Chalkboards Uk

Start 2012 with 12% from us!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:11:29 PST

Chalkboards UK would like to wish everyone a Happy and prosperous New Year for 2012!

It seems only yesterday we were breaking up for the long anticipated festive holidays doesn't it? But nevertheless it's good to be back (honest) and time to start working hard again.

So, first job back was to help out our customers, by offering an extra 12% discount on every shopping basket. We know January is a slow time of the year in the on-trade, so why not get a chalkboard to highlight any events you have coming up! It's the time of year when we all need to be proactive and what better way to promote your business than on a blackboard. Inside or outside your establishment its a cheap and effective way of marketing! Trust us - the feedback we've had over the years confirms that most pubs, restaurants and shops can't do without them now!

Don't forget to ask about having your logo screen printed onto your chalkboards - it really does add value to the product. We only charge for set up costs so have as many of the same sized boards printed and don't pay any extra.

Chalkboards UK are your One-Stop-Shop for Blackboards, Menu Holders, A-Boards, Easels,Poster Displays, Home Chalkboards and much, much more!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact CUK on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

ChalkboardsUK Invest in New CNC Machine

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:15:51 PDT

Chalkboards UK Invest in New CNC Machine

Chalkboards UK have once more demonstrated their commitment to improving services to their customers with a £30,000 investment in a new CNC machine.

The new CNC cutter has already clocked up over 2500 hours of work as it’s got its rather sharp teeth into a whole range of existing and new shapes.

For those of you who don’t know, CNC stands for Computer Numerically Controlled - and what that means is that our chief technical machinist – Fred Inchley - locks himself away with a computer for a few hours and comes up with a repeating design that when plugged into the machine is endlessly cut from sheets of MDF.

The combination of a clever Fred and a clever machine mean that we can take a customer’s idea for a new board and then cut that shape effectively and repeatedly. We then paint and print the shaped board so that we end up with a cheaply produced and beautifully finished chalkboard.

The Pint shaped chalkboards was one of the first jobs to go through.

We also did a drinks paddle for one of the breweries – we thought this would look good with a red handle and commemorative print of a test match! Anyone for cricket?

Promote the Rugby World Cup!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:11:01 PDT

The Rugby World Cup is last than a week away...

So, are you ready?
Is your establishment showing the games?
If not, Why not?
If you are, then do your customer's know?
If not, then use our fantastic pre-printed A board to highlight the games!

What's more, is that the boards are reversible, so when there isn't a game simply turn the panels around and chalk your own message!

In this economic climate we can't just sit around waiting for customers, being proactive has to be the way forward! This A board can be delivered to you for under £100 ex VAT. What are you waiting for?!?

Chalkboards UK are your One-Stop-Shop for Blackboards, Menu Holders, A-Boards, Easels,Poster Displays, Retail Displays, Home Chalkboards and much, much more!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact CUK on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

Summer Wine Offer

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:50:14 PDT

ChalkboardsUK's Summer Wine Offer is here just in time to accompany those summer BBQs.

This refreshing bottle of Rose is free for all online orders over the value of £75. So, if you were to purchase just one of the A Boards your most likely to receive the free offer! That's fantastic value when you consider our prices are already unbeatable!

Don't forget this FREE bottle of wine and Cool Bag offer is on top of all our other great savings you will find at www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk

We offer a discount of over 20% on at least one product whichin each section of the website. So, whatever you are looking for - ChalkboardsUK should have an offer right up your street

Chalkboards UK are your One-Stop-Shop for Blackboards, Menu Holders, A-Boards, Easels, Poster Displays, Retail Displays, Home Chalkboards and much, much more!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact CUK on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

Sporting Events in May

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:15:33 PDT

New Website

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:58:25 PDT

Chalkboards UK Launches New Website

Over the past few months, Porter & Woodman Group has been working hard to launch its new Chalkboards UK website.

We're proud to announce that the wait is now over as the new site went live last week.

The whole Group has contributed to the launch, writing copy, developing new products, taking pictures and formatting them for the web.

The new site is easier-to-use and has a much cleaner design, with clearer sections, helping visitors find what they're looking for much faster.

Print Services, the print department of P&W, has designed the Chalkboards UK newsletter - Chalk It Up! and a new Chalkboards presenter will be completed soon, reflecting the look and feel of the new site.

FREE Pen offer for St. Patrick's day

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:00:57 PST

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the 18th March this year, Chalkboards UK are offering a Free Pack of Assorted Coloured Chalk Pens (P380) when you order over £75 (ex VAT) worth of chalkboards.

