The world of FCD

Way back when, Valentine Postlethwaite worked down’t pit somewhere close to Donny. He was a willey kid, nowt like a proper miner, as his Gran use to say “Our Valentines’ got muscles like knots in cotton and legs like garden canes”. He worked just off the coal face, shuvelling stuff in to trucks. But Valentines...

I finally took the plunge and visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which happened to be right on my doorstep. An adventurous place to visit if you are near the area, Yorkshire Wildlife Park offers tonnes of fun for you and the family, and is responsible for looking after over 70 species of animal. The park has...

FCD are proud to announce that we will be the Charity Partner 2019 for DHYP. DHYP are a Doncaster based charity who help and support young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 who are vulnerable to homelessness. Having met the team and the young adults, and been impressed by what we saw, we...

The Mansion House, Doncaster, hosted a Rolex and FCD created the display graphics. The displays of Rolex watches and HL Brown jewellery looked amazing as they were set up in the Mansion House’s breath taking ballroom. We produced and set-up the backdrops and display graphics that led the guests from the main entrance through to...

The FCD Spinner Ballpen is an innovative fidget spinner, with a ballpen at one end and an LED light at the other. This fun gadget is sure to attract attention with it’s light-up spinning action, touch screen stylus, ball point pen, and LED light! And, you can add your graphics and marketing message, making them perfect...

A lot of you may have begun to notice the “Not Secure” badge appear on your Google Chrome browser when visiting certain websites, this is a big deal and here’s why. With the rising number of ‘scam’ websites, the reputation of legitimate sites are being significantly hurt. FCD have found that users are more likely...

FCD have just taken delivery of some brilliant Barnsley Youth Choir, Edinburgh Fringe, Back Pack Flags! Designed and printed alongside flyers, banners and other promotional items, these back flags are an awesome way of engaging with the festival goers, enabling you to promote your event and sell tickets. Once your event is over, the back packs...

Exciting day yesterday for Tour De Yorkshire, Stage 1, for Men and Women! We took a couple of photos of both races at the finishing line to help capture the event in all it’s glory, here in Doncaster (Women’s in the morning, Men’s in the afternoon). Excellent atmosphere outside the studio, too, with the racers...

Video production comes with its own set of problems, some that require the invention of their own special kind of solution. We’ve just began a video project with Marcrist to produce a set of ‘modular’ videos that sell/promote their high quality tools. The idea is to have short yet informative videos produced independently of one...

The visual impact of any design is what draws attention to the message, and that’s so important because once a readers eyes have turned away from the message, they very rarely come back for a second glance. That’s why ‘Bad Design’ is bad for business. First impressions are so important too. If you turn up...

Successfully delivering The Garrison’s branding solution, a new sports and live music venue, located in the heart of Barnsley town centre. We are proud to be a part of the branding and visual identity for The Garrison, a new sports and live music bar due to open in Barnsley on 2nd Dec. Located on Hanson...

Within FCD headquarters we have the facilities that help us create all sorts of top marketing material. This week we photographed Morphy Richards kettles using our very own, in-house photographic studio. It’s so difficult to photo a product that reflects and absorbs light at the same time. But at FCD we are masters in making...