February / March 2023 - Issue 245 4 Business Opportunities Sign Fabrication 08Business MBO completed at graphics firm 53 24Company Spotlight swissQPrint Event Spotlight Printwear & Promotion LIVE! 31 Events WOO names Choucair as keynote speaker Taste for Success Textile & Garment Print 37 16 12 Kit & Media Brett Martin helps bolster Irish print industry 15 People Emerald House director named as awards finalist Focus On Sustainability Steps 26 Applications FASTSIGNS Leeds 'grapples' high seas 10 ISSUE 245February / March 2023 email: news@signlink.co.uk Publishing director Page Tuck Sales director Chris Davies Lead contributor Rob Fletcher Contributors Brian Sims, Stephen Jones, Joe Arenella Contact Editorial: 0117 980 5040 Sales: 0117 960 3255 Production: 0117 980 5041 Accounts: 0117 980 5042 Find us online www.signlink.co.uk @signlink @signlink @signlinkmagazine All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without the prior consent of the publisher. The views expressed by contributors to SignLink magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher or editorial team and Link Publishing Ltd. takes no responsibility for any errors that may have occurred. The publisher also accepts no responsibility for the advertising content, including any error, omission or inaccuracy therein. Calls may be recorded for training purposes. Link Publishing Ltd. retains the right to publish and re-publish any images or information sent to the publication. Link Publishing Ltd, Unit G, Link House, Britton Gardens, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 1TF Editor Carys Evans carys@linkpublishing.co.uk Online editor David Osgar david@linkpublishing.co.uk Production Shaun Edwards shaun@linkpublishing.co.uk Sales Tim Hall tim@linkpublishing.co.uk Sales Luke Stoneham luke@linkpublishing.co.uk Accounts Kathryn Quinn kat@linkpublishing.co.uk Office therapist Skye MEET THE Team GHOST SIGNS of the past Ghost signs are the hand-painted traces of history left behind as the modern day roars on. You may not notice them initially, but these snippets of traditional signage tell the stories of the advertisements of businesses and organisations gone by. In this new regular feature, Sam Roberts, author of Ghost Signs: A London Story, who has been documenting and researching these signs since 2006, will be exploring some of the ghost signs hidden in plain sight all around us. To find out more about Roberts’ work on ghost signs, you can visit his website www.ghostsigns.co.uk. Pictured: Possibly one of the most noticeable ghost signs in Bristol, this sign is the remnants of the Earl Russell Inn owned by hospitality group and owner of Premier Inn, Whitbread. According to whatpub.com, the community pub located on Lawrence Hill was converted into a training centre in 2005. @signlink @signlink @signlinkmagazine
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