NEWS: The Highways Agency is using portable variable message signs on motorways and trunk roads in the West Midlands this winter.
NEWS: Councils will no longer be required to receive Whitehall approval for the installation of signs warning HGV drivers of unsuitable roads.
NEWS: The Highways Agency will be using electronic message signs on motorways during Clothes Show Live from this week.
NEWS: Liberal Democrat minister for transport Norman Baker has given a speech at the party's autumn conference, where he announced a new traffic signs policy document.
FEATURE: Our dependence on GPS has now made us so complacent that we tend to ignore the signs and displays used on our highways and back roads.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns discusses the issue of multilingualism in signs.
NEWS: Insurance comparison website Confused.com is petitioning the Department of Transport to introduce a new traffic sign warning drivers of potholes, and unveiled its own design for the sign.
NEWS: The regional and local transport minister Norman Baker has announced changes to the rules for councils who wish to introduce 20mph speed limits to their roads.
FEATURE: In the kind of weather the UK has been experiencing in the past month, many drivers may be more concerned with getting home safely than the state of the road signs on their way.
NEWS: Council leaders in England have been urged to reduce the amount of 'unnecessary' street signs by the government, with communities secretary Eric Pickles stating that the character of towns was being damaged by 'clutter'.
FEATURE: This week we reported on research released by car manufacturer Kia indicating that fewer than half of British drivers were confident in reading road signs.
NEWS: Nearly 6,000 illuminated traffic signs and bollards are to be replaced in Coventry, regional and local transport minister Norman Baker has announced.
NEWS: Matan Digital Printers will showcase its DTS-36 digital traffic sign printer at this month's Intertraffic Amsterdam.
NEWS: Spectrum Industrial has made available a new 'bumper' catalogue for 2012 featuring more than 5,000 safety signs, labels and pieces of equipment.
NEWS: The Highways Agency has announced that work has started on a stretch of the M2 motorway in Kent, UK to promote road safety.
NEWS: Signpost Solutions says its Biker-Mate product is saving the lives of motorcyclists after being installed in a number of UK counties.
NEWS: A traffic diversion signpost near junction two of the M32 motorway near Bristol is now blank after the Highways Agency removed a paper sign mocking Bristol accents.
FEATURE: Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at the growing market for different effects using wide-format digital printers.
NEWS: The UK's Highways Agency is urging drivers to dispose of litter responsibly this summer with its Bag It, Bin It campaign, though roadside variable message signs.
FEATURE: Being a frequent flier, the lack of signs and displays telling me where I should be going is becoming increasingly annoying.
NEWS: Camcode has released a new line of asset tags designed to help cities and districts identify, control and track their traffic signs through leading software management systems.
NEWS: AA Signs, a division of the AA and major provider of temporary event signage, has invested in a Mimaki CJV30-130 print-and-cut device for its Belfast plant.
NEWS: Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective Solutions has appointed Carlo Kölker to the position of business manager for Traffic and Safety, for the Europe and the Middle East region.
NEWS: Wide-format printer and consumables manufacturer Mutoh Europe has announced a raft of product releases and development intentions, especially in its key growth areas of textile printing and traffic signs production.
NEWS: Traffic sign maker Nordis Signs has been purchased by May Gurney, it has been announced.
NEWS: William Smith says it has enhanced its materials supply service with the addition of 3M Engineer Grade Prismatic (EGP) reflective sheeting, which offers 'improved visibility and legibility'.
NEWS: William Smith has been awarded a contract to provide new signs and graphics for Hinckley town centre by Leicestershire County Council.
NEWS: Mutoh has released a new digital UV ink-jet printer aimed at producers of road traffic, safety and information signs.
