the largest shopping centre in Bristol needed rebranding, John Anthony Signs were called in to help. We worked closely with the architect Rawls and the main contractor Lancer Scott, to ensure we could be as proactive as possible throughout the process Products that were manufactured included, illuminated free standing and wall mounted directories and circular flex faces, halo lit building l[...]
Constructionline accreditation
One of the obvious challenges for any buyer is who they should select as the right choice of company that they know is a reputable and professional organisation in whom they can trust. To assist this process, we are pleased to announce that John Anthony Signs has successfully joined Constructionline's register of pre-qualified suppliers. This achievement runs alongside the other accreditation[...]
Receiving the prize…
Following the recent launch of our new identity, we are pleased to announce the winner of our iPad competition. There were many correct entries and the lucky winner was Andrew Linares of Dalziel + Pow Andrew received the good news whilst on holiday chilling out on a sunbed in the south of France! Needless to say he was thrilled at the news and has had a smile on his face ever since. Thank yo[...]
Tesco
After "hitting a brick wall" with their incumbent supplier to find a solution to branding the Gillingham store's distinctive water tower, Tesco turned to John Anthony Signs to come up with a solution. Due to the unusual material used to construct the tower, vinyl couldn't be used, so we simply used our traditional skills of sign writing to achieve an excellent result. Not only did we find a [...]
And the winner is…
Thanks to everyone who took part in our Whose sign? competition to name the brands behind the signs and win an iPad 2. Quite a few people got them all spot on – so we drew the winner’s name out of the proverbial hat. And the winner was… Andrew Linares at Dalziel & Pow. Well done Andrew. Here are the correct answers. 1 BankMuscat Fifty degree heat, regular sandsto[...]
New Branding – JAS gets a ‘new look’
We have launched our new identity. We believe the new brand is fresh, clean and progressive and gives us the chance to “shout out” to our clients that we are still investing and going from strength to strength as we come out of the recession. This change in identity also represents many of the changes that we are making to improve our business over the coming year as we strive to achieve I[...]
Cabot Circus
John Anthony Signs have been awarded the prestigious contract to manufacture, manage and install the rebranding of Bristol’s largest shopping centre, Cabot Circus. After a hard fought tender, we were awarded the contract based on our ability to deliver a quality product, hassle free and at a competitive price. Cabot Circus is owned by Land Securities and Hammerson and after the successful imp[...]
New Operations Director
Some say that you should never leave a company and then return, but in the case of James Hawkes the results could not have been better for his personal career and development. James worked for John Anthony Signs from 2003 to 2006 as a project manager and then left to further his career as an engineer in developing the Norwegian Military Mobile Medical Unit, and subsequently with Heywood Tyler in h[...]
McLaren
The name ‘McLaren’ is synonymous with high performance cars, pushing the boundaries and excellence, so when Fitch of London were awarded a global branding contract to open showrooms all across the globe, JAS were the perfect partner. We proposed state of the art sign manufacturing solutions to develop a crisp, clean, energy efficient, well engineered solution to the Fitch sign branding manu[...]
Olympics 2012
Millions of sports fans and tourists will find their way around East London with the help of John Anthony Signs. We won a contract in 2010 through Compete For for around £80,000. The work has already been completed and signs have been installed on footpaths and river walks which will direct tourists during the 2012 Games. This was a significant opportunity for JAS to be able to provide som[...]