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Blackpool Links, Signs and Graphics invests £250k in new premises

Blackpool based Links, Signs and Graphics has moved to its new production premises breathing new life into a well-known Blackpool factory.

It has bought what was the Boococks Glass Factory, which has stood empty since the company closed in late 2013.

Now, it’s a clinical and clean environment is home to the large format printers which are the tools of the trade for the Blackpool sign and graphics company.

Links Signs and Graphics were one of the success stories of the Get Started programme, which still runs today, supporting people into starting their own business.

8 years later the family company has grown to employ 9 people and, with a £250k investment in the building and its conversion, is making the move to the new 4000+ square foot premises on Coleridge Road.

Managing Director Shaun Bennett said: “Obviously it’s a big thing for our business – through referrals and confidence in the quality of our work we’ve expanded our client base, and in less than eight years through hard work we’ve been able to create a stable business so that we can not only buy rather than rent the premises, we can also carry out a complete conversion to create a superb working space for our staff and showroom for clients.”

“However, the purpose of the move is to enable us to offer an even better service to our many clients, the majority of whom are based right here on the Fylde Coast.

“We’ll be able to offer more product lines, and have the space for increasingly sophisticated manufacturing equipment, like our flatbed digital printing and routing machine which can print and cut any shape you can think of.”

“90% of our business comes from within the Fylde Coast and it is important to us that we keep our base in a central and convenient place from where we can continue to reach all our customers easily, but also to give something back to the area which has supported our business by investing in the local community too.”

The move by Links Signs and Graphics is good news for the local residents and businesses in the area bringing a previously closed building back into use, with hopefully positive effects in the local neighbourhood.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sophia Taha .