Northern Flags are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Trade Only National Show. Come see us in Hall 3 on stand P78 at the UK’s largest promotional products trade show where we will be demonstrating why we are Europe’s leader in fabric branding and merchandise, with some of our best selling ranges on display.

Come on board with Northern Flags as a reseller partner and gain access to our 4 European high capacity wide format digital printing hubs and a large volume screen printing facility in the Far East. These will allow you to benefit from our large scale production, expertise and unrivalled colour accuracy which deliver you the best quality and value.

All our reseller partners benefit from a dedicated account manager, and the option of stock holding with unbranded distribution. As leading fabric innovators we can produce anything to your bespoke specification.

Visit Trade Only National Show website

We can now offer you even more attention grabbing options for shouting about your latest promotions.

Our two latest innovations crowd barrier jackets and personalised deck chairs saw their public debut at October's Showman's Show and were greeted with great acclaim by the show visitors.

They proved to be the most popular products on our stand, impressing people with their flexibility, especially the barrier jackets which are available in a range of specifications to suit your event and can have a different message on each side.

We are delighted to announce a further expansion to the team with the arrival of Kelly Auty our senior sales executive and Barry Singleton our account manager.

Both bring a wealth of previous experience with them which has already been put to good use and has allowed us to improve on the level of friendly professional service our customers have come to expect from Northern Flags.

We can now turn around your quote request and product information queries faster than ever, this combined with our industry leading print quality and great value prices re confirms why we are Europe's leading provider of fabric based marketing and POS.

We are very excited to announce the launch of our Autumn brochure. In it you will find information about all of our latest products that went down a storm at the recent Showman's Show, including our new personalised deck chairs and bean bags together with barrier jackets and HDPE banners.

Download your free copy today by visiting our Downloads section

After being thrown in at the deep end and receiving most of their product assembly training on site whilst setting up our stand at The Showman Show last week. Our latest recruits Kelly Auty – Senior Sales Executive and Barry Singleton – Account Development Manager, felt confident enough to take charge of raising our Autumn season corporate flags here at Northern Flags Head Office.

Barry was surprised how easy our products are to install and now speaks with added enthusiasm to his customers about the installation benefits of fabric compared with traditional static metal signage.

Thank you to all those who visited us at last week’s Showman Show. Kelly, Barry, Iain and Craig were all very busy during the two day event helping to demonstrate how fabric branding can transform any event.

Our new HDPE 100% recyclable banners, personalised deck chairs and bean bags were amongst the most popular items on display, so too were the offers we had on our core items; the Aventos feather flags and instant pop out banners.

We are already looking forward to attending next year’s show and meeting new and existing customers alike.

Barry Singleton our new Account Development Manager gets hand on training on just how easy our instant shelter Gazebos are to assemble.

Our latest creation is for our exhibit at this month's Showman Show at Newbury showground.

Come visit us on the 17th-18th October where we will be showcasing many of our most popular products together with some fantastic show offers.

See more details of Gazebo range

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Lined up together for the first time outside Northern Flags Leeds office the full range of 7 different styles which are available in 9 sizes was an impressive site.

Passers by were seen to be slowing down and even stopping to take a longer look at the attention grabbing display.

With sizes ranging from a compact 2m right up to a giant 5.1m there is an eye catching solution guaranteed to draw attention to your promotion whatever the occasion, be it indoors or outdoors.

Our Aventos system is widely regarded as the strongest system available. For more details of how these can help drive custom to your business. Please visit our Aventos section.

As we head towards winter a well maintained healthy pole is not only important to avoid breeching rules for public and employee safety, its also essential for your image as just like the flag that flies on top of it, it reflects your brand. A tired, grubby and damaged pole will give a negative impression of you and your brand.  

We offer a full maintenance package to give you complete peace of mind that your pole is in peak condition.

However there are simple checks that you can do yourself to make sure your pole remains in tip top condition.

Here are our top 5 tips for maintaining a healthy flag pole:  

• Check on the security of the flagpole and its supporting metalwork.
• Check for signs on wear on the Halyard and arrange replacement if necessary
• Check the condition and working order of the flag pole parts such as the finial, cleat and internal halyard door
• Wash the flag pole to maintain clean white
• Paint flag pole if existing paint finish has become worn and dull in appearance 

Doing these easy checks as part of a monthly inspection routine will help to ensure your pole flies your flag safely and securely for many years to come

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Fabric based branding played a key role at
London 2012
and you might have noticed a flag or two 

Remember we are Europe’s largest event branding supplier, contact the experts.
 

