Today marks a special day in Balcas, we don’t just have one colleague celebrating their 30th work anniversary with Balcas, nor two, but three! On this very day in 1992 Messrs Joe McMulkin, David Burleigh and Brian Murphy all turned up to site to sign in for their first ever shift at Balcas. In this […]
Happy Retirement, Eric
Eric Robinson retires today after an impressive 45 years with Balcas. First joining on 3rd of March 1978 as a ‘Sawyer’ – his role entailed assessing the quality of logs as they entered the mill before passing for further processing. Eric progressed to Supervisor of the Log Yard before moving to his current position as […]
St Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday
Our Enniskillen office is closed Friday, 17th March 2023 for St Patrick’s Day. Instead you will find us supporting our local community www.projectstpatrick.com giving out real and candy floss trees!!! We reopen as normal on Monday, 20th March 2023 #bankholiday #stpatricksday2023 #treesareourfuture #futuressobrightyougottawearshades
Queen’s Green Canopy Trees Planted At Balcas
In a gesture which recognises both the 60th anniversary of Balcas and the Queen’s Green Canopy project, a spruce, a birch and a rowan tree were ceremoniously planted today by Viscount Brookeborough, the late Queen’s Lord-in-waiting for over a quarter of a century. The timber producing spruce tree was the 60th planted this month in […]
Christmas Closing
Balcas Timber has closed for the holidays and reopens on Tuesday 3rd January. Balcas Energy remains open for online orders 24/7 and their office closing dates are: 26th, 27th December 2022, & 2nd January 2023. Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas.
Warriors For Humanity Plant Trees For Balcas
This year for #NationalTreeWeek – rather than just talk about the trees we harvest sustainably and how they help us achieve our own carbon emission targets, we wanted to throw some focus the way of a great project underway in Kenya. Warriors for Humanity are on a mission to plant 1 million trees in East Africa […]
Balcas at 60 Events Supporting Women’s Aid
It was a great opportunity to meet with our charity partner for 2022 Fermanagh Women’s Aid to learn about the services they provide, this week. Following a series of recent events to mark our 60th anniversary we were delighted to hand over a cheque for £3009, to help in a small way towards their vital […]
‘Sustainability Strategy Of The Year’ Award Winners
Balcas were pleased to be recognised at the Fermanagh Herald Business Awards on Friday night, picking up Sustainability Strategy Of The Year. Over many years Balcas has developed, and lives by, a robust and comprehensive sustainability strategy. 100% of our raw materials come from sustainably managed forests. This means that the forests are managed and […]
New Emotional Wellbeing Support For Balcas Staff
This week and to coincide with #WorldMentalHealthDay Balcas launched a bespoke counselling service for its 370+ valued employees. The Lighthouse Charity have been contracted to provide confidential services to ensure the emotional wellbeing of our team. Trained professionals will be on hand to help staff identify well-being and mental health issues and provide support to […]
Job Opportunity – Head Of Internal Sales
Just a few days to go before applications close for this Sales Management opportunity. More details from our careers page Applications by CV before 4pm September 23rd to internalsales@balcas.com #Job #Sales #Management
90 Years Service
Today marks a special day in Balcas, we don’t just have one colleague celebrating their 30th work anniversary with Balcas, nor two, but three! On this very day in 1992 Messrs Joe McMulkin, David Burleigh and Brian Murphy all turned up to site to sign in for their first ever shift at Balcas. In this […]