04-02-08 - Taylor and Maddy Support Markings
The Chance to shine playground marking project during 2007 saw 280 schools receiving playground markings as part of a 'bringing cricket to state schools' campaign. Over 60 of which were installed by QMS. Former England Football Manager Graham Taylor and Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s Captain Darren Maddy went to Hollyfield Primary School in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, on Friday 11th January 2008. Holyfield was one of the schools that had the markings installed by QMS. The Football Foundation fund half of the playground markings which are installed at Primary Schools to improve sports facilities in schools.Markings are supplied for cricket, football and netball. For more information on Chance to shine, follow the link from our links page.

04-01-08 - Happy New Year
We would like to wish all our customers a Very Happy and Prosperous 2008. We have started the New Year with our Annual Health & Safety Awareness training for all of our operatives and have some significant training and personal development for all of our crews over the coming weeks. We believe that training and development of our staff is essential and attempt to make best use of the "wet winter" to carry out necessary training. We will be operating with a skeleton staff throughout January so that we can maintain our commitments to our customers. There are new processes and product development planned for 2008, so sign up to our regular newsletter to be kept informed of the latest happenings at QMS.

19-11-07 - Guess the Metreage..update!
Earlier this year we decided to run a competition to guess the amount of QMS HyperLine that we have applied this season. During the 2007 season we operated within Super Highway areas 1, 2, 3 and 7 and on the A30 / A35 DBFO in Devon & Dorset and the A50 DBFO in Derbyshire. We also carried out the application of 10,000m of our Wet Night HyperLine for Cheshire County Council. The initial results for the Wet Night HyperLine indicated 520 mcd/m2/lux in the dry and 250mcd/m2/lux in the wet. We will continue to monitor these lines over the next few months. The application of QMS HyperLine provides sharp edges to lines compared to traditional spray thermoplastic machines and the product is cold applied, solvent free and environmentally friendly, therefore it does not pose the same risks as hot applied thermoplastics. Since the introduction of QMS HyperLine to the UK market at the end of 2001 we have continued to double our output year on year. During the 2007 season, we applied 800,000m of line (mostly 200mm wide). Plans are now in place to maximise productivity and introduce further product improvements to continue expansion next year. We received an overwhelming amount of guesses from various customers / suppliers / friends and are delighted to announce that Simon Giret (formally of Potters Europe) had the closest estimate with 900,000m. Simon, who left Potters earlier this year will be receiving a luxury hamper from us in the next few weeks. Well done Simon! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who joined in with the competition and particularly those who have placed orders with us this year. We look forward to providing 'the way to a brighter future' in 2008.

16-08-07 - QMS achieve Investors in People
We are delighted to announce that following an assessment by Quality South West on 25th July we were officially informed that we have been recognised as an INVESTORS IN PEOPLE company on Monday of this week. Obtaining the award is a huge achievement and confirms our committment to developing our workforce. The training and development plans provided to each employee of QMS details various industry and health and safety training programmes and workshops. Training is a huge part of the business and we are delighted to have achieved this recognition on our first attempt. With the focus on staff recognition together with providing a quality service to our customers, the achievement of IiP will assist us in the personal development of our workforce further which, in turn, will have an add on effect to the improvement of the services that we provide to our customers.

08-08-07 - Win a Luxury Hamper with QMS HyperLine™
Guess the Metreage - E-mail us with your estimation of our completed QMS HyperLine™ works this season. The closest at the end of the season will win a Luxury Hamper!

08-08-07 - Website Update
The website has been updated with a new Tracking...What Tracking Video detailing the HyperLine System in operation without any tracking of the line by passing motorists. The Decorative Surfacing Section has also been updated to reflect current processes and some new pictures of recently completed work.

15-07-07 - Chance to shine
36 schools have benefited from the Chance to shine playground markings installed by QMS. With a further 30 planned during the forthcoming summer holidays we have a full season ahead of us. The Chance to shine project (which is FULLY funded by The Football and Cricket Foundation) provides not only playground markings but also expert coaching for pupils within primary schools throughout the UK. Over 40,000 children have benefited from the coaching so far this year. Some quotes from Head Teachers following having the markings installed: “I would like to thank your installers for their work on our playground. They fitted in around our school day without any problems and carried out their work most efficiently. The children are already having great fun on the new markings”. “I’ve just been out to the playground and had a look at the markings that were carried out yesterday and they look fantastic!! It’s given the whole playground an up lift!” For more information regarding The Chance to shine project follow the link on our ‘links’ page.

03-05-07 - QMS has the chance to shine
QMS have been approved as an installer of playground markings for The Cricket and Football Foundation. The Chance to shine project will be bringing cricket to state schools throughout the United Kingdom. Over the next ten years, over 500,000 schools will benefit from playground markings funded by The Cricket and Football Foundation through the Chance to shine project. QMS have been appointed as one of four installers of the playground markings covering all areas from Cornwall to Essex and Warwickshire to the Isle of Wight! For more information regarding Chance to shine, visit www.chancetoshine.co.uk a link via our links page will be available soon.

17-04-07 - HyperLine™ in Surveyor Magazine
QMS HyperLine™ just can't keep out of the headlines of the trade magazines! Only last week we appeared on the front cover with a detailed article in Higways Magazine and this week we appear with a massive write-up on page 14 of Surveyor Magazine. The article has been produced by Rex Perkins who has spent more than 30 years in the road marking industry and now works as a consultant. For more information on QMS HyperLine™ see the HyperLine™ section under "products". For Surveyor Magazine (and read the article on line) visit www.surveyormagazine.com.

13-04-07 HyperLine™ in Highways Magazine
The April issue of Highways Magazine includes a detailed write-up on the benefits of QMS HyperLine™ (see page 58 of the magazine "Believing the Hype"). The front cover of the magazine boasts a picture of our QMS HyperLine™ machine carrying out the application of the system on the A30 in Area 1. This was carried out during the 2006 season. Both the centre and the edge lines were over-marked using the HyperLine™ system under a mobile traffic management closure during normal day-time working. We experienced no traffic congestion or tracking of the painted markings! See the HyperLine™ section of the website under "products". For Highways Magazine visit www.highways-mag.co.uk

02-04-07 One week on...
Over 260 visitors in the first week of the new website! The feedback we have received has been overwhelming. We will be updating the site on a regular basis. To keep updated on the happenings at QMS, why not sign up for our free e-newsletter?

26-03-07 New Website Launched
Welcome to the updated website of Quality Marking Services Limited. We receive a lot of feedback through our website and commissioned 'website vision' to undertake the project of designing and building our new site. We hope you like it and look forward to receiving your feedback! Be sure to check back on a regular basis to find out all the latest happenings here at www.qmarkings.co.uk