About Brand Consortia
BRANDING THE NATION
We design and create stunning signage and graphics, helping to connect people with brands.
We're passionate sign makers at heart. We design, manufacture and install signs, graphics and branding across all commercial environments throughout the UK. We have a very people-centered approach and try to build working relationships over the long term by actually delivering great service and value and not just talking about it.
We Get It
We understand the daily pressures our clients face. Tight deadlines, multiple stakeholders, live trading environments... we've seen it all, and we're always here to help.
End-to-End
Complete project management from survey through to sign-off. On time, on brand, on budget. One point of contact, one team, no loose ends.
See how we work →Promises Kept
We pride ourselves on delivering accurately and honestly. That's what keeps clients coming back, some for over a decade now.
Makers, Not Middlemen
Everything we sell, we make. Metal fabrication, CNC routing, large format print, powder coating, all under one roof in Greater Manchester. We built the factory workflow around the production sequence: raw materials in at one end, finished signage out the other.
When something needs adjusting at short notice, we walk it across the floor, not across a supply chain. That control is how we deliver consistently, site after site.
The factory, in facts
One Point of Contact. One Person Who Cares.
Every client gets a dedicated Project Manager. Not a call centre. Not a shared inbox. One person who knows your brand, your sites, your deadlines, and your stakeholders by name.
They don't hand off between departments. They walk the job through every stage, from first survey to final sign-off. Several of our PMs have been with us over a decade. That kind of experience doesn't get replaced by a process document.
Accredited, Audited, Accountable
SafeContractor accredited for over 10 years. Achilles BuildingConfidence CAS Gold. Zero RIDDOR reportable incidents. These aren't marketing badges. They're independently verified, renewed annually, and they mean our teams can work on your sites without you worrying about compliance.
We run an ISO 14001 environmental management system and are re-certifying under a new integrated management system. The same system carries ISO 9001 and adds ISO 45001.
Measured and Verified Every Year Since 2021. Not Since It Was Fashionable.
We have measured our carbon footprint to the GHG Protocol every year since 2021, and Carbon Footprint Ltd has verified every year. We then offset what remains at more than twice the verified total, through Verified Carbon Standard and Gold Standard projects. We pioneered the Sustainable Sign Scheme back in 2008, long before ESG was a procurement checkbox.
We reduce before we offset, in this order. Reduce, reuse and recycle inside the factory, with waste hand-sorted by our own licensed waste carrier team. Re-specify: we show clients modern alternatives to plastic-forward specs. Refit: between 2018 and 2021 we replaced the factory lighting and environmental conditioning, before our first verified footprint. Electrify: electric vehicles joined the fleet in late 2022. Source clean power: renewable-source factory electricity since August 2022. Then offset the remainder at more than twice the verified total. We keep that ratio deliberately high.
Electric vehicles joined the fleet in late 2022; between our 2022-23 and 2023-24 years petrol use fell from 4,376 litres to 187. Our company cars are electric; the vans still run on diesel, and the fleet is the next job.
We also wrote honestly about why 'recyclable' and 'recycled' mean very different things when it comes to signage materials.
Our People
We're around 35 people. Not a faceless corporation, not a one-man band. A proper team, in one building, who know each other's names and cover each other's backs.
Several of our team have been with us for over a decade... people who've grown with the business and whose expertise is genuinely irreplaceable. That kind of tenure doesn't happen by accident. It happens because people feel valued and enjoy what they do.
We invest continuously in our people and our equipment. From health surveillance and ongoing safety training to new machinery like our Swissqprint Nyala 3 flatbed printer and LP Channel Bender, we give our team the tools to produce their best work. When Brad bought the Nyala, he flew to Switzerland to see it built. That's the kind of business this is.
We also run 100% electric company cars, hand-sort our factory waste as a licensed waste carrier, and we've been pioneering sustainable signage since around 2008. We do these things because they matter, not because someone told us to.
Our Journey
Sustainable Sign Scheme
Pioneers of the industry's first sustainable signage programme, years before it became fashionable.
First Verified Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint Ltd verified our first annual footprint, for 2020-21, and has verified every year since. We offset the remainder at more than twice the verified total through Verified Carbon Standard and Gold Standard projects.
Achilles CAS Gold
Achieved Achilles BuildingConfidence CAS Gold site audit accreditation, independently validating our health, safety and environmental management.
CAS Gold Renewed
Second year of Achilles CAS Gold, demonstrating sustained commitment. Also investing in Swissqprint Nyala 3 for direct-to-board UV printing.
Adding 45001 & Re-certifying to ISO Standards
Re-certifying ISO 9001 and 14001 and adding ISO 45001 under a new integrated management system. Continuing to invest in people, equipment and the standards behind everything we do.
What Our Clients Say
Real feedback from long-standing partners.
"Brad quickly established himself as the go-to vendor. He and his team are flexible and responsive, rectifying any issue at his cost and always to my satisfaction. He runs his business in a way that promotes and cultivates long-term relationships."
Jason B.
Property Manager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK
"From start to finish, Brand did a brilliant job on a really tight timescale. They instinctively know what good customer service is and what the customer wants and expects, often exceeding this. When they say something will get done, it happens."
Paul J.
Head of UK Developments, Applegreen & Welcome Break
"There's no way we could have launched the way we did without all of your help. The store looks fantastic and the retailers have been complimenting it since day one."
Matt R.
Store Manager, SPAR (A.F. Blakemore)
Want to see it for yourself?
We're always happy to welcome visitors to our factory in Shaw. Come and see how we work, meet the team, kick the tyres.
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