Placard Printing
Looking for professionally printed placards for your next protest, strike, or campaign? At Carrick Signs, we specialise in custom placard printing for a wide range of events – from political marches and union picket lines to environmental demonstrations and public awareness campaigns. Whether you need a bold protest placard, a branded picket sign, or a batch of printed placards for your organisation, we offer fast turnaround times and nationwide UK delivery.
All orders are sent on next-day delivery to ensure you get your custom placards as soon as possible.
Features
- Durable materials: Weather-resistant board printing is ideal for outdoor use
- Vivid colours: Full-colour placard printing that makes your message stand out
- Bespoke designs: Upload your artwork or let our design team help
- Quick UK delivery: Fast dispatch with delivery options across the UK
- Sustainable options: Eco-friendly board materials are available
Prices
| Size | Quantity | Price Each |
|---|---|---|
| A3 (Short Placard Stick) (420mm x 297mm | 3.5ft Stick) | 3 - 9 | £9.00 (+ VAT) |
| 10 - 49 | £8.50 (+ VAT) | |
| 50 + | £7.50 (+ VAT) | |
| A2 (Short Placard Stick) (594mm x 420mm | 3.5ft Stick) | 3 - 9 | £11.00 (+ VAT) |
| 10 - 49 | £10.00 (+ VAT) | |
| 50 + | £8.50 (+ VAT) | |
| A1 (Long Placard Stick) (841mm x 594mm | 7ft Stick) | 2 - 9 | £17.50 (+ VAT) |
| 10 - 24 | £16.50 (+ VAT) | |
| 25 + | £15.00 (+ VAT) |
| Size | Quantity | Price Each |
|---|---|---|
| A3 (Short Placard Stick) (420mm x 297mm | 3.5ft Stick) | 2 - 9 | £13.50 (+ VAT) |
| 10 - 49 | £12.75 (+ VAT) | |
| 50 + | £11.25 (+ VAT) | |
| A2 (Short Placard Stick) (594mm x 420mm | 3.5ft Stick) | 2 - 9 | £16.50 (+ VAT) |
| 10 - 49 | £15.00 (+ VAT) | |
| 50 + | £12.75 (+ VAT) | |
| A1 (Long Placard Stick) (841mm x 594mm | 7ft Stick) | 1 - 9 | £26.25 (+ VAT) |
| 10 - 24 | £24.75 (+ VAT) | |
| 25 + | £22.50 (+ VAT) |
FAQs
How do I submit artwork files?
Upload your artwork when placing your order—our uploader supports JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PDF, and ZIP files up to 50MB. To keep file sizes manageable, we recommend optimizing your artwork before submission.
Alternatively, you can email your files using the address at the top of our website. For large files, use WeTransfer or similar services, but be sure to send us a separate email, as we don’t receive orders directly from WeTransfer notifications. If you have any issues, feel free to call us.
Do placards come with the stick attached?
Yes, you will receive your placard assembled and ready to use.
Additional Information
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Details
Placards
Our placard boards are made from 4mm corrugated plastic (Correx®) – a lightweight, durable, and cost-effective material ideal for picket signs and protest placards.
Placards can be produced single or double-sided. Double-sided placards are made using two separate boards attached to either side of one stick, giving you extra space to display your message from all angles. We offer two stick lengths to suit different preferences and event types.
Placards For Protests
One of the most common uses for our printed placards is at protests, pickets, and strike actions. Whether you’re a member of a union or organising a grassroots demonstration, our Correx protest placards are designed to be lightweight enough for long marches and tough enough to withstand the elements.
You can also request bespoke sizes or shapes to ensure your picket sign stands out in the crowd.
Placards For Local Advertising
Beyond protests and activism, our placards are widely used for local street advertising. We provide them pre-assembled with wooden sticks, ready for immediate use, perfect for promoting local businesses, events, or causes in high-footfall areas.
Your Design Our Printing
At Carrick Signs, we print full colour directly onto Correx® boards using UV-resistant inks. That means:
No extra charge for full colour or photo-quality designs
Long-lasting prints that won’t fade in sunlight
Fast, reliable production even for last-minute orders
Need something unique? Our in-house routing machines can cut boards into custom shapes, from arrows to stars and everything in between. No matter the message, we’ll make sure your placard printing gets noticed.
Ready to Order?
Use the form below to upload your artwork and send us your enquiry. Whether you need one board or a full campaign’s worth of foam signage, we’ll get your order printed and delivered fast, friendly and hassle-free.