In order to take advantage of this offer please quote 'Free Pen Offer' over the phone or type 'Free Pen Offer' in the notes section when ordering online.

All pubs, clubs and restaurants shouldn't miss out on advertising the lucrative St. Patrick's day and hopefully a Free Pack of Assorted Coloured Chalk Pens will go a long way in helping you do so!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

Poster Printing SALE at Chalkboards UK

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:17:29 PST

Prices Reduced for Poster Printing

Thanks to increased volumes in recent months and an improvement in the price of materials, Print Services from Porter & Woodman has been able to drop the price of its poster printing.

Print Services has been supplying large format printing for the last 5 years at very competitive prices, but higher volumes of print have led to an incredible drop in prices!

Posters are printed using an Epson 9600 inkjet on 190gsm silk art paper to photo quality. The new prices excluding VAT are as follows:

A1 - £12.00
A2 - £7.00
A3 - £4.00
A4 - £2.50
Double-Crown (30" x 20") - £10.00
There's also a 10% discount on these prices if you order 10 or more posters.

Water-resistant dye-sublimation posters are also available for outside use - prices on application.

Our ChalkboardsUK division also offers a comprehensive range of poster holders and display solutions that compliment perfectly the poster printing offered by Print Services.

For more information on any Porter & Woodman Group products, please call us on 01384 445844.

Free Delivery - Just a few days left!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:20:12 PST

Chalkboards UK's free delivery offer is ending soon so be quick to get your order in before the end of February - which is this Monday!

We are your One-Stop-Shop for Blackboards, Menu Holders A-Boards, Easels, Poster Displays, Retails Displays, Home Chalkboards and much, much more!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

New Home Range

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:22:48 PST

Want a chalkboard in your kitchen? Or perhaps a funky toybox for your children? Then our new Home Range will be right up your street. We have everything chalkboard related that your home will need.

Our latest additions to the new range are the Heart Shaped Chalkboards, Chalkboard Storage Boxes, Chalkboard Toy Box, Chalkboard Week Planner and Chalkboard Table Mats.

PLUS we are still offering free delivery on all items if you order over £75 worth ex VAT. So we'll foot the bill for all those bulky blackboards that take alot of packing and transporting.

Don't forget though, this offer is only available in February so make sure your order is completed by Monday 28th February!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

Free Delivery

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:19:44 PST

First of all it's a massive Happy New Year to you all from everyone at Chalkboards Uk.

We all know about the VAT rise that happened on the 4th January, so in order to combat this, Chalkboards Uk have decided to offer FREE delivery, on all web orders over the value of £75 (ex VAT).

This fantastic promotion is on top of current Special Offers, so massive savings can be found throughout the site.

Don't forget though, this offer is only available in January so make sure your order is completed by Monday 31st January!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.com

Wind Resistant A Board Chalkboards

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:22:24 PST

In light of the current blustery weather conditions the UK is currently being hit with, Chalkboards UK has decided to offer a fantastic 20% discount on their Heavyweight A Boards.

The product was especially designed for these conditions, especially as there is a metal chain between the two boards, that allows a sand bag to be used for that extra stability. Other key features of the robust A board are:

Water Resistant
Heavyweight
Available in 3 sizes (upto 6ft tall)
Stainless steel fixtures
Rubber feet

The 20% discount is only for a limited time though so order now to make sure you don't miss out!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

Easy To Clean Chalkboards

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:03:37 PDT

It's your last chance to take advantage of our Easiclean Chalkboard SALE. You have until Friday 22nd October to receive at least a 10% discount of the range!

Our Easy To Clean Blackboards do exactly what it says of the tin! They are easy to clean when it comes to wiping both Liquid Chalk Pens and your Standard Stick Chalk from our chalkboards. A perfect solution - gone are the days where you spend ages trying to wipe the excess chalk off rough surfaces!

In order to clean a chalkboard from the Easy to Clean range, just use our Chalkboard Duster and Eraser Pen to get that perfect black finish back! Use the Eraser Pen over the writing and then remove excess chalk and liquid with the Chalkboard Duster! No shadowing, no ghosting just a great looking board ready to re-write those fantastic offers you have!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

The Easiclean Chalkboards SALE is on until 22nd October 2010, but stocks may not last that long, so hurry and ORDER NOW!