Benefits of Fabric branding:  

• Easy to erect
• Long lasting  
• Environmentally friendly materials & Inks available 
• High quality print with full colour vivid imagery 
• Lower transportation cost than static metal signs
• Innovative attention grabbing alternative to traditional static displays
• Cost effective to replace with each new promotion  

Fabric is the most adaptable branding solution suitable for any situation from events to offices. Indoors or outdoors. Ideal for car parks, receptions, wrapping whole buildings and everything else in between.

See our full range of fabric marketing solutions we offer everything from pop out banners to feather flags  and PVC mesh to corporate flags.

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Help us celebrate the launch of our new environmentally safe HDPE 100% recyclable material

                             Buy 3 get 1 FREE

 and reduce your promotion's impact on the environment

100% Recyclable inks & material, perfect environmentally friendly substitute for traditional PVC

• Non toxic water based latex inks
• Odourless prints with GREENGUARD children & schools certification
• Performance & strength equivalent of 440g PVC from a 180g material
• Withstands harsh weather conditions without fading & losing vibrancy
• Eligible for free recycling
• Durable rich intense colours
• Light weight, less transport costs
• Easier to install due to lighter weight
• Smaller carbon footprint
• Modern stylish alternative to static paper displays
• Distinctive texture allows you show off your green credentials
• Guaranteed highest quality print finish

*This special offer only available until 24th August 2012. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer or existing quotes/price lists. Carriage any artwork requirements and VAT are charged extra. 1 banner of the same design & size free when you buy 3 of that same design & size

New Premium Portable Flag Pole

Save £70. Special Introductory Offer Just £129*

Why not buy a row of 10 for only £990

The most robust highest quality commercial grade pole available on the market. Perfect to reflect the quality of your brand.

Rotating arm & finial included to ensure your brand message is permanently displayed even in times of low wind

• Gives a more premium perception to your dealership over rival plastic poles
• 2 piece Strong & Lightweight Aluminium pole for easy transportation and storage
• Elegant classic white finish
• 4.4m in height 65mm base diameter pole construction
• Price includes ground sleeve for easy installation
• Upgrade to an anodised car base plate UK manufactured & engineered to the highest standards
• Base plate wide enough for commercial vehicles
• Easy to assemble
• Additional chain weight available

Why not order a new set of promotional flags to compliment your new poles.

15% off all new flags if ordered within 4 weeks of your poles

*This special offer only available until 17th August 2012. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer or existing quote. Carriage, any artwork requirements and vat are charged extra.

Fly the flag for Team GB this summer: Buy a 6m national flag pole and we'll give you a Union flag for FREE

6m pole:

• Light yet strong aluminium
• Elegant classic white finish
• White finial and Halyard included
• Easy to install with included ground sleeve

FREE 6'x3' Printed Union:

• Highest quality screen print finish, not pound shop standard.
•  Commercial grade quality to appropriately reflect your brand.

Make an avenue of 3 poles for just £250 and we'll give you THREE Unions FREE

Buyers who take advantage of this offer can buy replacement custom corporate flags for their poles with a special 25% discount if ordered within 4 weeks of their poles.

Prices exclude carriage and vat. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer or existing quotations. Promotion valid until 31st August 2012

Northern Flags have had a mad 2 months with the Jubilee, Euro 2012 and the Olympics on top of our normal corporate marketing and events work. We are delighted to say that we have now caught up with ourselves.

In addition We are also celebrating our recent increase in digital production capacity. We have achieved this through our parent company Faber's successful acquisition of The Netherlands based Shipmate.(Full Story)

To help celebrate we are delighted to announce a special 15% discount promotion for all orders placed until 11th July

Please quote Summer Sale for your 15% discount.

*Not to be used in conjunction with existing special trade price lists and any other offers. 15 days runs from 27th June - 11th July 2012 inclusive for new quotes only. 

We have always offered the best value and largest most flexible range of Feather Flags in the UK.

