A unique new interpretation of ‘Beauty and The Beast’ is helping the West Midlands’ leading theatre’s attempts to raise over £1 million to create an impressive new stage. Birmingham-based digital print, signs and graphics giant Hollywood Monster has become a supporter of Leading Ladies – the Birmingham Hippodrome’s networking group for women – and is sponsoring its next event. Passers-by could be forgiven for thinking that a production of Beauty and the Beast had arrived at the theatre when Hollywood Monster’s huge, purple monster mascot turned up with two trustees…
A festive flash mob was a real show-stopper for shoppers on the streets of Birmingham, all in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The surprise stunt saw hordes of street dancing Santas, dressed head to toe in red lycra morph suits, dancing to hip hop Christmas songs. Hollywood Monster, a digital print solutions company, sponsored the video, which is fronted by television and radio presenter Richard Bacon. The video will be released on YouTube with all proceeds from the sponsorship going to the hospital. Tim Andrews, managing director of Hollywood Monster,…
Workers at a leading Midlands signs and graphics company were gripped with ‘Bieber Fever’ when they provided stage graphics for one of the world’s biggest pop superstars. Birmingham graphics solutions experts Hollywood Monster helped set the stage for prince of pop Justin Bieber when he switched on the 2011 Christmas lights at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City. The events, watched by thousands of Justin’s adoring fans, were an enormous success. Screaming fans were also treated to a live performance from the Canadian 17-year-old who has sold more than 11…
A leading signs and graphics specialist and a display materials supplier have joined forces under a new eco-friendly initiative that aims to boost their waste recycling and save them money. The Pyramid Recycling Initiative means hundreds of tons of waste, including PVC, acrylic, polypropylene, aluminium composite and polycarbonate, which may otherwise have been sent to land-fill will instead be recycled. The move means that Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster and Pyramid Display Materials, which has bases in Birmingham, Manchester and Gateshead, will reduce their carbon footprint, improve their green credentials, and…
Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster has strengthened its partnership with Dudley College after donating £500 worth of materials to help it produce artwork of epic proportions as part of a national initiative. The Big Draw is a national event organised by The Campaign for Drawing. Every October, it aims to encourage everyone to draw and sees more than 1,000 venues, from national galleries, museums and heritage sites, to schools and village halls, getting involved each year. This is the first time the art department at Dudley College has hosted an event, which…
Hollywood Monster, a graphic solutions company based in Tyseley, Birmingham, was just the ticket for a vehicle supplier looking to customise a university roadshow bus. Commbus, who supply custom vehicles for roadshows, exhibitions and events, has worked with Hollywood Monster to produce a full double decker wrap for Anglia Ruskin University. Anglia Ruskin University, which has campuses in Chelmsford and Cambridge, has embarked on a whistle stop tour of East Anglia to inform students, and their parents, about the changes to student finances. The bus, which has been converted to…
Hollywood Monster – the largest graphics solutions specialists in the West Midlands – has announced that it has been appointed preferred supplier to Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Ward Homes. The new two-year agreement will see Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster, one of three preferred suppliers, producing sales and marketing signage across the whole of the UK for one of the nation’s largest housebuilders. Projects will include site hoardings, way-finding and show room signage, banners, flags, vinyl graphics and much more, said commercial director Andy McKenzie. The…
Birmingham’s biggest graphics solutions business played a starring role when celebrities including Pixie Lott and Nicole Scherzinger launched Europe’s largest shopping centre in London. The 200,000 visitors at Westfield Stratford City on launch day were greeted by the UK’s largest ever banner display which wraps the stunning new Westfield Stratford City next to the Olympic stadium in the East End. Hollywood Monster was awarded the huge Olympic site contract by Westfield, the latest in a string of high-profile projects it has completed for the retail giant. The £1.45 billion Westfield…
A Birmingham boss is halfway through a monstrous challenge that includes cycling over 1,200 kilometres in a gruelling ‘Tour de France’ style charity event. Tim Andrews, managing director of graphics and signage experts Hollywood Monster, has been joined by Simon Jenkins, senior vice president of the development team at global property group Prologis, and Wragge & Co real estate partner Mike Trainer for the duration of the challenge. The three left Tim’s hometown of Solihull last week and cycled to Paris, via London, on the first leg of the event,…
Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster has been awarded a top accreditation demonstrating its commitment to health and safety. The graphics solutions experts recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors. The company’s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business. Managing director Tim Andrews said: “Working with high profile clients including Westfield shopping centres, Birmingham City FC, The Mailbox, and with a huge amount of work being carried out in the build…