Extended SUMMER SALE - One week to go (honestly)!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:01:11 PDT

Chalkboards UK's extended Summer Sale has just one week to go! Hurry and take advantage of the great savings that can be made. At Chalkboards UK, we are offering up to a MASSIVE 33% OFF selected products in our chalkboards range PLUS an extra 10% off everything if you order 10 or more!

SO, that's a possible 43% saving that could be made today!

Take a look at the Chalkboards UK website, there's loads of products with either 20% or 33% OFF, so ORDER NOW and the discount will automatically be taken off your order.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

The BIG Summer Chalkboards SALE is on until 17th September 2010, but stocks may not last that long, so hurry and ORDER NOW!

SUMMER SALE - One week to go!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:43:22 PDT

Chalkboards UK's Summer Sale has just one week to go! Hurry and take advantage of the great savings that can be made. At Chalkboards UK, we are offering up to a MASSIVE 33% OFF selected products in our chalkboards range PLUS an extra 10% off everything if you order 10 or more!

SO, that's a possible 43% saving that could be made today!

Take a look at the Chalkboards UK website, there's loads of products with either 20% or 33% OFF, so ORDER NOW and the discount will automatically be taken off your order.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

The BIG Summer Chalkboards SALE is on until 31st August 2010, but stocks may not last that long, so hurry and ORDER NOW!

The BIG Summer Chalkboards SALE!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:17:58 PDT

The Summer Holidays are here, August has just begun and at Chalkboards UK we are offering up to a MASSIVE 33% OFF selected products in our chalkboards range.

Take a look at the Chalkboards UK website, there's loads of products with either 20% or 33% OFF, so ORDER NOW and the discount will automatically be taken off your order.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

The BIG Summer Chalkboards SALE is on until 31st August 2010, but stocks may not last that long, so hurry and ORDER NOW!

Corporate Branding at Chalkboards UK

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:07:30 PDT

The design and application of corporate branding onto our chalkboard products is an important service provided by Chalkboards UK.

Printing onto different materials
Chalkboards UK manufactures a wide range of chalkboard products, using a number of different materials, eg. painted MDF, coated hardboard, High Pressure Laminate (HPL), plain & stained wood and Foamex.

This sometime requires different techniques to get the best results for each material. Chalkboards UK works hand-in-hand with our Print Services department to ensure that the printed boards are designed with the end product in mind, giving the best possible results for the customer.

A Variety of Print Methods
Requirements can vary from a simple one colour print on a small area of the board to a complex full colour print that covers most of the board. To do this we use a variety of methods such as screen printing, digital print, heat transfers, pad printing, hot foil blocking and digitally printed vinyl stickers.

For more information on corporate branding, design and print within the Porter and Woodman Group, please don not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail us on sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

The Power of A-Board Advertising

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:47:35 PDT

A Morning Advertising article about the Old castle pub in Bridgnorth recently caught my eye. The poor publican's local council had made him remove an A board from a council owned roadside grass verge.

It wasn't the petty bureaucracy of the council that interested me - though this is irritating enough - it was the massive difference the loss of the A board has made to the old Castle's trade that was fascinating.

Bryn Masterman, the owner of the pub, has calculated that trade dropped by a massive 25% when the board was taken down. This translated to £100 a day in food sales plus drinks on top, so much so that this was forcing him to think about cutting staff hours!

It seems to me there are two lessons to be learned here -

Make sure you have plenty of top quality signage on display to promote your premises - This is where Chalkboards UK comes in! Visit our A board Section now!
Be careful not to upset your local council and if there are restrictions on signage size or frequency, then ensure you are making the most of what you are allowed to use. I'd recommend the 'Tall thin' A Frame Chalkboard that Chalkboards UK has just launched at the ridicously cheap price of £69.95 if you only have restricted space available.

To find out more about these great deals visit www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk and look for the “offer” lozenges or ring 01384 445844 and ask for details.

Cheer Up - Murray's still in so Free Delivery continues!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:49:37 PDT

Chalkboards UK wanted an excuse to cheer up their customers after seeing England's national team flop at the football World Cup. So, as it is Wimbledon and Andy Murray is still in, they thought they would continue with the Chalkboard Free Delivery offer until he was also knocked out, or wins!

It's simple spend over £75 ex VAT on their Website and receive free delivery! But hurry, because as Murray is playing today, it could be the last few hours of the offer! But lets be optimistic - you probably have until Sunday to take up the Chalkboard Free Delivery offer!