However did you know that within that great pricing you get the most durable system available:

Aluminium slot design giving greater rigidity than rival glass fibre systems

• Wind tunnel tested frames
• Thick elasticated pole sleeves, extends flag life
• Light weight and strong easy assembly click together 4 piece frame
• Market leading print show through due to patented vacuum production process
• Over 156 different options to maximise visibility and flexibility
• User Helpline to ensure you make the right choices

This quality and flexibility is why we are Europe’s largest supplier of Feather Flags to big international brands; major events and SMEs

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Northern Flags MD Iain Clasper became hyphenated on June 1^st when he married his French partner Fabienne. Iain’s married name is now Iain Clasper-Cotte and as a sign of marriage equality Fabienne recognised that flags help pay the mortgage so she reached for a flag in the photo-booth at the wedding and managed to put aside her rampant French nationalism and ignore the French flag and, as it was the Jubilee weekend she looked rather fetching in a Union flag. 

‘Things are rather frantic’

Ian Clasper is managing director at Beeston-based Northern Flags, which has seen sales of union jacks soar over the last few weeks.

“Things are rather frantic at the moment – it’s been a very busy time for us.

“We are fielding 15 times the number of enquiries we usually do at this time of year and have produced tens of thousands of union jacks over the last month, which is something we just wouldn’t normally see.

“Normally we make flags for petrol stations, hotels and car dealerships but that balance has changed as people have got into the jubilee spirit and also with the Olympics coming up.

“We tend to make the large scale, heavier fabric flags rather than the plastic and polyester ones you see in the supermarkets and other shops but the demand has still been enormous.

“Everyone seems to want to fly a flag at the moment, whether it’s outside a pub or hotel, council offices or a car showroom.

“I think the sun has helped a bit as well to be honest because when you get blue skies everyone suddenly pictures a flag fluttering outside their premises.”

Taken from the Yorkshire Evening Post 31.05.12

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/is-the-jubilee-good-news-for-the-economy-1-4601265

BASIC: £25,000, OTE £37,000, open ended bonus scheme - subject to experience

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Company Car + Laptop & Mobile.

LOCATION: Leeds but travel across the UK


COMPANY PROFILE: 

Northern Flags is one of the UK’s most successful Soft Signage, Fabric Printing and Flag suppliers. Majority owned by Faber Vlaggen one of Europe’s leading producers we are able to offer highly competitive solutions for our clients through a low cost, high quality supply chain with facilities in Eastern Europe, the Far East and partner companies in the UK. The company is now under new management and following a record breaking year of growth it is seeking to strengthen it’s Leeds based Sales operation.

The Role

We are seeking an ambitious, tenacious new business sales person. You will be used to delivering results and operating to high call and appointment levels. You will be self-driven, results-oriented with a positive professional outlook. Ideally you will have experience in print or soft signage. This is a B to B sales role, experience in selling to Marketing Departments in Breweries; House Builders; Automotive; Public Sector; Advertising Agencies or Print Management Companies would be a distinct advantage.

The role is a mixture of Field and Telephone Sales and you will be expected to create your own business plan within specific targeted areas. On office days you will be expected to deliver high levels of prospecting and be able to effectively sell the benefits of our company to prospective customers. On field days you will be expected to sell at all levels of organisations and have strong presentation and negotiation skills.

You will be supported by an experienced quote/sales support assistant to allow you to maximise selling efficiency. Northern Flags also is installing a new Contact Management System to support the whole sales team and you will be expected to manage your prospects and accounts through this system. 

Adding to two previous radio appearances this year which have included BBC Radio Cumbria. Northern Flags known for our many years experience in providing a vast range of flags, from nationals, custom and feather flags was sought out by BBC Radio Leeds reporter Richard Edwards.

Richard interviewed our Operations Director Jayne Brogie live on Tuesday 29^th May’s Martin Kelner & Kathering Hannah breakfast show on the recent wave of patriotism running up to the Jubilee, Euro 2012 and the Olympic games.

Jayne commented  that we have seen an uptake in the orders for Jubilee related products such as bunting and Union Flags.

Richard asked how the listeners could avoid flying their union flags upside down and under what circumstances does the Union flag become a Union Jack.

Jayne confirmed that the Union flag when installed correctly has the broader white stripe at the top left hand corner and that flying it upside down is a distress signal.

