DE Signs North East has been manufacturing and installing signs for Gateshead businesses for over 45 years. From shop fronts to vehicle wraps, illuminated signs to 3D built-up letters, every sign is designed, manufactured, and installed by our team at Blaydon — just 3 miles from Gateshead town centre.
From the shopfronts along Coatsworth Road to the retail units at Metrocentre, Gateshead has a thriving mix of independent shops and national chains that all need quality signage.
We cover Gateshead town centre, Low Fell, Bensham, Felling, Team Valley, Blaydon, Whickham, Dunston, Ryton, Swalwell, and Lobley Hill. Whether you need a single fascia sign for a high street shop or a full rebrand across multiple sites, we deliver the same family-run quality that has kept North East businesses coming back since 1978.
Postcodes we cover: NE8, NE9, NE10, NE11, NE16, NE21, NE39, NE40. Call 0800 2888004 for a free quote.
Fascia signs, projecting signs, and illuminated shopfront signage for Gateshead retailers. From 3mm aluminium composite panels to acrylic built-up letters, we manufacture and install shop front signs that make your business stand out on streets like Coatsworth Road, Durham Road, and the Metrocentre retail parks. View our shop front sign services →
Van wraps, fleet branding, and vehicle lettering for Gateshead trades and businesses. Whether you operate a single van in Team Valley or a fleet across the North East, we turn your vehicles into mobile billboards. Explore vehicle graphics →
LED illuminated signs, light boxes, and halo-lit lettering for Gateshead businesses that want to be visible day and night. Ideal for the Quayside and town centre venues where visibility after dark is essential. See illuminated sign options → Also see our illuminated signs in Gateshead and illuminated signs in Sunderland pages.
Custom glass and LED neon signs for bars, restaurants, and retail. Handmade to your design — perfect for the independent venues around Gateshead Quays and Bensham Road. Discover neon signage →
Premium 3D acrylic and metal letters for reception walls, shopfronts, and corporate interiors. A popular choice for businesses at Team Valley and Office & Training centres. View 3D letter options →
PVC banners, Foamex boards, and exhibition graphics for events, promotions, and point-of-sale. Fast turnaround for Gateshead businesses. See large format printing →
Recent projects made at our Blaydon workshop, just minutes from Gateshead town centre.
Family-run since 1978. Three generations of sign-making expertise serving the North East.
All signs are designed, manufactured, and finished in our workshop. No outsourcing, no delays.
We come to your premises, measure up, and provide a fixed-price quote with no obligation.
Most projects completed within 2-3 weeks. Rush jobs available. We keep your business visible.
Gateshead Council generally permits standard fascia signs without planning permission, but illuminated signs in residential areas or conservation zones like Bensham and Saltwell may need approval. We handle all the paperwork.
Genuine reviews from North East businesses we have made signs for - collected via Google, Yell and our own website.
Yes. We cover all of Gateshead including Low Fell, Felling, Team Valley, Blaydon, Whickham, Dunston, Ryton, Bensham, and the town centre. We are based at Blaydon Business Centre, so we are right on your doorstep.
A standard fascia sign starts from £450. Illuminated signs start from £450. 3D built-up letters start from £100 per letter. All prices include VAT, design, manufacturing, and installation. Call 0800 2888004 for a free quote.
Most standard fascia signs on commercial premises do not need planning permission. However, illuminated signs in conservation areas or near residential properties may require consent from Gateshead Council. We can advise you on what's required and handle the application for you as part of our service.
Most projects are completed within 2-3 weeks from sign-off. Rush jobs are available. Since we are based in Blaydon, we can often survey and install within a few days for Gateshead businesses.
Yes. We have experience producing signage for retail units, kiosks, and shopping centres across Gateshead, including the Metrocentre and Team Valley. We understand the requirements for large retail environments.
Gateshead spans everything from the Quayside culture quarter, with Baltic and the Sage watching the Tyne, to Team Valley, one of the largest trading estates in the North East. High-street units in Low Fell and along Durham Road tend to want bright, modern fascia signs with strong colour and night-time illumination, while independent shops near the Swing Bridge prefer understated painted aluminium that respects the historic streetscape. Because we survey every site free of charge, we will measure the elevation, check access and flag likely shop signage consent questions with Gateshead Council before any fabrication starts.
