Signage specialist hired to work on £1bn urban village development

Leeds-headquartered Widd Signs has won two contracts, worth more than £100,000, to design, make and install branding and signage at the £1bn flagship Paddington Village development in Liverpool.

The digital and traditional signage specialist, which has bases in both Leeds and St Helens, has been appointed by Morgan Sindall Construction, the company commissioned by Liverpool City Council to work on the 30-acre urban village.

The first contract will see Widd Signs create and install an array of exterior and internal signage at the site’s 14-storey, 1,256-space car park, with work already well underway to install some of the larger, high-level external illuminated branded signs.

Internal traffic management and safety signage will be installed over the course of May.

The second contract will see the firm develop and install external and internal signage at The Spine – a newly built 160,000 sq ft building, which will be the new £55m headquarters of the Royal College of Physicians.

It is the latest in a series of contract wins for the company, which provides signage consultancy, design, and production to a range of high-profile businesses operating in the retail, construction and sports and leisure sectors.

The company recently completed a five-figure project to install striking signage at the newly opened King’s Dock car park in Liverpool.

Peter Harris, national sales manager for Widd Signs, said: “Paddington Village is transforming the Knowledge Quarter and, as a locally-based company, we’re incredibly proud to be playing our part to support such an exciting and important development.

“It’s a large-scale project and we’re looking forward to showcasing the full breadth of our in-house capabilities, from designing and manufacturing the signage locally through to coordinating and managing its installation, with a number of high-level fittings planned.”