Signs Express Convention cites market positivity
Craig Brown, managing director of Signs Express, has spoken out about the rising levels of positivity in the industry, explaining that the firm’s recent Convention event helped to showcase the amount of quality in the UK market.
Friday, 06 Jan 2017 11:57 GMT
(L to R) Comedian Stephen K Amos, who made a special appearance at the event, alongside Thomas and Anne Somers, winners of ‘Franchisee of the Year’, and Signs Express managing director Craig Brown
Staged at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire, the event paid tribute to franchisees in the Signs Express network, with the company handing out a number of awards to those that enjoyed particular success in 2016.
Thomas and Anne Somers from the Signs Express Lancaster branch went home with the ‘Franchisee of the Year’ award, while Louise Alford an apprentice with Signs Express Lincoln, won ‘Employee of the Year’.
“We hold the Convention every year so our franchisees can catch up with one another, key suppliers and the progress/future plans of the Franchise Support Centre,” Brown says.
In 2016, the event was bigger and better than ever, which reflects both the atmosphere in the signage industry at the minute, as well as our growth as the leading signs and graphics company in the UK and Ireland”
“In 2016, the event was bigger and better than ever, which reflects both the atmosphere in the signage industry at the minute, as well as our growth as the leading signs and graphics company in the UK and Ireland.”
Other awards that were handed out on the night included ‘Best Vehicle Graphics’, which went to Paul and Lynda Heywood from Signs Express Harlow for ‘What a Melon’, while Ben and Stephen Hall of Signs Express Central Lancashire won the ‘Best Exterior Sign’ award for Yo Burrito.
Meanwhile, Lee Eaton from Signs Express Manchester won ‘Best Interior Sign’, while Graham Casey picked up the award for ‘Most Unusual Design’.
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