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First time?

You’re not alone. This is our first pandemic too

 

In fact, trailblazing businesses from Dover to Dundee are embarking on a journey into unchartered waters. A challenging terrain, where we welcome customers with one hand, and fight the virus with the other.

The opening up of the economy is being supported by NHS Test and Trace. Social distancing measures are being employed in spades to help stop the spread. Who would’ve thought booking systems would be part of the battle plan?

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to:

Prevent another outbreak

Protect colleagues and customers

Reassure visitors and encourage sales

Sound doable?

Read on for how using booking systems and digital Registration Forms can help

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Who are we?

who are we

Accomplice Ltd trading as Hailsham Creative and

Nettl of Eastbourne North

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Like many business we have had to re-invent ourselves over the past few weeks. After an initial ‘Lance Corporal Jones’ moment (“Don’t panic!”)  and a period of shock, we talked to our franchise operators and were offered an opportunity we couldn’t refuse. To become a Nettl partner, enabling us to deliver better designed and more responsive websites.

  • Franchise?

    You have in the past known us as Hailsham Creative @ Printing.com  – printing.com is the franchise that we bought into several years ago, run by Grafenia PLC. This enabled us to offer, alongside our design services, competitively priced, good quality print from printing.com’s main hub while at the same time being able to shop around local suppliers to ensure we got the best price and product for our customers. Brilliant.

  • So who is Nettl?

    Nettl is another arm of Grafenia PLC. It came into being as Grafenia’s response to the changes in the world of print. An increase in the use of websites and in viewing those sites on mobile devices has meant a great change in the design and coding process. Pretty much every business, large or small, that needs printing, also needs a website and, more often than not, signage. Now Nettl can offer it all.

  • Doesn’t it take years to learn coding and SEO? Don’t you have to keep up to date with fast moving technology?

    Yes and yes and the beauty of Nettl is that we are part of a much larger team that includes the ‘Geeks’ – these brain boxes have all of those skills and knowledge and have their fingers firmly on the pulse of the technology world. And they are ours! This leaves us free to do the designing and building of the websites using the latest Nettl software with a wealth of expert support behind us.
    So, having made use of the quiet lockdown weeks by doing online training courses, video seminars, test projects and sample sites,  we have now gone from offering the very simplest, basic starter websites to being able to offer the best website solution for pretty much any project, with added functionality and integrations, totally responsive for viewing on any platform. See, we’ve even started to talk ‘website’.

  • Here are some examples of sites created using the Nettl system

Inpspire plus on multiple devices

inspireplus.org.uk

Support wealden Website_Template

supportwealden.co.uk

website PICKHAMS

pickhams.com

   

  • So where does Accomplice Ltd fit in all of this?

    Accomplice Ltd is the name we registered when we became a limited company way back in 2004, having been trading simply as Accomplice before then. When we moved to offices in Hailsham we started the trading name of Hailsham Creative as that better explained what we offered… and where. When we joined printing.com we added that to the name. We now work from a home office in Wilmington, East Sussex and still have close connections with Hailsham so, rather than change name once again when we left Hailsham, we kept the Hailsham Creative name as we’d grown fond of it and our branding was pretty well known. Now we’ve swapped the added printing.com to Nettl and we are offering exactly the same service as before but with with added website ‘wow’.

In a nutshell, we’ve evolved and are pretty excited about it!

So next time you see the name Hailsham Creative or Nettl of Eastbourne North, you’ll know that we are the ones for web… and whatever other design, print and signage needs you may have.

Jim (Jimbo) and Josie Tipler

Wayzgoose


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Wayzgoose


“A wayzgoose was at one time an entertainment given by a master printer to his workmen each year ..” Wikipedia”

Well, during the lockdown it wasn’t going to happen so St Bride Library and Foundation went virtual. Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of lettering, paper, type, text and all things printing with these wonderful 2 minute videos.


https://vimeo.com/stbride


If you would like to know more about the St Bride Library and Foundation, please visit https://www.sbf.org.uk/  If you would like to become a Friend of St Bride Library or to support them through these difficult times, please visit: https://www.sbf.org.uk/friends

Chapter 4 – Navigating the socially distant

prevent and protect


 

Continuing our series on resources to HELP PREVENT the SPREAD & PROTECT your BUSINESSES

 


CHAPTER 4
Navigating the socially distant
 – indoors

 

The next-in-line inches a little too close. A group gathers at the collection point. Disoriented customers bump into each other in the aisles. Space invaders. They need help. 

