Jul 21 in Company, Demolition
Shorts Demolition’s new shear made a debut appearance at our latest demolition projects this week. Our new 3.4 tonne shear is being put to the test as we carry out remote demolition and asbestos removal at former Queen Elizabeth Foundation Residents in Leatherhead on behalf of Berkeley Homes. The shear is cutting through steel and …
Jul 15 in Company, Waste management
Shorts are delighted to see the arrival of 5 new skip lorries. Over the last year, we have replaced our whole fleet – all our fleet donning our new grey livery. 8 wheelers next and new skips!
Jul 12 in Company
Gary Short, Managing Director of Shorts Group joined forces with Inmalo International Marketers Ltd for a recent Charity Clay Shoot at Royal Berkshire shooting ground. Gary was part of this year’s winning team, organised by John Hall of John F Hunt. The charity shoot raised in excess of £60,000 for charity Birdshot Uveitis Society (BUS). …
Jul 12 in Company, Demolition
Time lapse video of the demolition of two former houses and shops plus out buildings on Crowthrone Highstreet, Berkshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5md525mWZec&feature=youtu.be
Jul 12 in Company
We’ve just launched our summer edition of our e-newsletter. To read our latest news and offers, please click on the link: http://mailchi.mp/f5b0a7fba22c/the-latest-news-and-offers-from-shorts If you haven’t already subscribed to this newsletter, please do, it takes just a few minutes. The link is on our home page.
Jul 11 in Company, Waste management
Today, we were delighted to accept delivery of five new skip vehicles to join our growing fleet. 2017 Plated, DAF vehicles arrived today and were all ready to get to work this morning. Two of these new vehicles will be replacing two of our existing fleet and the other three will expand our fleet, to …
Jul 10 in Company, Waste management, Commercial trade waste
Eton College’s trial of recycling food waste is being hailed a success. Shorts Group have been working closely with the school’s Environment Committee and Eton College’s Building Officer Paul Bayley, setting up a trial for a food recycling scheme in Walpole House and the central dining hall which caters for half of the boarding houses …
Jun 29 in Company, Demolition
Shorts Demolition have recently started demolishing a former garage car show room and workshop at Sevenoaks. As you can see, the team are cracking on with this job and we’ve had some great feedback from the customer: “I thought the site looked very professional on Tuesday when I was on site. Matthew and the team …
Jun 12 in Company, Commercial trade waste
Shepherd and Flock, known to many as the pub on the roundabout is an award winning restaurant in Farnham. Landlord/ owner and environment enthusiast, Thomas has just added food recycling collections to his current general and recycling service offered by Shorts. Thomas explains why he jumped at the chance of recycling his food waste. “We …
Jun 09 in Company, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops
Shorts Management team paid a visit to Plantworx, the UK’s live showcase event for construction professionals, held in Leicestershire this month. The team spent the day looking at the very latest plant and construction machinery on the market and speaking to different manufacturers, as Steve our Plant Manager explains: “The show provided an excellent opportunity …
May 23 in Company, Waste management
Shorts Group were glad to be of assistance for local school, Ascot Heath Infant School in North Ascot this week. Ascot Heath Infant School had, what can only be described as condemned play equipment. It was rotten and sadly could not be used by the children for health and safety reasons. The school is currently …
May 18 in Company
At Shorts Group, we are committed to putting our customers first. With a history spanning 60 years, we know we would not be here today if it wasn’t for our customers and the services we offer. It is for this reason, we are encouraging our customers to tell us how they rate our services. We want …
May 16 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Commercial trade waste, Agriculture, Composting, Products
We’ve just launched our first e-newsletter. Here it is: http://mailchi.mp/538be…/shorts-group-newsletter-spring-2017 Future editions will contain some great offers on our products and services. To get this e-newsletter by email, please subscribe: http://shorts-group.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe…
May 05 in Company
Mike Banham, Shorts General Manager celebrates 16 years at Shorts Group this month. To celebrate this occasion, Mike reservedly agrees to take a trip down memory lane and talks about life at Shorts. Mike started at Shorts in 2001, as ‘Manager’. Back then, Shorts employed just 50 people and there were no division of services …
Apr 25 in Company, Waste management, Commercial trade waste
It’s Environmental Week at Eton College and today, Shorts Group were invited to spend time with staff and students to talk waste management and recycling processes over lunch. Shorts were joined by Eton College’s Building Officer Paul Bayley and Kerri Hicks who are driving the ‘environmental message’ among the etonians. Jordan Short, Project Coordinator and Joanna Defty, Marketing Manager from Shorts hosted …
Apr 25 in Company, Agriculture, Composting
It’s gardening season and schools throughout Berkshire are gearing up to give lessons in growing vegetables. One school in particular, Warfield Primary are all set to start planting, thanks to a compost donation from Shorts Agricultural Services. Each year, Shorts donate a van load of 10mm compost to Warfield Primary, which is a mile away from away from our farm where …
Apr 24 in Company
This year’s Pride of Bracknell Awards was hailed another great success, with a record number of nominations from across the community. The award’s night took place on Friday 21 April at Bracknell and Wokingham College, with entertainment from Wellingtones and young talented gymnasts. Once again, Shorts Group were proud sponsors of the ‘Business of the Year category’ …
Apr 16 in Company
Delighted to see that our donation of Easter Eggs for Sebastian’s Action Trust helped make their recent Easter Egg hunt a huge success. Every child went home with an Easter Egg and a smile on their face. Sebastian Action Trust was set up in 2003, following the death of a 9 year-old boy called Sebastian …
Apr 03 in Company
Shorts are proud to be supporting local charity Sebastian Action Trust this Easter. For the last 6 weeks, customers and staff have been collecting Easter Eggs to give to children suffering with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Simon Lillywhite from Sebastian Action Trust was over the moon with our …
Mar 22 in Company, Commercial trade waste
The Old School Cafe in Chertsey has two things in common with Shorts Group. They are celebrating a big business anniversary and they too are passionate about recycling. On our one year anniversary of working with The Old School Cafe, Shorts Waste Manager, Russell Hughes visited the little gem of a cafe, located in the …
