One of 21 award winners; Kieran was selected from over 8,000 full time learners and apprenticeship students of Derwentside College.  Kieran had a severe lack of confidence at the start of his course, however; he never missed a day at College and gained 100% attendance.  Completing extra study at home, Kieran passed his course and successfully gained an Apprenticeship with Interplan Sign Systems.  Taking ownership of his own learning – Kieran has become a valued member of the Interplan team and as a company we are extremely proud to have him working with us. 

Kieran was presented with his award at the colleges Annual Achievement Awards on Thursday 29th November, by former Olympian, Jonathan Edwards CBE. 

We are delighted to announce that we have secured a 5-year framework agreement with Network Rail for the provision of the following signage elements: –

• Health and Safety Signs and Notices
• Wayfinding Signage

The framework was secured through a competitive tender situation and the contract was awarded to us on the basis of our keen pricing and the quality of our submission.

‘We see this as a fantastic opportunity to raise our Company profile within the market place and the projected value of the contract also provides us with the comfort that we should secure a certain amount of business in the year(s) which will provide the basis upon which we can build our business’ Stephen Carter, Commercial Manager.

Securing this contract will provide the opportunity to continue our investment in new state of the art equipment and provide additional employment.

Awarding this contract to us at Interplan has also provided Network Rail with the opportunity to increase their spend in our region. Previously, the North East of England received the lowest net spend from Network Rail within the UK mainland

Its has been an exciting first six months of 2017 for Interplan.

Following our best ever year of turnover in 2016, Interplan have continued this growth into 2017. June 2017 ended with turnover up on the same period in 2016 and with a substantial amount of work in progress.
We have been extremely successful in securing much sought-after projects on both local, national and international levels. A summary of our successes is listed below and will form the focal point of some new cases studies and additions to the information contained within our website.

Education Sector

• New wayfinding projects at Burnley High School, Workington Academy which reinforced our position as one of the key suppliers in this sector.
• University of Strathclyde – face illuminated building identification text.
• The new Business and Law School at The University of The West of England.
• New brand building identification signage at The University of Northumbria, Newcastle.
• Rebranding of Sheffield College which was awarded in July and has to be completed during August before the students return from their vacation.

Retail Sector

• Additional signage at The Gate, Newcastle due to the arrival of new tenants. The completion of the original requirements to take place in early August.
• Intu – various types of Wayfinding signage supplemented by H&S signage for throughout the UK.

Public Sector

• National framework agreement with Network Rail – five year sole supplier framework status for all H&S and Wayfinding signage.
• Northumbria Water- a three year framework agreement for all of their H&S and Wayfinding signage on a national basis.
• Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Services – a one off tendered requirement for their Community Fire Stations within our region.

Interplan Signs would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our colleagues for their hard work and tireless efforts during 2016. They are very much appreciated by the directors of the business and our customers in equal measure. We would like to wish you, our customers and suppliers the very best of Xmas breaks. By continuing to work together as a team, Interplan Signs are confident of building on our successes of 2016 and feel that 2017 will bring exciting times for everyone.

The fabulous signs that Interplan produced for the Bikini Beach branded resort at Cape Verde formed one of the backdrops during the recent filming of Britain’s Next Top Model. We are all looking forward to our signs featuring when the show is aired in 2017. Further information to follow in relation to timing – a video will be added to our website and social media sites when available.

As part of our continued growth, Interplan have a vacancy for an individual who is experienced in vinyl cutting, digital printing and laminating. We offer a relaxed working environment and a competitive salary. Why not give us a call , we are certainly going places and now is an exciting time to be part of our team. Contact Duncan Turnbull or Ron Johnstone on 01207 501200. We look forward to hearing from you.

As part of the £21 million development for the new Platform Zero at Doncaster Station, Interplan are about to embark on their first Network Rail project. The signage will consist of upgrading existing signage to include directions to the new platform, in addition to signage on  the platform itself.

Exciting times at Interplan as we are now starting to see the dividends of our marketing campaign which was intended to broaden our signage portfolio across a number of market sectors. We have recently secured wayfinding projects within the retail, hotel and leisure, higher education and rail sectors as part of our planned growth which started in 2016 when we relocated to a more modern production facility and changed our logo which had served us for 30 years to a more contemporary one.