Pavement Signs and A-Boards

High-Impact Pavement Signs – Customisable, Durable, and Perfect for Promotions

Also known as swing signs or pavement signs, these are a hugely popular way of driving customers to your door. They are ideal for a range of uses, from simple messages pointing people to your premises to product awareness or promoting sales and special offers. A-Boards are available in many different styles and sizes, including economy versions, chalkboard style or with pockets for interchangeable posters, allowing you to change the information displayed with ease.

Here are some of the ways they can be used:

High Street shops and retail outlets want to promote themselves and advertise special deals and offers. Especially effective for businesses that are obscured from main thoroughfares or slightly off the beaten track.
Restaurants, bistros, cafes, and bars want to show off their menu, dining promotions, specials boards or happy hours. The option of interchangeable posters enables the flexibility of promoting one-off deals or information that is constantly changing, such as seasonal produce and events.
Exhibitors at shows, fetes, and outside attractions can benefit from having a sign that is not only portable but also eye-catching. Ideal for any trader, retailer or food concessionary that wants to stand out from the crowd.

So don’t let business pass you by. We have a massive range that will suit every budget as well as an in-house design service to help maximise their effectiveness.

Help, I’m not sure what A-Board or Pavement Sign is best for me?!

Choosing a pavement sign can depend on a few variables;

The space you have – for advertising and for storage.

Think about where your sign will sit both when it is advertising and when it is stored.

For example; an A-Board signs fold up and can stored like a fold up chair and are great for small messages, events, and shops. A Swinger or Ecoflex sign has a large base and may be heavier to lift about but is ready to go and has movement from the central panel. The larger Forecourt type signs have built-in wheels and can be moved with a transit trolley, as the name suggests these are very large, starting at A1 size and are made for petrol stations, car parks and larger empty expanses where they need to stand out.

How often would you need to update it?

Think about its message. Updated daily, regularly or rarely?

A-Boards and Pavement Signs can be manufactured with printed panels, poster inserts or chalkboard material. So your message could be fixed, or you could have printed posters updated regularly which can be switched in and out, or the chalkboard displays can be changed as often as required with special pens.

The panel on a Swinger pavement sign can be clipped on and off the frame, so you could have a rotation of panels, or update the print on them if you don’t wish to have a poster insert.

What does it need to endure?

Pavement signs are built differently.

A-Boards come in a variety of frames, some more durable that others, with wider bases, legs and larger, heavier frames. A simple budget A-Board will fold out but won’t last long in outdoor weather, but can be great for small indoor messages. Swinger and Ecoflex pavement signs have wide circular bases, ideal for outdoor weather and the panels have a certain amount of flexibility. Forecourt signs are built for less sheltered areas, with a steel frame and water filled base, they are less likely to be moved about, but are then harder to store.

Match your style

Think about your brand, event or message.

If you are an artisan bakery a wooden frame chalkboard with daily handwritten bakes would be a great fit.
If you have a high street business, an EcoSwinger with poster inserts could be great. With great durability it could be used regularly, but the poster inserts allow updated prints to be inserted, whatever your message. Add a tactical header to the top and sides with your creative, so your brand can be clear as possible without updates.
If you need to be seen from the roadside, a large forecourt sign such as the Sightmaster 3, which has a spring mounted poster display with anti-glare, allowing for wind movement and protecting from UV fade could be a solid investment.