We have been stocking our black snap frames for quite some years but something has changed – they are flying out the door like never before!
Black is definitely the new silver!
We have increased supply to meet demand, trying to always stay one step ahead, so you can contine to order as usual knowing we will fulfil our next day delivery promise on all orders placed before 12 noon.
With prices starting from as little as £4.18 you can afford to keep up with the trend!
With our terrible cold weather and the continuing slump in sales there is no wonder that trading is getting tougher. The first thing most people cut is there marketing and advertising budget which of course is a visious circle. You NEED to ADVERTISE to bring in the crowds and increase sales. Remember SPECULATE to ACCUMULATE!
You don’t have to spend a fortune to keep your image professional. Keep your signage looking spick and span with our Dark Oak A-boards. Solid wooden chalkboard a-boards that are not only stylish but practical too.
The Olympics may be over but our Gold Rope Stands aren’t! BHMA were proud suppliers to London 2012 and due to high demand are now stocking them for next day delivery for our valued customers.
Rope Stands are perfect for creating VIP areas, and controlling queues and crowds, ensuring your guests venture where you would like them to and not where they would!
Rope Stands are available in gold to offer the look of brass but without the price (and the cleaning!) and also in polished chrome, both are available with matching twisted and velvet ropes and suitable for internal and external use.
Make sure you don’t let the side down and order yours today!
Autumn is fast approaching and with it the thought of dark nights, hot dinners and comfort foods! What better way to encourage your locals to dine with you in style than a new eye catching menu on a new eye catching chalkboard!
We are just launching a new range of chalkboards each with a three dimensional character to add a touch of fun to your restaurant. Each chalkboard is suitable for use with traditional white chalk and we include a stick free of charge to get you started.
What are you waiting for? Buck the trend this autumn, order your chalkboard today and watch your profits soar!
Ever wondered what we look like? Where we are? Well this is us on a hot sunny day in July! It’s wher it all happens! We have been trading for over 21 years now and luckily business is booming! So I would just like to say a huge thank you to all of our customers for your continued support it is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!
A great way to add impact to displays and make your customer ‘believe’ is to use props. Clinique have done just that using our glass ice cubes on their displays to give the illusion of freshness. Our glass ice cubes are extremely realistic and lifelike. Being the same size as a standard ice cube and transparent in colour an Eskimo would buy them especially at £4.00 for a pot of 28!
John Sporting the Latest Trend
Just when you thought you had heard of all the uses for the chalkpen along comes another! Chalkpens also know as Chalkboard Pens or Liquid Chalk are suitable for all non-porous surfaces and available in wet-wipe or waterproof. Our laid back friend here is sporting the waterproof variety, John’s taken so much time to create his designer shell he wants to make sure it won’t wash off in the rain! To get a look that John would be proud of click here for our latest range!
P.s No snails were harmed in making this blog 
Cafe Rouge the popular French restaurant chain owned by Tragus has launched an express version of its winning concept. Outside Euston station you will find French food on the go, catering for travellers and offering hot and cold baguettes, grilled sandwiches, salads and soups. For the organised traveller with time on their hands there is stilll the ever popular steak and frites and at the other end of the scale if you’re in a real hurry you can always call ahead, place your order and collect it, just like a traditional French takeaway.
BHMA’s Marketing Store is currently working on their new a-board design which will be unveiled shortly, watch this space!
The blackboard was invented by James Pillans, headmaster of the Royal High School in Scotland. He used it with colored chalk to teach geography.
The chalkboard/blackboard was in use in Indian schools in the 11th century as per Alberuni’s Indica (Tarikh Al-Hind), written in the early 11th century. They used black slate tablets for the children in the schools, and wrote on them like we writon on our books today. They used calcium sulphate (chalk) as we would have done before the explosion of the chalkboard pen.
The term “blackboard” dates from around 1815 to 1825 while the newer and predominantly American term, “chalkboard” dates from 1935 to 1940.
The chalkboard was introduced into the US education system in 1801.
Compared to Whiteboards chalkboards have a variety of advantages:
Chalk requires no special care; whiteboard markers must be capped or else they dry out.
Chalk is much cheaper than whiteboard markers.
It is easier to draw lines of different thicknesses with chalk than it is with whiteboard markers.
Chalk has a no smell, whereas whiteboard markers often have a pungent odour.
Chalk writing often provides better contrast than whiteboard markers, which helps people read at a distance.
Having done some research on Menus recently, I am intrigued as to how often restaurants, pubs and hoteliers change their menus.
I can think of one Italian high street restaurant in particular, that I frequent with my family at least once a month, and I can honestly say I have never had the same plate of food twice, and that is without ordering from the specials. So is it best to have loads on the menu to start with and never have to change them, thus saving on time and paper. Or is it better to have a very basic menu and loads of specials that are written up on lovely chalkboards?
If you use chalkboards, do you have a sign writer to do them for you, or is it a working document that gets re-written after every service? The options for menus and advertising your wares are vast!
If you are changing the menu fairly often, let’s say weekly, do you use menu covers and then re-print your dishes on pretty card to insert? The added advantage of this is if they get covered in chocolate pudding, the menu covers are wipe clean and the inserts can be replaced.
Chalkboards, I always think are a lovely addition to any venue serving food. To me, it shows that the menu is being refreshed on a regular basis…using a specials board shows the ingredients are fresh.. Once they’ve gone, they’ve gone! Once the fish or pie of the day has gone, I can imagine the satisfaction of the chef telling his waitress to strike it off the ‘specials’ board! Do you make the menus all look the same; with clean lines and smudge-free using stencils and waterproof pens? Coloured chalk or the good old fashioned white stuff? Chalkboard Pens or proper chunky chalk?
Should menus be changed with The Seasons? quarterly – therefore encouraging chefs to use the freshest ingredients, giving them time to cost up and taste every dish before they present them to the public?
Do you keep a tally of best sellers, so you know which ones to keep and which ones to change?
Do you only change the menu when there is a price change on ingredients, or do you have inspiring young chefs that you allow to put one dish forward each month?
All these questions that go into deciding how often to change the menu… Who would have thought that writing out what we as customers can eat, would be such a challenge?