Well-positioned graphics to indicate the right amount of space. Clear, prominent, wayfinding signage to point the right direction and make them feel at ease 

Download the full brochure here: Prevent & Protect book – PDF


 

SIGNAGE & NAVIGATION

 

  • FREESTANDING SIGN POST NEW 1425(h)mm, made from 16mm thick board. Print a permanent message or add optional A4 holders to swap instructions from £71.10 each 
  • CIRCULAR VINYL STICKERS with anti-slip surface, to lead the way, any size you like from £18.90 each 
  • FLOOR GRAPHICS Choose different materials for high footfall routes and low-traffic areas from £18.90 each
  • AXE DISPLAY STAND Washable fabric, two-sided cover stretches over a lightweight aluminium frame from £236 each 
  • SLOPED BOOTH Block off areas with a 3m wide pop-up meeting booth from £995 
  • PRODUCT TRAYS Pop on your counter with a printed message inviting guests to use hand sanitiser (not included) From £44.10 each
  • TOTEM DISPLAY Tiny footprint, freestanding display with washable fabric cover, stretched over aluminium frame – get different messages on each side from £195 each 
  • FLOOR GRAPHICS Social distancing doesn’t need to be dry. Combine sales messages with navigation and sell to waiting punters. Ask your suppliers to sponsor some deals from £18.90 each  
  • VINYL CIRCLES Save cash with our bulk pack of wayfinding floor stickers 8 pack from £66.60 
  • ROLLER BANNER Pull-up film or PVC material, 2000(h) x 800(w)mm from £66.60 
  • FLOOR MAT Print your message on a nylon floor mat, 15 standard sizes up to 2000(w) x 3000(h)mm from £79 
  • LONG MESSAGES Get floor vinyl graphics any dimensions you like 8 pack from £80.10 

 


 

READY-MADE SIGNS 

 

We’ve curated a considerate selection of safety graphics for floors and walls, especially for Covid-secure guidelines. Ordering is easy. Go to: www.nettl.com/uk/safetysigns

Choose a design, select material for floors or walls and check-out quickly. 

There’s hundred of messages to pick from, or upload your own design for the same price. Or your local studio can create something fabulous with your very own branding. 

 


 

INTERIOR POSTERS 

 

Reassure visitors and your workforce with wall stickers, posters and signs. Talk about important changes and remind people of actions they can take to stay safe. 

If you’ve made changes to the way customers interact with you, let them know. Messages don’t need to be dry. Keep them in your style and tone of voice. Reassure. 

  • A METAL SIGNS Composite aluminium signs are ideal for both indoors and outdoors. We print directly to metal, which is wipe-clean. Custom sizes 10 from £80.10 
  • B INDOOR POSTERS Get single A3 posters from £12.60 each or 500 for £141.30 
  • C FOAMEX Keep your navigation messaging on brand, with custom-size 3mm foamex signs from £27.90 each 
  • D TENT CARDS Put ordering instructions on tables or a QR code to your online menu – each side can have different messages 250 from £113.40 
  • E WALL VINYL Self-adhesive, wipe-clean vinyl sticks to smooth walls 10 from £76.50 
  • F STRUT CARDS Wipe-clean printed 3mm foamex sign, with board strut attached 10 from £44.10 

 

WINDOWS 

 

Your windows are the first thing visitors see. Our vinyls, posters and clings make them do the talking. 

Hang posters in the window. Stick decals on the glass permanently. Cover windows entirely. Add etched-effect shapes to create privacy. Or use cling vinyl. It’s super easy to fit (and remove, relocate) as it uses static electricity to ‘cling’ to the window. No adhesive residue. 

Vinyls can stick to the inside or out. White-backed or transparent. Custom sized or cut-to-shape. 

  • A WINDOW DECALS White or full colour cut-out letters to apply to indoor or outdoor windows from £40.50 each 
  • B INDOOR POSTERS Printed with UV-stable inks, for longer life from £12.60 each 
  • C HANGING RAILS Change posters easily – each kit comes with a top and bottom rail, with hooks to hang from £42 per pair
  • D WINDOW CLING NEW Easily repositionable, makes self-install a doddle. Reverse printed and backed with white ink from £26.10 

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On screen persona


The nation has seen more live unscheduled cameos during conference calls than ever before. Yet, working from home looks here to stay. 

We all want to look our best. Pitching with your pants showing isn’t a good look. Use our range of fabric backdrops to add whoosh to your Zoom. Conceal the unexpected. Look like business

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Here are a couple of solutions:

 


  • Photographers backdropSCENE 20 NEW
    Fabric photography backdrops, sometimes referred to as video call backdrops, provide a vibrant background for when you need to look professional on a video call, or need a specific background for a photoshoot. The perfect addition to everyone’s ‘working from home’ accessories.
    They consist of a simple frame with screw in feet and telescopic poles, making it fully adjustable from 900mm-2300mm high and 1300mm-2400mm wide. The fabric graphic is printed on ‘Black Back’ fabric to stop light from passing through, and attached to the frame with with simple loop pockets –  hangs on a tiny footprint frame, which collapses down for easy storage. It has a narrow footprint so is ideal to use at home or in the office where space might be limited. Assembly can be completed in a matter of minutes without the need for tools, and it packs away neatly into a compact carry bag. £289 each 

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  • TABLETOP 18S NEW 1.8m wide straight printed fabric backdrop to put on the desk behind you £245 each
  • TABLETOP 24C NEW Print a striking image on the front and your branding on the reverse, so when event season returns, these 2.5m wide curves double as exhibition backdrops £265 each 

Ask us for more details or call us on 01323 840048