Shufflebottom is delighted to share an exciting update to say that our work on a grain store development project of considerable size and scope at St Nicholas Court Farms, Birchington, Kent is nearing completion on time, and budget, as planned, for end spring 2025.

At the heart of Shufflebottom’s business model and Economic & Social Governance (ESG) is a commitment to support our local Carmarthenshire community in as many ways as we can. Our roots are here, and for over forty years its people have been part of our workforce that has seen us grow from a small, family business manufacturing a single garden gate, into a multi-million pound business employing 78 people, and a leading player in the manufacture of steel-framed buildings. We have much to be grateful for.

At the heart of Shufflebottom’s ESG has been a longstanding commitment to achieve gender parity in our workplace. Historically, careers in steel construction have been seen as ‘heavy’, demanding physical strength and often seen as ‘men’s jobs’ and so we have worked hard over the years to shift these perceptions.

Shufflebottom is proud to announce that we have recently become an approved member of the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) and official Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors Scheme of Buildings (RQSC).

It’s always an exciting moment when a vision becomes a reality. That moment is now as Zone 1 of Carmarthenshire’s flagship, multi-million-pound 4-Zone development at Pentre Awel, Llanelli, being delivered by Carmarthenshire County Council nears completion.

Shufflebottom, as all businesses in the UK, and the general public, cannot fail to be aware of the prevalent level of Cyber threat and attack we all face. It is frightening statistic that 7.7 million crimes have been experienced by UK business last year – that’s half of all businesses. We did not want to be part of those statistics.

To this end, following an in-depth audit, we have now been placed on the approved register of businesses certificated by Cyber Essentials (a UK Government-backed certification scheme that helps keep an organisation protected from the most common Cyber threats).

Apprenticeships matter to us every day of the year at Shufflebottom and are at the core of our Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) and business model. In our almost 50 years of manufacturing and delivering steel-framed buildings and structural steel for the industrial, commercial, and agricultural sectors across the UK and beyond, we have learned the positive impacts apprenticeships make.

Shufflebottom is proud to share the news that we’ve once again been working with our long-term partner, Morgan Sindall Construction, to deliver the steelwork for Goetre Primary School, Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales.