Bank Holiday
Balcas is closed on Thursday 12th July and will reopen on Friday 13th as usual.
20th Anniversary of the Balcas Golf Cup
Yesterday saw the prize giving at Enniskillen Golf Club for the Balcas Golf Open held over the weekend. There were exactly 100 entries and Jim Lucy was the overall winner with 42pts with Jill Hamilton securing the top ladies prize with 40pts on a countback from Eileen Cochrane. Pictured from right to left: Jim Lucy, […]
Lumberjacks of Ireland Unite
We were pleased to welcome the recently formed Lumberjacks Club of Ireland to Balcas on Saturday. Following a tour of our saw-milling facilities and CHP plant, the club carried on to to the nearby watershed powered sawmill at Florencecourt. A wonderful day to extend a warm Fermanagh welcome! #AllAboutTimber
BALCAS FACILITATES DIGGING DEEP FOR EARTH DAY
Today saw the 2,000th tree planted in a new Rotary Plantation in Colebrooke Estate Co. Fermanagh to celebrate World Earth Day which took place on the 21st April 2018. The initiative is in response to a global target set by Rotary International President Ian Riseley, challenging each of the 1.2million Rotary members world-wide, to […]
Easter Opening
Balcas will be closed for the Easter break from and including Friday 30th March – Monday 2nd April 2018. We reopen on Tuesday 3rd April. Happy Easter from all at Balcas!
Happy St Patrick’s Day
We are closed on Monday 19th March for St Patrick’s Day and will reopen again on Tuesday 20th. Happy St Patrick’s Day from all at Balcas!
International Women’s Day direct from the forest
Meet Milly, who studied at the Scottish School of Forestry in Inverness, securing a HND in Forestry. Working in Balcas for the past 18 years, Milly’s daily role involves supplying the mill with the products they require on time and on spec. #ILookLikeAForester #InternationalWomensDay #SustainableJobsGrowOnTrees
Recruitment Open Day & Job Advert
A number of varied opportunities to work with us here in Enniskillen have arisen so we’ve decided to throw open the doors and let you get a feel for what is one of the largest sawmills in the UK & Ireland AND the largest manufacturer & supplier of wood pellets, located right on your doorstep. […]
2018 Charity Partnership
We were delighted to welcome Heather Fallis from Northern Ireland Hospice to Balcas today as we announced our adopted charity for 2018. As an organisation of our size, life limiting illness makes itself known to us all and for that reason we have decided to direct our fundraising efforts towards helping the provision of specialist […]
Christmas Closing Dates
#ElliesRetreat was our charity for 2017 and we were very proud to be associated with such a special initiative. Our final contribution to them is to make a donation instead of sending out cards this year. We wish all our suppliers, customers and friends a peaceful festive break. Closing this evening, Wednesday we will be back […]