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Archive for July, 2010

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London prepares for Olympic celebrations

With excitement for the 2012 Olympic Games building ever higher with each passing day, the residents of the nation’s capital are preparing for a four week celebration that will see a huge number of event signs, banners and posters decorate building’s and streets around London.
According to the London Evening Standard, hundreds of parties, concerts, events and [...]

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Tutorial Series: How To Assemble A Folding Stand

In the second part of our tutorial series on exhibition and event equipment we show you how to quickly and easily assemble a folding stand.

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Tutorial Series: How To Assemble A Pop Up Stand

In this first part of our tutorial series for exhibition and event product we will be looking at how to assemble a pop up stand.

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Where to Exhibit: Choosing the Right Event

So you have decided that exhibiting would fit well with your marketing strategy but how do you decide which exhibition to book space at? In this guide we will be looking at some of the factors to consider when choosing an exhibition for your business.

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How To Get More People To Your Event

Working in the event supplies industry, we have helped companies increase event customers using tried and tested methods such as advertising banners & flags, bill boards and posters, to name but a few.
These methods are great for drawing attention in the physical world, but there are also simple methods to make your event an even grater success with the use of online tools, as outlined below.

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Posters labelled childish and immature

Keep Britain tidy has been forced to defend their latest adverts after campaigners labelled it ‘childish and immature.’
Whilst many will see the funny side of the campaigns image of four posteriors, below large format printing advising consumers to ‘bend over and think of England- pick up litter and bin it!’ the Plain English Campaign is [...]

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How to Get 100% Free Advertising on Google

Did you know you can get your business ranked number 1 on Google for free using Google Maps & Google Local Business Center?
Google Local helps your advertisements show up in Google searches that are made in close proximity to your business which will help you get more traffic, leads and ultimately sales.

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Britain’s most confusing street sign

A lamp-post in London containing parking restrictions has been labelled Britain’s most confusing street sign.
With no less that six panelled signs on the lamp-post, both motorists and parking wardens alike have been left baffled trying to decipher exactly what the sign says.
The signs include a match and event information line and instructions for paying by phone, in addition [...]

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Vintage film posters to be auctioned

A man in Alberta, Canada, is auctioning 40 film posters he found in his house which date back to the days of silent cinema.
Blair Pitre came across the vintage posters two weeks after he moved into the property, back in 2007. Some of the posters date back as far as the late 1920s and early 1930s, [...]

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Ryanair prints ad apologising to Sir Stelios

Low cost airline Ryanair, have taken out prominent ads in the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian newspapers apologising for previous adverts, which referred to EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou as “EasyJet’s- Mr Late Again.”
In the past, the two budget airlines have used adverts knocking each other, but today, Ryanair have been forced to issue a grovelling apology. [...]

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Top Ten Classic Movie Posters

Here’s our list of top ten movie posters charting the evolution of film promotion and poster design. Feel free to comment if you agree with us or think we’ve missed a classic movie poster.
10. E.T (1982)

9. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

8. Rocky (1976)

7. Vertigo (1958)

6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

5. Jaws (1975)

4. Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Garden centre owner must remove 53 year old sign

A garden centre owner has been told to remove a sign he erected more than half a century ago because it does not have planning permission.
Aberdeenshire Council, told Swailend Nurseries owner Mike Duncan to remove the wooden signage because it is distracting passing motorists.
The sign, which stands on the side of the A947, has been in place [...]

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Discount Displays Expand Printing Operations with UK First

Croydon-based print business Discount Displays have expanded their printing capabilities with the UK’s first eco-friendly HP Designjet L25500.

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Private hire taxis must display signs

Private hire taxis in Cardiff will now have to display signs on their doors, indicating that they must be pre-booked.
The decision was made by Cardiff Council following a meeting with the public protection committee, during which professionals from the private and public hire taxis trade gave their views.
According to the story in The Guardian, the request for [...]

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Road signs direct motorists to unbuilt hospital

Road signs have been erected directing motorists to a new hospital in Bristol, which doesn’t open for another two years.
The signage, which has been put up near Hengrove Park, gives directions to a new minor injuries unit at South Bristol Community Hospital, but the spot is currently a building site, as the hospital is not due to start [...]

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Council signage used to reinforce booze ban

Derry City Council have erected signage across the city to help enforce new legislation which bans drinking in public.
The new alcohol bye-law means the city council can prosecute offending drinkers reported by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), as well as issuing a maximum fine of £500.
The signs, which state that it is an offence to drink [...]

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Diesel poster campaign banned by ASA

Fashion label Diesel’s latest poster campaign has been banned, being labelled ’offensive’ and encouraging of anti-social behaviour.
One of the adverts for the clothing chain, showed a young woman climbing a ladder and lifting her top to flash at a security camera. In the other, the model was seen to be taking a photograph down the front of her bikini bottoms, [...]

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