Don't forgot this fantastic offer is on top of current Special Offers including the new Easy to Change Poster Holder (see right) from £55.96 and our new Foamex Changing Ladder Display (see left) from £15.95.

To find out more about these great deals visit www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk and look for the “offer” lozenges or ring 01384 445844 and ask for details.

FREE DELIVERY

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:55:18 PDT

Finally, the World Cup is now into full swing and Chalkboards UK want to celebrate England's involvement, by offering Free Delivery on all web orders over the value of £75 (ex VAT), until they are knocked out (or Win)!

Although having seen Saturday's display against the USA you had better get your order in quickly, else you might miss out!

Having had a hectic couple of weeks in the build up to the event, Chalkboards UK's manager Matthew Branch said "We wanted to maintain the momentum that our sales have reached during the last few weeks and this offer will hopefully do it - It really is a fanstastic offer saving upto £24.95 on top of our current Special Offers!"

To find out more about these great deals visit www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk and look for the “offer” lozenges or ring 01384 445844 and ask for details.

Countdown to World Cup!

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:20:08 PDT

With days to go until the start of the much anticipated Football World Cup, Chalkboard Uk's popular World Cup products have seen a sharp rise in sales! So much so that a new batch of products have had to be made to deal with the influx of orders.

“Having seen hundreds of World Cup promotions” says ChalkboardsUK manager Matthew Branch, “we wanted to make sure that our customers didn't miss out, and they certainly haven't”.

ChalkboardsUK have a range of World Cup products which all include an attractive Vinyl World Cup Sticker to highlight the live matches.

“We’ve listened to our customers” says Matthew, “they were concerned that the boards would be redundant after the event, so we’re including a FREE follow on sticker to use when all the games have finished.”

The FREE “Next Match Live Here” vinyl stickers will be automatically sent out with all the World Cup boards sold.
As well as the World Cup range, Chalkboardsuk are also promoting several of their A Boards with a 20% offer and have already seen significant sales increases of the “Heavyweight A Frames” and “Hardwood A Boards”.

The current offers run until the end of the World Cup on July 11th.

To find out more about these great deals visit www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk and look for the “offer” lozenges or ring 01384 445844 and ask for details.

Chalkboards on Junior Apprentice

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:36:38 PDT

If you watched Junior Apprentice on BBC 1 last night (cup cake episode), you will have seen a number of Chalkboards that were used to try and promote their cup cakes. The young entrepreneurs enticed fashionable consumers to their stall with the aid of a Table Top Chalkboard. A great example of how Chalkboards can be used to help your business.

At Chalkboards UK we are always to trying to come up with new products that will help to attract passing trade, even in a contemporary environment like Selfridges in the West End. The Table Top Range is one of our most successful sellers, due to its ease of use, cheap cost and effectiveness.

The particular blackboard used was Chalkboards UK's A3 Table Top Chalkboard priced at just £10.95. A small price to pay for such a vital part of the display!

This isn't the first time Chalkboards UK's boards have appeared on the popular show. In Episode One, where the willing participants were selling cheese in Camden Market and Covent Garden, our Hardwood A Frame Chalkboard was used (currently on offer!).

To find out about our other great deals, visit and look for the 'offer' lozenges www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk or ring 01384 445844 and ask for details.

Easiclean HPL Chalkboards

noreply@blogger.com (Porter and Woodman Group) — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:36:04 PDT

We’re all delighted to finally launch our new range of “easiclean” chalkboards - Guaranteed not to shadow and to provide an easy to clean chalkboard surface that lasts for a very long time.

Made from High Pressure Laminate (HPL) the boards bring a number of fantastic features to our existing range. HPL is extremely tough and provides a perfectly smooth surface. This makes for a brilliant printing material and is something we shall be recommending for our bespoke board customers.

The big plus is that HPL is so tough it can be wiped clean time and time again without damaging the surface, and because the surface can be wiped completely clean there is no shadow left from the previous image.
As well as introducing a range of standard Unframed HPL chalkboards we’ve also cherry picked some of our more popular lines, such as Framed HPL Chalkboards and A-Frame HPL Chalkboards, and manufactured an HPL version.

Chalkboard Manager, Matthew Branch, says: “This is something I’ve been trying to introduce for the past few months but it’s taken some time to source the HPL. It’s only now that that we’re happy we’ve secured the right product from the right supplier. Yes, High Pressure laminate Chalkboards are more expensive but the benefits are so huge that they quickly pay for themselves”

The full ChalkboardsUK range can viewed at www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk