Sign makers serving Derby Signage in Derby,
Signage in Derby,
thirty minutes from our factory.
Derby is our nearest city and one of our busiest. Sixteen miles down the A52 means a survey this week, a fitting team that is not charging you for a hotel, and somebody who can come back out if a lamp fails in eighteen months.
Sixteen miles down the A52 — our fitters are in Derby and back inside a working day.
- Free survey
- Made in our own factory
- Fitted by our own teams
16 miles
From our factory to Derby
4,500+
Shops on our books
30 years
In the industry
3,500 sq ft
Showroom you can walk round
Derby streets
Which signs work on Derby streets?
Derby trades in two halves and they want different signs. The Cathedral Quarter and Sadler Gate are independent, tight-fronted and heavily conservation-controlled — that is hand-painted, hand-made, sympathetic work. The Derbion end and the suburban parades through Allestree, Mickleover and Chaddesden are competing for people in cars, which is an illumination and legibility problem. Sending the same sign to both is how money gets wasted.
We survey the site ourselves rather than asking you to measure the fascia. We draw it, make it in our own factory, and our own fitters put it up — no subcontractor who has never seen the artwork turning up with a ladder. One price covers the design, the manufacture, the installation and the electrics, and you get the date at the point of order.
Why businesses here use us
How does BD Signs help Derby businesses?
Being noticed, and still looking right in 10 years. On a Derby frontage, BD Signs says both come down to parts you never see — the metal, the welds, the fixings and the lamps.
Legible at thirty miles an hour
Allestree, Mickleover and Chaddesden are read through a windscreen, not from the pavement. That means fewer words, deeper letters and hard contrast against the building behind. Get it right and you are read from a hundred yards; get it wrong and people find you on their phone instead.
Fabricated, not flat-pack
A bought-in tray arrives as folded panels, and the corners are where that kind of sign gives up first. We cut, fold and weld ours in our own factory, then powder-coat them to your RAL, so the tray is one rigid piece rather than a kit held together at the joints.
Colour that does not go pink
Reds and oranges are the first to fade, and a faded fascia makes a good business look tired. We use UV-stable acrylic, laminate the printed work and powder-coat rather than wet-spray, so the colour you sign off is the colour on the wall in five years.
Sixteen miles if it ever needs us
Quality is also what happens afterwards. We made it, so we can fix it — a driver, a panel, a knock from a delivery lorry. Being half an hour down the A52 means that is a phone call and a visit, not a claim form and a fortnight.
Exterior signage
Which shop front signs work outside in Derby?
Outside, BD Signs's Derby customers mostly order built-up letters, panel tray & light box, projection signs and hand painted & hand made. All of them are made in our own Nottingham factory and fitted by our own teams. Tap any sign for how it is built.
Interior signage
Which interior signs keep Derby customers in?
Inside the door in Derby, BD Signs is usually asked for built-up letters, hand painted & hand made, internal signage and counter branding, specified as one scheme with the frontage. Tap any sign for how it is built.
Survey, design, manufacture, fit
How is a Derby sign made?
Sixteen miles down the A52 — our fitters are in Derby and back inside a working day. Four stages, one company, one price.
- 1
Survey
Free, on your site in Derby.
- 2
Design
Drawn and shown on your building first.
- 3
Manufacture
In our own Nottingham factory.
- 4
Installation
Our own fitters. Electrics tested and signed off.
Got a frontage in Derby?
Send us a photo of it and the name above the door. We will tell you what the building will take and what it costs.
Our work
What suits a Derby frontage?
Real BD Signs installs from across the UK, led by the panel tray & light box, built-up letters and hand painted & hand made that Derby businesses ask for most. Every one made in our own factory and fitted by our own teams.
Brands we make signs for
Signage for Pret A Manger, Wendy's, Heavenly Desserts, Sushi Mania, FSW and Harry Ramsden's — and for several thousand family businesses, who get the same drawings, the same factory and the same fitters.
Derby signage FAQ
Questions we get asked in Derby
Can I ask Derby City Council about a sign before applying?
Yes. Derby City Council runs a paid pre-application advice service for businesses, and advertisement proposals are one of the things it covers. It is worth using for a listed frontage or a sign in the Cathedral Quarter or Friar Gate conservation areas. BD Signs can supply the drawings and site photographs that make the advice request worth having.
Do you charge extra to come out to Derby?
No. The survey is free and the installation is priced into the job rather than bolted on afterwards as mileage. Sixteen miles down the A52 is a normal working day for our teams, not a trip that has to earn its keep in the quote.
Can you make a sign for a shop in the Cathedral Quarter?
Yes. A conservation area brings extra control over what can go on the frontage, which is why work there often ends up hand-painted, individually pin-fixed or externally lit rather than a large internally lit box. We survey the building, tell you what it will take, and prepare the drawings for the application.
How long will a Derby shopfront take?
Three to four weeks from artwork sign-off for most fronts, and you get the fitting date when you order rather than after. We are not queuing behind another factory's production, because it is our factory.
We have several sites across Derbyshire. Can you do them all?
That is a large part of what we do. One set of drawings, one specification, and a rollout schedule that fits your trading hours rather than ours. Over 4,500 shops are on our books and a good many of them are groups, not single units.
Elsewhere
Other cities we make signs for
“Excellent service as normal — have used BD Signs for the last 20 years and they have always been very helpful and delivered on time and on price!”
“Contacted BD Signs to update my menu boards and they were extremely professional and helpful with all my requirements. A big thank you to Mr Dickman for all your help and generosity.”
Book your survey
Come and see us.
Sixteen miles down the A52 — our fitters are in Derby and back inside a working day. Bring a photo of your frontage and we will quote the whole job as one price.
Or email info@bdsigns.co.uk — we answer everything the same working day.