Team Valley alone hosts thousands of businesses, from builders' merchants to logistics firms, and their vans are on the A1 every day. That is why van wraps and fleet livery are among the most common jobs we deliver in Gateshead: a fleet of matched vans advertises your firm at every lights, and reflective options add safety for night shifts. We handle everything from single-trader lettering to multi-van fleets with matching layouts, all printed and laminated in-house at our workshop just up the road in Blaydon, minutes from the Metrocentre.
Between the Quayside nightlife and the Metrocentre's retail scale, Gateshead businesses lean towards light. Bars and restaurants on the riverside use neon-effect LED signs and glowing window graphics to catch evening trade, while retail units invest in illuminated fascias and trough lights that keep storefronts readable after dark. Office tenants around Team Valley and the Quayside add interior signs and reception lettering so customers find them easily inside the big estates.
Building projects and events keep Gateshead's demand for temporary signage high. We supply hoarding panels, safety boards and site notice signs for construction firms, plus printed banners and event boards for community halls, schools and sports clubs across the borough. Pavement A-boards remain the simplest footfall tool for shops in Low Fell and Birtley, and they are built to shrug off North East weather with weighted bases and laminated prints.
Our Blaydon workshop sits inside the borough itself, so no Gateshead job is far from home. As well as the town centre we regularly fit signs in Low Fell, Dunston, Whickham, Swalwell, Birtley, Kibblesworth, Lobley Hill and up the Derwent Valley to Rowlands Gill and Chopwell. Gateshead also borders our other core areas, so we happily cover Newcastle across the river, Washington to the south and the whole of Sunderland for larger contracts.
Yes, in most cases. If the frame and face of your existing Gateshead shop sign are sound, we can replace old fluorescent tubes with long-life LED modules, re-lamp failed sections and re-face faded panels — a repair that typically costs far less than a new build and cuts the running cost of the sign at the same time. We will tell you honestly during the free survey if a replacement would be the better spend.
Gateshead is really three signage markets in one borough. The Quayside and Baltic quarter reward contemporary design: halo-lit lettering, blade signs and glass-fronted graphics that look sharp against the architecture. Low Fell and the suburban parades want dependable, friendly retail fascias that keep their colour and light through winter. Team Valley and the industrial estates need speed and toughness: big-format boards, high-vis safety signage and van fleets that all look like the same company.
On trading estates, first impressions happen at 30 miles an hour from the A1 or the A1231, so scale and contrast do the work. Aluminium composite panels, dibond tray signs and stainless or acrylic built-up letters stay legible for years of weather with almost no maintenance; that is why they dominate estate entrances and unit fronts. We fabricate tray signs in-house, which keeps costs sensible and lets us match anodised, painted and vinyl finishes precisely across multiple units.
Retail fascia work in Gateshead is where colour management earns its keep. National brands arrive with exact Pantone references; local shops arrive with a logo on a phone. Both get the same treatment: artwork set up properly, colours proofed on the actual face material, and a full-size print proof before we commit to fabrication. The result is a fascia that looks like the brand you approved, not a near miss.
Finally, the riverside. Anything fitted within reach of Tyne salt air gets marine-grade fixings and laminated or UV-stable faces as standard — cheap vinyl and unprotected steel are why so many riverside signs look tired within two years. We would rather quote for the sign that lasts; replacements are the expensive kind of marketing.
Yes. Whether it is a row of units on Team Valley or several entrances to one site, we plan the signage system as a set: shared materials, matched lettering heights and consistent colours across every unit. Doing the whole estate in one production run keeps per-unit costs down and makes the site look professionally managed.
Yes — we regularly match national brand specifications for colour, fonts, materials and illumination, and we can liaise with a brand's approval process for artwork sign-off. The fascia we build will match the guideline pack, while fixings and finishing details are adapted to your specific shopfront.
Call us on 0800 2888004 or fill in our contact form for a free, no-obligation quote. We cover all of Gateshead and the surrounding areas.
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