When the Union flag is flown at sea it is then known as the Union Jack, on land its correct term is the Union flag.

You can listen again to Jayne’s interview at the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s2rmy

As the UK’s summer of sport goes into full swing Northern Flags is delighted to launch its new Sport and Events Department headed up by Paul Adams. The new department specialises in helping event organisers achieve the most cost effective event branding and marketing for sponsors.  Building on Northern Flags and parent company Faber Vlaggen’s experience in supporting event organisers that range from charity fun runs up to major events such as past Commonwealth Games and Olympics and this year's Euro 2012.

Iain Clasper, Northern Flags MD said of the new team “Sport and Events have been one of our fastest growing sectors and it is essential that we recognise the needs of event organisers. We can deliver a full planning service and of course our famed value as Europe’s largest marketing fabrics supplier.”

The new department is able to offer design and planning support as well as a full range of event branding and soft signage including: Feather flags; barrier scrim; barrier jackets; gantry cladding; portable flag pole; PVC banners; festival flags and stage brandings.

Northern Flags is the UK arm of Faber Vlaggen with major print hubs in Poland; Thailand; France and Holland. It is Europe’s largest supplier of custom fabric point of sale and display systems.

Northern Flags the UK’s leading supplier of custom marketing fabrics and soft signage has recruited an additional 3 key account managers to ensure it maintains its client focused strategy through 2012 and beyond.

Managing Director Iain Clasper said of the appointments “last year Northern Flags solidified its market leading position in the UK with a 55% growth in revenues, 2012 has started equally well and it is essential that we strengthen our team to deliver the best possible service to both our old and new clients. We have been searching for candidates with the same passion as the rest of the team for the past 6 months and like buses we suddenly found 3 great candidates so we hired them all!”

The new team – Gerd Born; Samantha Ruddy and Paul Adams bring a wealth of additional print and category experience to our Leeds based team. We are increasingly delivering more innovative solutions to our larger clients and it is essential that we continue to invest in the best quality people to ensure that our account management matches the quality of our products and the value”

Northern Flags is part of Europe’s leading producer Faber Vlaggen which has been growing aggressively over the past 2 years to capitalise on the increased capacity available at the group’s Polish digital hub and the new Thai screen printing operations. 

Northern Flags the UK’s largest supplier of Feather flags; event fabrics and soft signage today announced a change in ownership structure that brings Faber Vlaggen’s UK operation in line with its other international operations in Thailand; France; Poland; Germany and Holland where the company encourages senior management to retain a significant holding in the shareholding in their company. As a result Iain Clasper, UK Managing Director today acquired 25% of the share capital of the UK Subsidiary.

Martin Koppelear Faber Vlaggen’s Group Chief Executive said of the transfer “Iain joined us almost a year ago to assist us accelerate growth in our UK operations and he hit the ground running helping deliver the fastest growth in our group over the past year, culturally we believe it is essential that our senior team are significant stakeholders to ensure they have the same ambitions as we do”

Iain Clasper joined Northern Flags in June 2012 from Bauer Media where he held a number of senior positions in the broadcasting and publishing group. Of the acquisition he said:

“I have found the past year one of the most enjoyable of my career, despite being such a large international group Faber manages to have a culture that is equally passionate about the quality of it’s products and the happiness of its clients – This together with an entrepreneurial ambition and zeal has been very liberating which has allowed me to rapidly invest in our UK operations. Buying a stake was a great opportunity to share in the business we are growing”

The group operates in a matrix structure which allows it to offer a unique international delivery and production solution for large international clients. As the UK is the centre for many international agencies and print management companies Northern Flags is at the forefront of Faber Vlaggen’s European expansion.

Northern Flags is delighted to launch the first product in its ‘Brand in a Bag’ Range. Developed in conjunction with one of the UK’s major Print Management Companies for their automotive clients the new Pop Out range is designed to deliver a high quality, low cost, portable branding solution with a high impact.

The new ‘Pop Out’ range was influenced by other oval hi impact displays but Northern Flags were keen to create a product with a different cost base so that it could become a mass branding tool for restricted budgets while delivering high quality and durability.

