Commercial signage. Managed from start to finish.
Fascias, illuminated signs, wayfinding, hoardings and vehicle graphics across Hertfordshire and London. Trading since 1972.
More than five decades making signs.
Survey, design, manufacture and install.
Site surveys arranged around your project.
Real signs, seen in context.
A few examples of how material, scale and setting come together. Every image shows work completed by Smiths 1972.
A clear arrival point, made to sit confidently within its surroundings.
Privacy added across glazed partitions while borrowed light still passes between spaces.
Information made legible, durable and straightforward to update.
Character-led signs that feel considered rather than added on.
What we make, fit and maintain
Six areas of work. Most projects draw on more than one, and we survey, produce and install all of them.
Fascias and sign trays, built-up letters, illuminated signs, totems and monoliths.
Wayfinding schemes, reception and wall logos, statutory and safety signage.
Window manifestations, wall graphics, vehicle liveries, architectural wrapping.
Hoarding graphics, scaffold banners, statutory site signage, marketing suites.
Exhibition graphics, large format printing, rigid board, banners and flags.
Site surveys, installation, maintenance, repairs and signage removal.
How a project runs
The artwork, the sign and the fit are the responsibility of one company, and one phone number.
Survey
We measure on site, check substrates and fixings, note access and power, and photograph the elevation before anything is drawn.
Design
Visuals set against your own photographs, with material and illumination options priced so you can compare properly.
Manufacture
Produced to the surveyed sizes using commercial grade substrates, with the specification written down and kept on file.
Install
Fitted by our own installers, with access, isolation and making good arranged in advance rather than discovered on the day.
Who we work with
Sector pages show how several services combine into one coordinated scheme.
Where we work
Ten minutes from Stevenage. We survey across Hertfordshire.
Common questions
How much does commercial signage cost?
A printed fascia panel on a sound existing tray typically starts in the hundreds. A fabricated aluminium tray with halo illuminated built-up letters usually runs into the low thousands. The three things that move the price are how the sign is built, whether it lights, and how it fixes to the building, not the size.
Do you install the signs you make?
Yes. We will also fit signage that somebody else manufactured, provided we can survey the fixing first.
What areas do you cover?
We work from a studio at Halls Green near Hitchin, covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, and into North London and central London for planned commercial work.
How long does a signage project take?
A straightforward fascia is usually four to six weeks from survey to installation. Where advertisement consent is required, add around eight weeks, though we run the application and the manufacture in parallel rather than in sequence.
Planning a signage project?
Tell us what you need and we will come back with the next steps, usually a survey date and a budget range within one working day.
Middle Barn, Fairclough Hall Farm, Halls Green, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 7DP
Ten minutes from Stevenage. Visitors welcome.