Tray signs are fascia signs folded from aluminium sheet so the face turns back at the edges into returns, typically 50–75 mm deep, then powder coated and hung on concealed fixings.
What tray signs can do for businesses in Elgin
- A modern Elgin retail park unit with grey cladding suits a powder-coated tray matched to the window frames' RAL colour.
- Professional practices in Elgin, such as dentists, opticians and solicitors, may prefer a tray because a clean folded edge suggests care.
- Where several Elgin shops share a parade, a charcoal tray with white letters stands apart from the printed panels around it.
What tray signs cost in Elgin
Guide prices for tray signs run from £1,250 to £3,450 per sign, excluding VAT. The table below breaks that down; your actual price is fixed in writing once we have surveyed the site or checked the artwork.
| Item | Guide, ex VAT | Inc. VAT (20%) |
|---|---|---|
| Tray sign up to 3 m, vinyl lettering | £1,250 – £2,100 | £1,500 – £2,520 |
| Tray sign 3–5 m, raised acrylic lettering | £1,850 – £3,450 | £2,220 – £4,140 |
| Push-through or routed letters (non-lit) | £350 – £950 | £420 – £1,140 |
Guide prices, supplied and fitted and excluding VAT, are £1,250 to £2,100 for a tray up to 3 m with vinyl lettering, and £1,850 to £3,450 for a 3–5 m tray with raised acrylic letters. Routed or push-through letters on a non-lit tray add a guide £350 to £950.
Options for your Elgin project
Routed tray with push-through letters
Letters cut through the face with acrylic pushed through, ready to light.
Wrap-around tray
Sized to the whole fascia with folded ends, hiding the old board.
Light-ready tray
Deep enough for LED modules, with cable entry agreed, fitted unlit for now.
Do you need permission for a sign in Elgin?
Scotland runs its own advertisement rules, set out in the 1984 Control of Advertisements (Scotland) Regulations as amended. An unlit sign on your own premises may not need an application, but that depends on its size, its position and whether the building is listed or sits in a conservation area. If consent is needed, the council receives the application, typically submitted online through eDevelopment.scot. On a listed building, listed building consent usually applies too, and fixings into mortar joints are generally preferred. We check the position with you before anything is ordered, and we can draw up and submit the paperwork if you would like us to.
Covering Elgin and Moray
You do not need to be in a particular postcode for us to help: Elgin and the whole of Moray are covered. If your job needs a survey, we arrange the visit. If it can be priced from photos, sizes and the vehicle make and model, we do it that way instead. In postcode terms, Elgin jobs typically fall in IV30.
Nearby towns we also cover
- Tray signs in Forres 12 mi
- Tray signs in Buckie 13 mi
- Tray signs in Nairn 21 mi
No commitment and no charge for quoting. Send photos with rough sizes for tray signs in Elgin and we will reply with a price and then, once you are happy, a proof you approve before manufacture.