Iain Clasper, Managing Director of Northern Flags said of the new range “We have been looking for a more cost effective solution than historically available so we worked with our Polish new product team to create a new twist and fold mechanism that was simply engineered and could therefore deliver us a new price point similar to our Aventos Feather flag range. By sourcing new, slimmer but stronger fibreglass rods and using an extra heavy weight high quality fabric we are able to deliver an innovative product that has great brand impact for our clients. We worked with a large print management company and some key clients to full test the product before launch and have already shipped 2000 units over the trial period”

The Northern Flags ‘Pop Out’ range is available to trade customers from £89 dependent on volumes and comes in 3 high impact sizes. For further details visit www.northernflags.com or call our Leeds Head Office on 0113 205 5181

Popular with Londoners, UK and international visitors alike, the flags are a fitting and patriotic tribute to one of London’s most iconic shopping streets – and to British Culture – in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  The gigantic flags were hugely popular when first displayed to celebrate the Royal Wedding of William and Katherine in 2011. 

Commencing at the BBC building, north of Oxford Circus, a sky of 140 flags suspended from 28 crossings will lead to Piccadilly Circus before continuing down Regent Street in the south.   Each flag measures 4 x 2.5 metres in size and will create a striking backdrop to one of the world’s most famous historical shopping thoroughfares. Heddon Street and Swallow Street, Regent Street Food Quarters, will also have Union flag bunting in the street.

Bunting will be bountiful at the National Trust’s Wallington house this summer as it goes for an unofficial record.

The Cambo estate will be flying the flags for a series of patriotic events in a celebration of the Best of British.

To make sure the festivities are up to standard, the National Trust, which runs the estate, is planning to create the world’s longest string of bunting.

Visitor Experience Manager Gillian Mason said: “The summer of 2012 is likely to be remembered as one of national pride as we celebrate the Diamond Jubilee and a number of sporting activities”

“At Wallington we wanted to do something celebratory that everyone could join in with and came up with the idea of the longest line of bunting ever.”

The current Guinness record is held by the Fairtrade Foundation in London, which made a line of bunting 3,427.94m long last May.

To make around 3,440 metres, it will take more than 17,200 individual flags. So far, 2,000 have been sent out to local schools, community groups and supporters, and visitors have already started a line.

Each flag should celebrate the British theme, with designs to date featuring the Queen and her corgis, a double-decker bus, bowler hats, umbrellas, rain clouds, red squirrels and cream teas.

People can make their own contribution by visiting Wallington, or logging onto its website to download a template.

And while Wallington is not going for the official world record due to the costs involved, it is hoping to make its string even longer, with the help of staff and volunteers.

On Monday, June 4 the bunting will be draped around the Wallington central courtyard.

For more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wallington or call 01670 773600.

Northern Flags is delighted to announce the exciting news that in conjunction with our sister company Flagowa Kraina, we will be providing all the city dressing for the European championships hosted in Poland and Ukraine this summer.

The city dressing includes such items as billboards, banners and flags to decorate and add all important atmosphere to the host cities of: Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw in Poland. Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and Kyiv in Ukraine.

Strategic routes from the airports to these city centres will also be decorated with the official Euro 2012 art work

The Calle Ocho Street Festival, the largest celebration of its kind in the United States, broke its fifth Guinness world record Sunday with a multicolour flag of 250 feet long and 36 feet wide composed of 422 flags from around the world.

More than 100 volunteers carried the flag, folded in the form of a number 1, as a symbol of unity during the Miami festival. Later, they lifted it high for 276 seconds to represent what they said was the number of countries on Earth.

Representatives from Guinness World Records who came to Miami to witness the occasion certified that it was the largest-ever image created by flags, said Lino Fernández, former president of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, which hosts the event.

It was an extraordinary recognition to celebrate the 35th edition of the festival, a Miami tradition that started as an effort by a group of Cuban young adults to make their culture known to the wider American society.

The flag, called “One World” and sewn two weeks ago, was displayed at 2:15 p.m. on Southwest Eighth Street between 24th and 25th avenues. To lift it, 63 poles 10 feet high were used for its perimeter and 25 inside to support it.

“The logistics were very complicated,” said Fernández. “It’s a very heavy flag. You have to take into account the wind and the river of people walking on Calle Ocho.”

A CREATIVE ten-year-old will have her flag design handed out to 6,000 residents during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay after winning a competition.

