New International Trade Qualification

Congratulation to Joanne on having completed her Foundation Award in International Trade through The Chamber of Commerce 16 week Skills bootcamp in Export and Import. Well Done.

The new machine was delivered on a wet day and carefully moved into position, levelled and sealed into place. A week later the tooling arrived along with the special chuck, steady and centres. These were installed and the machine tested. So far all is working as it should and the machine has started manufacturing the…

After Tony Morrison managed to retire after 42 years of service, Charlie Chambers decided to go a little further before retiring himself after an incredible 43 years. Charlie was always a great welder at Shand but, more importantly, he was also a great team member who over the years trained many of the existing welders.…

After 42 years of continuous service at Shand Engineering Tony has decided that it is time to hang up his welding torch and start his retirement. Tony had actually spent over 46 years working in Shand, but left briefly after his apprenticeship as was typical in the 1970s! Tony was a really helpful individual who…

As per previous years we had a another team building event with a trip to the Market Rasen racecourse where, once again, the weather did us proud by remaining dry for the racing even though it had poured down with rain in the morning. Although there seemed to be fewer winners this year a great…

Congratulations to Ashley Bass on picking up the Employee of the Month for July. Ashley worked hard to understand and get our new rolls working properly. He has written the majority of the programs and has managed to get the roundest rollings we have ever had. These rollings will make building the fittings easier and…

Congratulations to Phil Stevens on becoming our first employee of the month. We had a hydraulic copy unit that is attached to a lathe that was deemed to be irreparable. Hydraulic specialists were unable to fix this unit in the past and the lack of a copy unit limits the types of fitting that can…

Dick has sadly decided that it is time to hang up his boots and retire. Dick has been with the company since August 1996. He did briefly leave in 2005 before discovering that Shand was the right place for him and he returned the following week. He has a good sense of humour that made…

It is with sadness but the best of wishes, that we announce the retirement of Dave, Financial Director at Shand, after more than 31 years with the business.  Dave joined Shand in 1987 as Company Accountant, shortly before taking on the role as Company Secretary. Two years later, Shand was acquired by Sturrock and Robson,…

As a thank you to all employees for the hard work done during February that helped keep costs down whilst maximising the sales, we had pizzas delivered for all.  The food and drink was well received although some seemed to struggle with work after the vast amounts consumed…  A big thank you to all those that contributed so much during February.