Signs & Large Format Print
Shop signs in a World Heritage city
Much of central Edinburgh, the Old Town and the New Town, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with conservation areas and a large number of listed buildings. That shapes shop signs in Edinburgh more than in most UK cities. On the Royal Mile, around Grassmarket or on George Street, what tends to work is individual letters fixed to the fascia, often non-illuminated or halo-lit rather than face-lit, a modest projecting sign and lettering on the glass, rather than a large internally lit box.
Signs usually need advertisement consent from the City of Edinburgh Council as the planning authority, and listed building consent may also apply. We do not apply on your behalf or give legal advice. What we do is prepare the material an application normally needs: a photomontage of the shopfront, dimensioned drawings, fixing details, projection and illumination. A technical drawing or installation visual costs from approx. €85 net.
Built-up letters: options and prices
| Letter type | Where it suits in Edinburgh | From approx. (net) |
|---|---|---|
| Non-illuminated letters in Dibond or acrylic | listed fascias, stone frontages | €16 each |
| Halo-lit letters | restaurants, hotels, boutiques | €55 each |
| Front-lit letters | modern frontages, retail parks | €46 each |
| Front and halo-lit letters | frontages that must read from a distance | €70 each |
| Coated styrofoam letters | festival sets, interiors, events | €13 each |
| LED logo with 3D-printed parts, h = 30 cm | complex logo shapes | €45 per part |
Letters are cut on our CNC router and laser, assembled and LED-fitted in our workshop, and tested lit before packing. Each set ships with a full-size drilling template and a wiring diagram, so your installer only has to transfer the template to the stone. For fixings into historic masonry, tell us what the planning consent allows and we drill the letters to suit. Ranges: built-up letters and signage manufacturer.
- 01Brief
Description, sizes, site photos and deadline — a few sentences are enough.
- 02Design and quote
Our designers prepare artwork or a visualisation and you get a price.
- 03Approval
You approve the design; for brand colours we provide a proof.
- 04Production
35+ machines in our own plant in Poland: 3.2 m UV print, CNC, laser, 3D, sewing.
- 05Installation or delivery
Own crews and vehicles across Europe, partner network, couriers worldwide.
Events, festivals and conferences
Edinburgh fills up with festival-goers every summer, and much of what agencies order for the city is temporary: venue branding, banners, barrier covers, pop-up walls, flags and directional signs that go up for a few weeks. Coated 510 g PVC banners cost approx. €7–13 net per m², mesh for scaffolding approx. €7–17 net per m² depending on weight, feather flags from approx. €47 net with pole.
For conferences, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) is the main venue in the city; larger shows run at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, next to the airport. We deliver pop-up fabric walls (from approx. €400 net), counters (from approx. €210 net) and roll-ups (from approx. €55 net) within the build-up slot. Rugby at Murrayfield brings sponsor boards, press backdrops and hospitality branding. See exhibition graphics printing and banner printing.
Hotels and offices
Hotels, serviced apartments and offices in Edinburgh order interior signage as much as frontage signs: room numbers, directories and wayfinding in acrylic or Dibond (approx. €35–60 net per m²), frosted window film for meeting rooms (approx. €12–21 net per m²) and wall graphics. For a building-wide scheme, a site survey costs approx. €85 net and is credited against the production order.
- 24 hexpress printing (UV inks need no drying)
- approx. 3 daysstandard lead time
- up to 14 dayslarge and custom projects with installation
Plus courier delivery. Tell us your date — we plan production around it.
Delivery to Edinburgh
- Road distance from our plant: approx. 2,180 km, 23–24 hours of driving including the crossing.
- Delivery: about 2 working days after the van leaves.
- Standard production approx. 3 working days; 24 h express print approx. +40%; large projects up to approx. 14 days plus transport.
- Export paperwork for the UK is handled with our forwarders and the time is built into the schedule; ask us about delivery terms. Prices can be quoted in GBP on request.
We have no office in Edinburgh. Our head office and main production plant are in Wieluń, Poland, where we have been producing since 1991 on more than 35 machines. Our vans run across Europe every day.
Installation and agencies
Our two-person crews cost approx. €42 net per hour and travel for approx. €1 net per km for the round trip, which comes to roughly €4,400 for Edinburgh; so for a single shopfront we deliver ready to fit to a partner fitter or your own installer, and send our crew for larger or multi-site work. Agencies can order on a white label basis, with neutral packaging and an NDA if needed.
We also deliver to…
- London: agency work, ExCeL and Olympia, shop signs
- Birmingham: NEC exhibition stands, retail signs
- Manchester: scaffold banners, stadium and event branding
- Glasgow: SEC exhibition stands, shop signs, event graphics
- Leeds: multi-site retail rollouts, shop signs, Yorkshire venues
- Bristol: hoarding and scaffold banners, light boxes, shop signs
- Dublin: EU delivery without customs, RDS and Convention Centre Dublin
- Across Europe: delivery and installation in Europe
Some of our projects for retail chains, sports clubs and institutions are shown in our case studies.