Heidi de la Hoyde, of Moore's Road, Dorking, beat 542 other entries from primary school children across Mole Valley to win the prize. 

Heidi's design will now be printed by Mole Valley District Council and handed out for people to wave while watching the torch being carried through Dorking and Westcott on July 20.

"I am so happy and excited," she said. "When I found out about the competition I wasn't sure about what to draw, so I tried to think about things that were going on in the local area.

"I thought of the Olympic bike race, which is a big thing for Mole Valley, so I decided to draw a bike and on the wheels I put British flags because I wanted to represent my area."

Heidi, who attends St Paul's Primary School, only found out she had won the contest after her head teacher revealed the surprise at an assembly last Thursday.

"I walked in and all the teachers and the whole school were clapping," she said. "I was really embarrassed but happy at the same time."

Heidi's design was chosen from a shortlist of six entries by Junior Youth Voice, which comprises young councillors aged 9 to 11 who represent primary schools across Mole Valley.

British servicemen and women will carry the national flags at the team welcome and medals ceremonies at this year's Olympic Games.

Members of the Royal Navy, Army and Air Force will act as flagbearers at the 100 team welcome ceremonies in the days leading up to the July 27 start of the Games and at the 805 victory ceremonies during the Olympics and Paralympics.

"The flag-raising duties at Olympic and Paralympic Games are seen as an honour but we are in fact honoured to have these inspirational men and women be part of London 2012," Games chief Sebastian Coe said.

One of the 176 service personnel selected, Squadron Leader Lee Cobley, has family links to the Olympics with his father Don competing twice in modern pentathlon.

"My father represented Britain at the Melbourne and Rome Games so they hold a special fascination for me," Cobley said.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust need you and your bunting! 

We want to inspire members of the public, service users, carers and staff to set a goal that makes a positive difference to your health and your life. As part of our campaign we would love you to take part in a shared attempt to break the current Guinness World Record for the longest line of bunting. 

We’d like you to be involved with making the pieces of bunting; there is no limit for the amount of bunting you can make, whether it’s one piece of 99 pieces. As our campaign is inspired by the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic games we encourage participants to set a personal goal and then represent that goal on a pre-cut bunting triangle using fabric pens and other items that can be sewn on to the fabric. 

We have estimated that to make 2.5miles of bunting we would have approximately 12,500 individual triangle pieces of bunting attached side by side. We are confident that we will be able to achieve more that 2.5miles length of bunting line, with each piece of bunting being completely unique to an individual and/or their goal.

Click here for a guidance pack to get started
For more information contact Fran Limbert on 0113 305 5944 or email fran.limbert@nhs.net

Leeds based Marketing supplies company www.northernflags.com  has expanded it’s client marketing department with the appointment of Craig Hogg from Jacuzzi UK. Craig will take control of all digital and email marketing for Northern Flags UK business. Northern Flags is the UK arm of Europe’s leading printer of Advertising Textiles Faber Vlaggen with production facilities across Europe and the Far East.

Over the past year Northern Flags has seen tremendous growth as companies seek better value by dealing direct with manufacturer rather than the traditional resellers for Feather Flags; Indoor Displays; Banners and Event or Retail Branding.

Iain Clasper,  Managing Director of Northern Flags said of the appointment:

‘Craig’s appointment is a great sign of our confidence for 2012, he brings a great customer focused B2B marketing experience to our team and will allow us to continue our ambitious growth plans in the new year.  Our Far East production facilities are now fully operational allowing us to deliver far greater capacity and lower production costs which we are passing on to our customers’

Craig Hogg said of his appointment:

‘www.northernflags.com offered me a great opportunity to establish a new digital marketing operation, the company has a great heritage in its sector and I look forward to playing a key part in working alongside the business development team to broaden the client base further’

Northern Flags are one of the leading suppliers of printed marketing fabrics to major car manufacturers, house builders, retailers, Hotels and sports venues & events. The Leeds based company has over 25 years experience in the sector and has a reputation for quality and value.

Northern Flags taking print to the extreme.

Northern Flags was task to print the banners for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. With Northern Flags turning around the print in 48 hours of over 750m2 of PVC banners to custom shapes for the motocross ramps along with sponsors branding.

