Based in the Forest of Dean is a blessing during the summer months, but every year we are inevitably hit by harsh weather conditions during winter. The past four weeks has seen our area blanketed in over 8inches of snow and ice with temperatures plummeting as low as -10.

However, we have struggled through with minimal disruption to our clients. We even managed to use our only 4x4 vehicle to collect all of our employees that couldn't get out of their driveways to keep the business running as usual.

Engineers were still able to reach sites in the South East for re-imaging and essential repair work. It is imperative to the survival of our company to keep business operating at its full capacity, even if that means overcoming problematic obstacles, such as adverse weather conditions.

We certainly feel our clients were particularly appreciative of our commitment to attend their site and carry out the works we had agreed to complete.

We are preparing for our second year exhibiting at the International Forecourt and Fuel Equipment show at the NEC in Birmingham from 21-24 March 2010.

Yet again, we are designing and manufacturing our own stand as well as manufacturing stands for other exhibitors. IFFE 2009 proved to be an excellent opportunity to network with clients and suppliers and assisted us in forming partnerships with other signage companies.

We are especially looking forward to IFFE 2010 following our involvement with the Texaco new look sites and we would welcome Texaco retailers to come and discuss the new image. We also hope to receive enquiries from other brands and would be pleased to discuss our design, manufacturing and installation capabilities.