Facade Hoists as a Britsh manufacturer is supporting the Make it in Great Britain campaign. Launched in November 2011 by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Business Minister Mark Prisk,
Make it in Great Britain is a campaign aiming to transform the image of modern UK manufacturing and to raise awareness of its importance for the economy.
http://makeitingreatbritain.bis.gov.uk/
To all our customers, suppliers and friends of Facade Hoists have a merry Christamas and a happy new year.
Sorry no snow this year so its a festive picture from last year.
Facade Hoists has successfully completed the annual audit by SAFE contractor. The scheme is designed to help health and safety practice amongst UK contractors. Facade Hoists have been part of this scheme for alomost 10 years.
Under the SAFE contractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safety practice, which is accessible to registered users via the website www.safecontractor.com.
Over 100 major nationwide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.
News from Norton Radstock College
Young engineer wins prized College trophy - 26/07/2011
Apprentice Steven Swallow, who works for one of the area's most successful engineering firms, has won Norton Radstock College's highly prized Blatchford Cup.
There was loud applause when the young engineer's name was read out at Conygre Hall, Timsbury, where the annual Achievement Awards ceremony was held, due to renovations taking place at the main campus in Radstock.
Steven was unable to receive his trophy on the night, and it was presented to him later by Raymond Nicholson, head of the school of engineering.
Steven produces high quality welding for Facade Hoists, which has its head office in Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, and its factory at Coombend, Radstock. The firm was launched 30 years ago and is a leader in designing, manufacturing and servicing window cleaning hoists, suspended access equipment, gantries and safety lines.
Its projects include supplying equipment for Ireland's tallest building, The Elysdian, in Cork, for Terminal 5 at Heathrow, and for landmark buildings in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff.
Steven has been on weekly day-release, to enable him to attend training at the College.
A standard marque for Made in Britain products has been launched by British kitchen appliance manufacturer Stoves with backing from UK manufacturers.
The marque was commissioned by British kitchen appliance manufacturer Stoves after research earlier this year revealed that half (48%) of Brits were confused about which brands could still claim to be made in Britain.
Facade Hoists are a British owned company. We are one of the last suppliers of building access equipment who manufacturing in Britain. We use a mixture of local and national engineering companies and suppliers to produce our systems. We have equipment installed world wide to great acclaim. We have signed up to the “Made in Britain” campaign and are proud to show the marque.
We are currently working on two projects in London where we are replacing old equipment and overhauling some existing systems. New machines will be craned up in the next few months which will involve some large mobile cranes.
We have been confirmed for a large project in Victoria London, the project requires 8 new BMU's ranging from our 2m reach 'H' series to a 35m 'X' series telescopic jib machine.