The arena featured Freestyle Motocross, Motorbike Trials, Minibike Freestyle, BMX and Mountain Bike Trials. Not only were all of these disciplines on show but they were all within one arena and riding at the same time showcasing some of the best riders in the world to the 180,000 strong crowd that attended
Goodwood.

The GAS arena performed two main shows each day throughout the 4 days with additional Mountain bike trials displays each day as well as the best trick competition from the Freestyle Motocross boys.

The riders list reads as a who’s who within two wheel action sport with the likes of Red Bull’s Robbie Maddison, Jamie Squibb, Thomas Pages, Jeremy Rouanet and Chris Birch on the Freestyle Motocross. Dougie Lampkin, James Dabill and Alex Wigg on trials, Kye Forte, Leo Forte, Matt Priest and Lima Eltham on BMX, Danny McKascill, Martyn Ashton and Blake Samson on the mountain bike trials and
finally Dan Whitby, Samson Eaton, Aaron Powley and Nick Cole on the Freestyle Minibikes.

Events Manager Stuart said “It’s another great event to add to our ever growing event database. With Goodwood Festival of Speed being known worldwide it’s fantastic that we were chosen as the supplier”

Northern Flags wins two of the UK’s newest Marathon’s.

Events Manager Stuart can confirm today that Northern Flags has been chosen as the print partner to Liverpool Marathon and the MBNA Chester Marathon.

“It’s fantastic that we have sourced another two major sporting events to our portfolio. With both marathons having attracted more than 5,000 people taking place in their first year they have already secured themselves as major marathons within the UK”

Northern Flags will be printing the flags, banners and other promotional items to help create the image of the event.

If you would like a quote for your event needs please contact stuart@northernflags.com

Bauer Radio Development Director Iain Clasper has left the radio industry after nearly 30 years to become MD of a flag and marketing materials firm.

He’s previously worked for stations including Juice, Red Dragon, Hallam and Viking.

Iain has spent the last seven years with Bauer, most recently as Development Director, and held a number of senior roles in Bauer and predecessor Emap – as well as previously being National Sales Director for the former Metro Radio Group. His radio career started while he was still at school when he presented the rock show on Moray Firth Radio.

He’s taking up the role of Managing Director of Northern Flags, based in Leeds. Iain said: “Leaving Radio has been a wrench as it has been such a part of my life from adolescent spots to the first signs of grey hair. I have loved it, particularly recent digital launches and winning so many awards at Hallam FM and Station of the Year while at Juice FM. Northern Flags has however given me the opportunity of leading a significant growth plan over the next few years along with the opportunity of becoming a shareholder. I expect to be working with many Radio Stations on their external marketing as Northern Flags are one of the leaders in the production of custom printed event and display solutions.”

Northern Flags are please to announce their contract with one of the countries most recognisable brands

Northern Flags have secured a working partnership with Selfridges to supply the famous yellow flags for the store on Oxford Street. We will supply a complete service to the company including providing the high quality sewn flags on Duke Street along with the iconic rooftop flags for the London Branch.

Northern Flags have also confirmed that they will assist Selfridges with the maintenance and upkeep of the Flagpoles and look to work closely with the store on any upcoming promotional work.

The Dutch Faber Flags Group has managed to secure an order for 50.000 Thai flags. These flags will soon be decorating all Thai government buildings both at home and abroad.

Bert Cesar, Executive Director of the Dutch-Thai Chamber of Commerce, announced that the Faber Flags Group has signed a contract with the Thai government for the supply of 50.000 Thai flags during the presentation of the NTCC award in Bangkok. The Amsterdam based Faber Flags settled in Bangkok with its own factory and sales office over a year ago. Faber Thailand is now looking after the majority share of the Faber Group needs, which is represented in 11 countries across 4 continents. In addition to the Thai production site, Faber also has an impressive digital printing company in Poland and its own clothing manufacturing facilities in Romania. Faber is therefore one of the biggest producers of printed advertising textiles in the world.

It has been announced that Faber won the 'NTCC – Encouragement Award' during the twelfth annual 'NTCC – Beluthai Business Awards Ceremony for Business Excellence'. "Faber was thereby rewarded for its constant efforts where introducing top quality printed textiles, good working conditions and introducing innovative pro...ducts to the Asian world are concerned", according to Bert Cesar, Executive Director from the Dutch-Thai Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok.

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