Shufflebottom is thrilled to have been at the heart of the redevelopment project for a new £4m hub at Eastville, Bristol, for Wales & West Utilities, manufacturing and supplying a state-of-the-art steel-framed building. The company has long been known and respected for being responsible for the maintenance of pipes to keep gas flowing reliably to heat homes and power businesses for 7.5 million people across Wales and south west England.

Farmer Barnes’ Dairy – Educational Farm, is, as the name suggests, much more that the brand new modern-day dairy farms that is at its heart. Situated in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, the 500 acre, 300 cows in herd, working farm, is an educational destination offering a whole host of wonderful experience and opportunities to see how a UK dairy farm actually works.

Elephants might never forget, but at Shufflebottom we can sometimes forget that our customers, partners, visitors, and contractors might not know the story behind our much-loved logo, Ellie the Elephant, who sits, unmissable – gigantic and proud – on a beam outside out factory and HQ at Cross Hands Business Park, south Wales.

March 8th is International Women’s Day 2023 and a chance for people across the globe to stop and think about how we can embrace equity (#EmbraceEquity) and together work towards a world free from bias, stereotypes and discrimination in all walks of life. It is also a day to:

• celebrate women’s achievements

• take action to drive gender parity

At Shufflebottom we will mark this day of celebration, though 365 days a year we work towards these aims.

March 1 marks a very important day in the annual calendar for Shufflebottom. As a Wales-based company it’s a day not only to celebrate Saint David’s Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi) our patron saint, but importantly, this year, to celebrate the day our new website goes live!

As one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers of structural steel, Shufflebottom’s been taking some time to think about all the positive associations of steel: strong, unyielding, tough, durable, supportive. No wonder it’s used in everyday phrases to describe human characteristics such as, nerves of steel and made of steel. The list goes on. Sometimes you can’t tell by looking at the exterior, what is under the surface with humans and often this is the case with buildings too.

An example of this is the current project Shufflebottom is delivering for our client, Island Estates’ development of Student Accommodation at Rivermead Islands, Chelmsford.

Monday, 6th February - 12th February is National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (#NAW2023) and a very exciting time of year for us at Shufflebottom. Though apprenticeships matter to us every day of the year, this specially designated week-long celebration is a chance for our business, like many businesses all over the UK, to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make:

• to individuals and their skills’ development

• to businesses like ours and the future employment pipeline

• to the wider Wales and UK economy

Shufflebottom is delighted to be able to offer you the chance to win a pair of tickets to see one of the UK’s best-known celebrities, Prue Leith, in her first-ever stage show tour. All you have to do is one of the following:

• follow, retweet and like our tweet on Twitter

• like our post on Instagram

• like our page and like our post on Facebook