July/August Contents P38 REGULARS:


33 Marketing Advice With Colin Sinclair McDermott aka The Online Print Coach


36 A Touch of the Traditional With Perry Eales of Perry Signs London


42 The BSGA Column With David Allen of The British Sign & Graphics Association


43 The Knowledge Hub With the BSGA and its committees


69 It’s A Sign To… With John Davies of FASTSIGNS UK


5 Editor’s Letter An overview of what’s included in the July/August issue


NEWS:


6 Industry News Market and industry updates


20 People News


The most recent appointments and promotions


22 Installation News The latest equipment and machinery installations


28 Project News The most up-to-date industry projects The team


MANAGING EDITOR (MATERNITY LEAVE): Melanie Attlesey, editor@signupdate.co.uk ACTING EDITOR:


Benjamin Austin, editor@signupdate.co.uk


ASSISTANT EDITOR: Ana Lambert, editor@signupdate.co.uk


ADVERTISING MANAGER: Krysan Hallett, khallett@datateam.co.uk


70 Sign Maker Advice With Paul Hughes of Sign Making Tools


FEATURES:


34 Special Report With out of home advertising becoming increasingly more prevalent we looked at WOO’s annual congress back in June for a deeper dive into the industry


38 Special Report Acting editor, Benjamin Austin, put his hand to vinyl wrapping when he visited Paige Walton and The Vehicle Wrapping Academy


44 FESPA Review


Sign Update delved into the highlights of the FESPA show in Barcelona this year


54 WrapFest Review


Dive into the highlights to be found at this year’s WrapFest, which co-located with FESPA


56 Focus on Garment & Textile Printers Read more on the garment and textile printers that are available to the industry


62 Focus on Rigid


& Flexible Substrates Look at what’s on offer within rigid and flexible substrates for the industry


65 Industry Advice


In a special column from All Print Supplies, they look into how to diversify through architectural films


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66 Focus on Software An insight into the software that operate key components, such as printers and design templates


LISTINGS: 71 Buyers Guide


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