News

Tom Massey has been awarded a Silver Gilt medal for his fabulous garden for the Lemon Tree Trust at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Specialist Precast Products are pleased to have worked with Galliford Try in producing the cast stone product for a truly individual building.

We are delighted to say that this year we were involved with the Linklater garden for Maggies at the Chelsea Flower Show which was the very proud recipient of a GOLD medal.

Martyn was recently at the UKCSA (United Kingdom Cast Stone Association) AGM and Awards Ceremony, presenting awards for ‘Excellence in the Use of Cast Stone’ in the UK.

SPP recently attended the Concrete Society Wales Region Annual Spring Lunch at the SWALEC stadium in Cardiff.

We would like to wish all our clients, suppliers, staff and friends all good wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

We are delighted that the recent DIY SOS programme about Great Ormond Street, filmed at around the time of the Chelsea Flower Show, has now been aired on BBC 1.

Ray was pleased to host a table at the recent All Black Legends Lunch, hosted by The Concrete Society in association with the Wooden Spoon charity.  

We are pleased to announce that we have been accepted as full members of British Precast, the trade association of the British precast industry, as a result of growing the business.

We are pleased to announce that our first workshop employee has achieved the Concrete Practice award - the first of many, we hope.

Ray Lazenby, SPP's Technical Director, has assumed the position of Managing Director, with Martyn Fear taking on the role of Chairman.

Basking as we are in the reflected glory of Wales' fantastic football team at Euro 2016, we thought this was a good time to mention our recent work with Notts County Football Club.

We mentioned in our Chelsea news item that the gold medal winning Chris Beardshaw garden was being transferred to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital after the Chelsea show.  

We have been working with three Chelsea designers this year and this morning we are delighted to announce that their gardens have won two Gold Medals and a Silver Gilt.

We haven't posted any news for a while - but that's because we've been extra busy! This year we are supplying elements of three show gardens at Chelsea - involving water, decorated panels and wood effect benches.

It's Easter, so obviously our thoughts turned to eggs - it's amazing what you can do with different mixes...

On Friday 18th March Specialist Precast Products were represented at two regional Concrete Society Lunches.

As it's St Patrick's Day it seems like a good time to mention that recently we were delighted to welcome renowned garden designer Diarmuid Gavin to the SPP factory.

In a strongly male dominated industry we are proud to say that 20% of our workforce are women so to celebrate International Women's Day we thought we'd post a picture of one of our staff, Mia Beechey. Mia is a key part of our research and development projects.

A little something for Mothers Day...  The (inedible) cupcakes and delicate hearts show the intricate detail that can be achieved with specialist moulds and mix designs.