Printing in Glasgow: posters, banners and stands
Printing in Glasgow starts with a poster for most people: a gig, a club night, a play, a shop window. We do those, plus banners and exhibition stands, all made to order and sent by tracked courier on the normal mainland rate.
Handy print for Glasgow jobs
6 favourites for Glasgow, each priced on the option its page opens with. Cheapest of the bunch: Poster Printing from £18.38; size and material are picked on its own page.
Roller Banners
PVC Banners
Poster Printing
A1 Poster Printing
Backdrop Banners
Fabric Pop Up Display Stand 3x3
Posters first #
Glasgow runs on gigs, and gigs run on posters. Poster printing covers the everyday sizes for windows and noticeboards, and A1 posters are for when you want it read from across the street. Going on a fence in the rain? Paper will not last the week. Use a PVC banner instead.
A tip from people who have learned the hard way: put the date, the venue and the ticket link in the top half. Nobody crouches to read the bottom of a poster on a wet night.
Printing in Glasgow for SEC shows #
The Scottish Event Campus on the Clyde is three venues in one: the SEC Centre halls, the SEC Armadillo and the OVO Hydro. For a stand, the usual combo is a roller banner or two plus a back wall. A 3×3 fabric pop-up stand fills a bigger space, and a backdrop banner works for conference stages and dinners. Events at Hampden Park and the Emirates Arena call for the same kit.
Students and societies #
Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian and the University of Glasgow between them have a lot of societies wanting a stall that looks the part. Open days and graduations need banners too, and a proud family will happily hang one outside the house afterwards.
Shops, clubs and sites #
- Shops and cafes: window posters, sale banners and feather flags outside the door.
- Clubs and charities: banners for fundraisers and family fun days.
- Landlords: notices and to-let signs for tenement stairs and car parks.
- Builders: mesh banners on scaffolding and Heras fencing.
Timing it right #
Glasgow pays the standard UK mainland rate, and once dispatched the courier normally takes one to three working days. Build in a day of slack before an event anyway. It costs nothing and saves a lot of sweating. Sending something further north or out to the islands? Get a quote before you order, and the figure you see is the figure you pay.
Banners outdoors #
Scotland has its own rules on outdoor advertising. If it is going up outside on a wall, railings or next to a road, have a word with Glasgow City Council first.
Getting your print to Glasgow
Costs and timings for Glasgow at a glance. Everything else is on the delivery page.
| What it costs | £7.95 per order to Glasgow, nothing once your goods reach £100 after discounts. Add £15 once if the order has a banner longer than 3 m on a side or a board bigger than A0. |
|---|---|
| Courier | Tracked all the way to Glasgow: normally 1 to 3 working days once it is dispatched, and the tracking link lands in your inbox as it leaves. |
| Production | The products above, on the options they open with, are ready to go in 5 to 8 working days from when your order and artwork are confirmed. Where Express is offered, it is on the product page. |
| Example | Roller Banners (6 working days): confirmed on a Monday, ready to leave on the following Tuesday, and normally in Glasgow between the following Wednesday and the following Friday. |
| Postcodes | Glasgow G postcodes are on the UK mainland rate. G83 (Alexandria, Arrochar and the Loch Lomond side) counts as Scottish Highlands, so add £10; checkout shows it. |
| How it is made | A person checks every uploaded file for free, then your order is made to order and dispatched from the UK. We have no shop or office in Glasgow. |
Sending it to a venue? Exhibiting on the SEC campus, whether in the halls, the Armadillo or the OVO Hydro? The organisers publish goods-in windows, so work back from build-up day, or send the lot to work or wherever you are staying.
Full rules: delivery and turnaround.
Glasgow orders: your questions
Does Glasgow pay the normal mainland postage?
It does: £7.95 a parcel, and nothing once the order tops £100 after discounts. G83 is the odd one out. Alexandria, Arrochar and the Loch Lomond side count as Highlands, which adds £10.
Does FatPrint have a shop in Glasgow?
No. FatPrint is an online print business with nowhere to walk into in the city. Everything is made to order and leaves by tracked courier from within the UK.
Can I get gig posters and window posters from you?
Yes. Pick a size on the poster pages and the price appears straight away. If the poster has to live outside on a fence, a PVC banner will outlast paper by a lot of wet weekends.
Will you send my stand kit to the SEC?
Happily, or to any other address. The SEC sets goods-in slots and label rules for exhibitors, so copy those into your checkout notes along with the stand number.
How long does a Glasgow order take?
Making time is on each product page and starts once we have a confirmed order plus usable artwork. After that the courier usually needs one to three working days. Leave a day spare before an event.