Garton Ltd signs up the the Cycle to Work Scheme

“A tax free bike for you”
The cycle2work scheme is a Government tax break, which helps you as an employee acquire a bike and safety accessories for cycling to work.
As an employee of a company participating in the cycle2work scheme, you may acquire a bike and safety accessories through your employer. It’s really simple to join, [...]

100 mile cycling challenge

Thomas Smith Fasteners employees Gary Stevens and John Lee along with a few other equally insane cyclists are doing a 100 mile cycling challenge from Atherton to Penrith (North Lakes) on Saturday 24th April.
They are raising money for McMillan nurses and are looking for sponsorship to reach their £500.00 target.
Please help support us on
http://www.justgiving.com/astleycylcelakes
Gary.

Oil and Gas Industry

A flying visit was made to the Offshore Europe 2009 exhibition in Aberdeen.
This is the largest exhibition of its type held in the UK, and over 1400 exhibitors were displaying their products and services that they offer to the buoyant offshore Oil and Gas industry.
Our products include a wide range of steel, stainless steel and [...]

Fastener Fair Stuttgart

Tim Garton & John Hilton are planning an overnight visit to the Fastener Fair in Stuttgart.

We are pleased to see from reading the August / September 2009 issue of Fastener Technology International magazine that our aforementioned employees made it to the Fastener Fair in 2007 – as they are in the picture above!

Goodbye Alex!

Alex Fielding will be leaving us on Wednesday 2nd September after his 12 month student placement to read Economics at Sheffield University.
We wish Alex every success in the future and hopes he keeps in touch!

Railtex 2009 Exhibition

Alex Fielding, our pre-university student, spent a day in London last week at the Rail Exhibition taking place at Earl’s Court.  We are pleased at the interest shown in our products by the exhibitors, and hope to increase our customer base by partnering companies whose traction is provided by steam, diesel or electricity.