The Gloucester branch of sign-making company Fastsigns is celebrating its fourth anniversary as well as a successful past year.

"We have seen our sales go up by around 20 percent over the last twelve months," says Caroline Riddell, who runs Fastsigns Gloucester with husband Dave. "When you consider just how difficult the trading conditions are at the moment we are very pleased with the performance of the firm over the last year."

In addition to a ￡20,000 Latex printer investment, Fastsigns has taken on Jamie Douglas as an apprentice while he studies for an NVQ.