We are a family sign company, based in Bournemouth and operating in Dorset, Hampshire and the South Coast.

The company began as F.R. Jones & Son in 1954, by Dick Jones, a signwriter, painter and decorator who also specialized in gilding, wood graining and marbling.

His son, Vaughan Jones, joined the company as an apprentice straight from school in the early 1960’s, and took over from Dick upon his father’s retirement, managing a successful sign workshop through the 1980’s, with several signwriters working for him.

Things took a hit with the recession and the advent of vinyl signs. With the demand for painted signs plummeting, Vaughan had to move with the times, working from home with a computer and vinyl plotter, and rebuilding the company customer base.

His son, Lee, and wife, Julie, joined the company at the turn of the century, and as Ultrasign, continued to pursue contemporary sign services while still keeping a hand in with traditional techniques, with Vaughan teaching traditional painting and gilding skills so his son.

With Vaughan’s retirement at the end of 2018, and with demand for traditional, hand painted signs growing, Lee has restored the family name to the business, and has now focuses purely on hand-painted signs and hand-lettering work.