Chalkboards UK and WoodenBox UK have both been working with the Students' Union at Leicester University for a number of years.

Recently, they decided to have a complete face-lift of their facilities, making them more contemporary and appealing to the students.

Our two businesses were asked to provide framed chalkboards for the menu displays and rustic trays and crates to display the produce.

The end results are stunning, making it look more like a high-end city centre brand than a Students' Union.

If you'd like more information on how Chalkboards UK or WoodenBox UK can help with your retails displays, please don't hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

At Chalkboards UK, we're always happy to develop bespoke products for clients, never more so than when BrewDog approached us to design a new table top chalkboard for their bars.

The board was to promote their Punk IPA craft beer on bar tops around the country. BrewDog wanted a product that reflected the brand, so we designed a board with a top shaped to the contours of their shield logo, set in a hardwood base.

After samples were made and approved, an initial order was received and completed in two weeks. Their marketing department and bar managers were so pleased with the chalkboards, we received a repeat order for the same quantity a few months later.

Our work with BrewDog hasn't stopped there. They wanted a special sliding lid box made for the launch of a speciality craft beer called 'Death or Glory'.

Our sister company, WoodenBox UK, was able to design a hardwood box with a heat-branded logo that fitted the bill. Again, pre-production samples were made and once signed off, the order was delivered in less than two weeks, just in time for the launch of the beer.

The first 1000 orders of the beer received a bottle in the special presentation box.

These two bespoke products have allowed us to build up a great working relationship with BrewDog, for whom we are now working on another project for larger shaped chalkboards for their bottle shops.

If you would like more information on our bespoke work, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844, or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk

One of our best-selling A-Frame chalkboards - the WC150 Standard Round Top A-Frame Chalkboard just had a make-over - but the price remains the same!

With new stainless steel fittings and a sharpened up look, this standard wooden A-Frame chalkboard is ideal for roadside advertising.

It's available in 2 sizes - A2 @ £59.94 and A1 @ £77.94 - BOTH PRICES INCLUDE VAT & DELIVERY!

The NEW board features:

• 2 x 6mm PAINTED chalkboard panels
• Designed for use with STICK CHALK ONLY
• For indoor and outdoor use
• 2" square Dark Oak stained legs
• NEW stainless steel hinges and stays
• Weights: A2 - 7Kg & A1 - 10Kg

Chalkboards UK has just launched a new range of 6mm 'EasyToClean' unframed laminated chalkboards to use with stick chalk and liquid chalk pens.

Starting at ONLY £5.34 inc.VAT each for an A6 board, the new range gives the best ever value for an 'EasyToClean' chalkboard surface, e.g. the largest off-the-shelf size (XXL 2440 x 1220mm) is less than half the price of its HPL equivalent at £119.94 inc.VAT and delivery - (HPL price - £239.94 inc.VAT and delivery).

As with all of our unframed chalkboards, the new range is available in 10 different sizes, from A6 through to XXL. However, if you have a bespoke size requirement, call us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk and we'll be happy to help.

To compare all of our unframed chalkboards, just CLICK HERE.

June has come around far too quickly! Wimbledon is almost upon us, GCSE students have already left school and the main Summer holidays are nearly hear!

To celebrate the coming of Summer, we've put some of our best-selling chalkboard products on SPECIAL OFFER, with 20% OFF a wide range of great products to help you get an uplift in seasonal sales.

For 'Front of House', there's the Quality Square Top and Budget A-Frame Chalkboards; for inside your shop or bar, there's Chunky Dark Framed Blackboards, Large Artists' Easels, Table-Top 'Tombstone' Chalkboards, Unframed Blackboards and Dark Oak Framed Chalkboards; and for the Beer Garden, our ever-useful Condiments Holders.

Don't forget, all of these items can be printed with your business name or logo. Call us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk for more information.

Congratulations to the Students' Union at Leicester University - they sent us in quite a few pics showing how they've improved the look of their Union bar and coffee shop with our chalkboards - and with it, their sales!

We've received lots of photos this month, which means we've been busy posting them on all our social media channels and our Pinterest boards!

Watch out for the June competition - it's coming soon!

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