Leading the Way as Property Signage Experts
Established in 1998, Countrywide Signs’ founder and managing director, Tony Williams QFP, started out as a property sign installer himself. Honing and developing the brand and business structure to become a leader in the property signage industry. We pride ourselves on being The Property Signage Experts. With quality at the forefront of everything we do. Since inception, the group’s location coverage has grown exponentially. Ranging from one-van businesses to multi-van regional operations. As a result, the network has the capacity to fulfil orders the length and breadth of the UK for independent estate, letting and commercial agents, as well as regional and national agents. Find your local operator…
Values
Quality
Quality & continuous improvement. ISO 9001 accreditation.
Teamwork
Working together. Stronger nationwide & regionally together.
Trustworthy
A network & brand you can trust. 25 years of expertise.
Professional
Always professional in appearance, service & aftercare.
Dedication
A large network of franchisees, each as devoted as the next.
Meet the Team
Tony Williams
Founder & Managing Director
Our original Property Signage Expert! Tony’s background includes 12 years with his own security company as well as over 25 years as a Countrywide Signs franchisee and Managing Director. With nearly 30 years’ experience in franchising, Tony heads up the support team to aid the network and continually improve the services we provide.
Carole Wayne
Client Services Manager
Carole joined in 2014 starting her employment with Countrywide Signs in the accounts department and diversifying her role some two years later. Carole is now Client Services Manager. She works predominantly in operations onboarding franchisees and providing operational support to new and existing franchisees. Carole is also in charge of managing our online estate and commercial agents.
Catherine Brace
Operations Support
Catherine is the franchisee go to for all operations support requests. Having worked as a franchisee with her husband, Catherine has a great relationship with the franchisees. She provides invaluable customer support to franchisees and their agents. As well as dealing with a vast range of queries on a day-to-day basis, Catherine also monitors and manages ISO 9001 compliance.
Debbie Bishop
Accounts Manager
Debbie joined Countrywide Signs in 2015. With over 30 years of experience working in various accounts roles, Debbie heads up the accounts team providing invaluable support to the franchise network helping deal with accountancy queries, payroll, accounts payable and receivable.
Enviromental Policy
Environmental Responsibility
As a property signage business and nationwide franchise network, we feel strongly about the importance of our responsibility to the environment and the impact of climate change. We are currently embarking on our journey to help achieve a greener future.
Our Carbon Footprint
We have been making changes and reducing emissions. Here’s how we’re tackling climate change so far…
- Signage is collected and recycled if no longer fit for purpose
- Head office staff now work remotely
- We’ve reduced our office-based footprint by some 60%
- We have moved to a cloud-based server
- We use a route planner to enable drivers to find the shortest route to save on emissions
- We’ve minimised carriage, sending items in bulk only
Recycling Signage Boards
We have an obligation to ensure our property boards are disposed of in an ethical and sustainable manner. With a high turnover of signage boards, we believe in upcycling posts and reusing branded boards wherever possible.
When it is not possible to upcycle, we use a professional recycling service called EA Recycling to ensure our boards are disposed of appropriately and that our signage doesn’t end up in landfill.
Polypropylene plastic is currently non-biodegradable and must not be disposed of via domestic or commercial waste. When notified by our agents we arrange board collection from the property so that we can dispose of signage on the agent’s behalf if quality isn’t up to our high standards.
Ethically Sourced Materials
Our corporate social responsibility ensures that we only source materials from ethical suppliers.
Timber for our posts from members of the Timber Trade Federation, a body who are committed to a responsible approach to timber sourcing.
Paint is water-based and non solvent-based and only purchased from companies who adhere to an environmental charter. All inks and toners used adhere to Nordic Swan Label (or similar) which ensures that printed matter (throughout its lifecycle) complies with the most stringent environmental requirements.
What Our Customers Say...
"We never have any issues with Countrywide Signs and would always recommend them to anyone. Great work always!"
Lets & Property Management
"Countrywide Signs offers us incredible professional and friendly service ALL THE TIME. Massive thumbs up for the company."
Cowling & West
"Absolutely awesome experience with Countrywide Signs. The team was brilliant."
Knight Frank
Get in Touch
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