Chalkboards UK: March 2015

Shaped Chalkboards

At Chalkboards UK we spend a great deal of time listening to what our customers want, then develop products to meet those needs.

As a UK based manufacturer of blackboards, that has invested heavily in new equipment over recent years, we can respond to those requests very quickly. Sometimes these bespoke jobs end up as stock items that are available on the website.

A simple example of this is our new range of Shaped-Top Unframed Chalkboards. For many years, we have stocked a Curved-Top Chalkboard, which can be bought as a single item for wall mounting or a replacement for our reversible A-Frame chalkboards (currently with a 20% OFF offer). We were asked by one of our customers to produce some new unframed chalkboards for wall-mounting. They required gothic arch and full semi-circle topped versions for different locations.

We thought that they were such a good idea, they're now on the website. Made from 6mm water-resistant MDF and painted with blackboard paint, both shapes are available in 3 sizes - A3, A2 & A1. The A3s start from as little as £8.94 inc. VAT each for single purchases, with discounts available for multi-buys.

If you would like more information about our bespoke design services, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 or sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk

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Chalkboards UK at handmade burger Co.

bespoke design products 09:27

It's a dull, wet Thursday morning at The Bull Ring in Birmingham. Matt and I have arrived at handmade burger Co. to take some photos of our products in use at their restaurant just outside Selfridges. We are immediately made to feel very welcome by the Manager and her staff, who show us around the premises and where our products can be found.

Chalkboards UK has been working with handmade burger Co. for nearly 5 years, supplying them with a number of off-the-shelf products and some items designed specifically for their restaurants.

As you walk towards the restaurant, you'll notice one of our WC171 A1 A-Frame Poster Holders used to promote footfall from passers-by. In the window by the front door, hangs a double-sided poster holder we developed especially for handmade burger Co. The window display repeats the message in the A-Frame and highlight what you can expect when you sit down to eat.

Inside the restaurant, you'll find off-the-shelf products like our condiments holders, bar caddies, wall-mounted poster holders and cutlery holders (although these are used to hold crayons for the kids' colouring sheets). The bespoke items include the window hanging display, table number holders and Maître D' plinths.

All of the products we supply fit in well with the restaurant, complimenting the rustic and 'handmade' ambience handmade burger Co. has created - see the pics below.

The photo shoot is over and it's nearly lunchtime, so where better to have some lunch?! We're treated to a fantastic peppered beef burger, thick-cut rosemary fries and some Cajun onion rings, all washed down with a glass of ice cold Brooklyn Lager. I can honestly say that it's the best burger I've ever tasted - it made my son very jealous when I showed him this picture, so I guess I'll have to take him there soon!

If you would like any more information on our off-the-shelf products, please visit our website. If you'd like us to develop bespoke chalkboard or wooden products for your restaurants, pubs, bars, shops or a promotional campaign, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844 and ask for Sales.

Mark Denison
Communications Director - Chalkboards UK

A little bit about handmade burger Co.

One day, whilst sitting in his kitchen, where he has most of his best ideas, our owner Chris decided that he would like to open a burger restaurant with a difference… Chris wanted a burger restaurant that made everything by hand, using only the freshest and finest ingredients. In 2006, along with his two brothers, Chris found the perfect location for their first family-run restaurant at Brindleyplace, in his hometown of Birmingham, and so handmade burger Co. was born... to read on CLICK HERE

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WIN an A-Frame Chalkboard!!!

20% OFF all pavement display chalkboards in March 12:36

To celebrate our 20% OFF all A-Frame Chalkboards offer, we're launching a March Photo Competition to WIN a WC156 Quality Square Top A-Frame Chalkboard, WORTH OVER £100 inc. VAT.

All you have to do is send a picture of one of our chalkboards in use to sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk

The picture can be of any of our chalkboard products, such as - imaginative use of a chalkboard, a funny chalked message, a chalkboard in an unusual place - almost anything will do! Our Chalkboards UK judging panel will decide the winner.

Call us on 01384 445844 or e-mail sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk for more information - and the best of luck to you all!

March Picture Competition Terms and Conditions

Digital pictures can be sent to sales@chalkboardsuk.co.uk or submitted to Chalkboards UK attached to messages via our social media
Entry to the competition is automatic when a picture is submitted - no purchase is necessary.
It is assumed that all submitted pictures carry permission by the sender for Chalkboards UK to use them for promotional purposes on www.chalkboardsuk.co.uk and all Chalkboards UK social media channels
Closing date for entries is Tuesday 31st March 2015 at 12:00 midnight - all entries after this time will be automatically entered into a future competition
The winner of the March competition will be announced by lunchtime on Wednesday 1st April 2015 on all our social media and the blog
The decision by the Chalkboards UK judging panel is final
The March prize is one WC156 Quality Square Top A-Frame Chalkboard. No cash equivalent is available.
Where employees of a company, agency or partnership have submitted photos, the business they represent will be deemed to be the entrant to the competition, not the employee.

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20% OFF All Pavement Display Chalkboards in March!!!

20% OFF all pavement display chalkboards in March 10:43

Chalkboards UK is offering a MASSIVE 20% OFF its entire range of Pavement Display Chalkboards throughout March!

On top of that, you can get an EXTRA 10% OFF if you order 10 or more of the same product!

That means you can SAVE up to £65 inc.VAT on our largest A-Frame Chalkboard, up to £35 inc.VAT on one of our most popular A1 A-Frames and A2 budget boards can start from as little as £24.14 inc.VAT each!

CLICK HERE to visit the Pavement Display Chalkboard section NOW!

Keep watching this space, we'll be announcing the March Photo Competition next week - so keep sending those photos in!

PS. DON'T FORGET! It's Mothers' Day on Sunday 15th March, St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday 17th March and the Easter weekend is Friday 3rd to Monday 5th April - all ideal events to use our chalkboards to promote your business!

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...and the Winner is...

A2 Frame Chalkboard 16:08

... the winner of our February Photo Competition is The Royal Oak at Tetbury in Gloucestershire. They sent in this great picture of one of our framed A1 chalkboards on an easel, with a very colourful design promotion their February events.

Well done to The Royal Oak, it really is a great picture and your pub looks well worth a visit too. I'm sure that the next time we're in the Cotswolds, we'll be popping in!

We had some fantastic pictures submitted last month, so it was tough job choosing the best, but we though that the work that had gone into this one, merited the prize.

Thank you to everyone who sent in their photos in February. Keep watching this space, we'll announce the next competition in the next couple of days.