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Material Specifications
Attribute Description Product Name Diplast WH Flute LF
Finish Matte
Thickness 4mm
Recyclable Yes
Print UV Digital Print
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Delivery
Information about deliveries
We dispatch all our orders with the couriers APC and DX. Everything is sent out on a next day delivery service as standard to ensure you receive your order as quickly as possible. Please note that whilst our couriers do operate a next day delivery service, we cannot guarantee delivery.
Delivery costs vary depending on the size of your order and its destination. Costs start at £11 + VAT (£13.20 inc VAT) for UK mainland. For an accurate delivery quote please contact us with your order requirements and we will include this in your quotation.
Pricing for the Scottish Highlands, Scottish Grampians, and any UK offshore islands will vary from standard shipping costs. Please get in touch for an accurate delivery quote.
We are only able to ship out to UK mainland and Northern Irish addresses. We can’t deliver outside of the UK.
We can offer delivery with a dedicated van on request. We may offer this service for large items or a high quantity order, or for deliveries that are required in specific timeframes.
If there is an issue with your delivery, please get in contact with us as soon as possible and we will work to resolve your issue as quickly as we can. If your parcel looks it has arrived in bad condition it can be signed for as ‘damaged’.
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Artwork Information
Our artwork specifications
Sending artwork the right way can help speed up your order, and also helps avoid any unexpected problems with your print. When uploading a file please consider the following.
Colour. Files are best sent in CMYK colour, sending a file in a different colour format can result in colours not coming out as expected when sent to print.
What is CMYK? This simply refers to the primary colours used to mix and create all the colours you see in your print. We use Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and black inks in our digital printers. If your file is sent using a different mix of colours, such as RGB for example, we will need to convert your artwork. When we do this, colours can change in your artwork and not come out as expected.
Size and scale. Files are best sent to the size you’d be looking to have your print produced, or they can also be sent to a smaller or larger scale of the size you’re looking to have your print produced.
Why does size matter in a digital file? When a digital file is produced in design software, you can set it and export to a specific size. This size in the digital space translates directly to how large your artwork file is in real life. A common issue is trying to print a file that is small, for example A4 (210 x 297mm) in size and trying to print it much larger at A0 (841 x 1189mm). When increasing an image in size, certain elements can start to become pixelated or appear blurry. As such it is always best to create and save your file at the final size, you’ll be able to see accurately how your print quality will look before sending it through to print.
What is scale? When resizing an artwork file, keeping it in scale means increasing or decreasing the size without stretching or distorting the artwork in any way. As such it is important to make sure your artwork will scale up if not being sent to size of. Otherwise, we may need to crop or stretch your artwork to ensure it fits your size requirements.
File Types. Our preferred file format is a PDF or a high-quality Jpeg file. We can also accept other bitmap file types.
Crop marks, bleed and cut paths. We would advise between 3mm to 5mm bleed if being included on an artwork. Bleed isn’t 100% required on boards that are straight cut but would be needed on any items that are cut to shape. If using crop marks to indicate the finished size, please ensure they are correctly placed as we will use these when cutting out your artwork. For items that are cut to shape please provide your artwork with a vector cutting guide.
What is bleed? Bleed is a part of the artwork that extends outside of the finished size. The bleed area will be cut off in the finishing process. This makes cutting easier and helps ensure that your print isn’t left with any unwanted white edges.
What is a cut path? For cut to shape prints we use a CNC cutting machine which requires a vector cutting guide. Our machine uses this path to cut out your print exactly as needed. This file would be required in a vector format in a PDF file, we wouldn’t be able to use a cut path that has been provided as a bitmap file. We can help set up cut paths if you’re unable to, this would be subject to an artwork and set up fee if required.
Rounded fonts and outlines. Any PDFs containing fonts and outlines should be rounded and converted to curves. When left unconverted we can encounter issues when trying to set up artworks, such as missing fonts or issues with rescaling artwork files.
What is a rounded font? When a font is used in an artwork and saved as a PDF, the file will keep this data. This means if you were to import the file back into design software you will be able to edit the text freely. The issue this can cause however, is that if we don’t have the same font file our software will try and replace it with another font. A rounded font simply means it has been converted into a curve, it will no longer be editable, but it will mean your font won’t suddenly change unexpectedly.
What is an outline? An outline in a design file is a vector line that can be assigned a certain stroke width. An outline can be resized, however the size of the line itself will change but the width of the stroke will remain the same. This can cause issues with artworks and can cause unexpected changes. Once converted to a curve this will turn the line into a shape, allowing it to be resized freely and will maintain the same shape and width.