Our History
Anthony Darling started his sign-making business back in 1946. Working from a small workshop in Twickenham he established a reputation in the local area and West London. During the sixties both of his sons, David and Richard came to work for their father and some years later took over the business. By the eighties, AJ Darling and Sons had moved to its current location in Mereway Road, Twickenham. Here, with the development of modern signwriting techniques, the Darling brothers invested in vinyl cutting technology which allowed the business to solidify its already excellent reputation.
By the end of 2007, David and Richard were ready to retire and AJ Darling and Sons became Darling Signs, joining forces with Expo-Fx a long-established Weybridge sign-making business. With new investment in digital printing together with its experienced staff Darling Signs is well placed to move forward offering excellent service and product well into the next sixty years.
Environment Policy
Policy Statement
As a manufacturing and installation company, Darling Signs recognises the importance of considering the impact of its activities upon the environment and of working with suppliers and customers to minimise this wherever possible. We also aim to promote awareness of relevant environmental issues and responsibilities amongst our staff.
Key Objectives
To minimise the use of paper within our office environment.
To maintain safe and healthy working conditions.
To reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste produced.
To use recycled or recyclable materials.
Comply with environmental legislation.
Key Measures
Recycle all paper, cardboard and ink cartridges.
All timber to be sourced from managed forests.
Reduce the amount of energy used in our offices and workshop.
Dispose of all waste safely and responsibly.
Material off-cuts sent to local schools to be used by children in art classes.
All vehicles to be properly maintained and journeys carefully planned.
To encourage staff to be aware of our policy and to promote ideas for its development.
Review
We are committed to continually reviewing and improving our Environmental Policy.
Health & Safety
As everyone does these days, we take our Health and Safety policy very seriously. We carry out Risk Assessments and prepare Method Statements where necessary before we carry out the installation of our signage.Training is also very important to us and is an inherent part of our quest to constantly improve in this area:All of our installation team are PASMA certified for safe erection and use of Scaffold Towers and LaddersAll of our installation team are IPAF certified for the use of Cherry PickersAll of our team have had manual handling training.