Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots visited Balcas Timber Ltd to support ‘Time for Timber’, the global wood manifesto, launched by Confor last year to coincide with COP26 in Glasgow. Minister Poots said: “I am pleased to visit Balcas to welcome and offer support to the global wood manifesto being promoted by Confor. […]
International Women’s Day
We’ve enjoyed a variety of activities to mark #internationalwomensday including a health check clinic, floral arrangements and the opportunity to share our ideas over a lovely lunch (albeit virtually) of what we can do in Balcas to continue empowering each other. It also proved a fitting opportunity to present our new charities with their opening […]
Balcas Hosts Ministerial Visit
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots visited Balcas Timber Ltd to support ‘Time for Timber’, the global wood manifesto, launched by Confor last year to coincide with COP26 in Glasgow. Minister Poots said: “I am pleased to visit Balcas to welcome and offer support to the global wood manifesto being promoted by Confor. […]
Employee Of The Month
Meet Mark McClelland, Electrical Engineer and our Employee of the Month for February. It’s hard to believe but this is Mark’s 20th year with Balcas having started with us as an Electrical Apprentice. Mark has truly embraced the Balcas ethos of continual learning and has since added many strings to his bow and can be […]
Women In Engineering/Now Recruiting Graduate Engineers
Today is the feast of St Brigid, one of Ireland’s three patron saints. Her origins are rooted in the pagan festival of Imbolc and the evening of the February 1st is notable as being the first of spring. As women are being celebrated across the globe today, when better to mark the work of women […]
Join Our Team Of Graduate Engineers
engineering /ɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/ :the action of working artfully to bring something about. Balcas prides itself on being able to spot, attract and retain talent but even by our standards, last year was a bumper year for being able to offer career development opportunities. 4 of our engineers, all of whom began their journey with us as […]
Change Of Bank Account Details
Letters were sent today to Timber customers (by mailchimp) informing them of a banking change. We wish to assure you this communication was genuine.
Essential Maintenance – Wednesday 26th January
Due to essential electrical maintenance, our power will be unavailable between 16:00 and 17:30 this afternoon so we will be unable to accept calls or respond to emails. Normal service will resume tomorrow morning. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Christmas Dates
Jackie’s Retirement
It was the end of an era today in Balcas as we bade a fond farewell to Jackie Hamilton who was with us for 42 years, we wish him well for his retirement and leave you with a small interview to give you the essence of a good man. Good luck Jackie, and thank you. […]
50 years for John at Balcas!
It was a momentous day in Balcas as we made a presentation to John Virtue on the occasion of his 50th anniversary! Since the 18th October 1971, it’s safe to say that John has seen some changes in Balcas, least not – well more than a fifty fold increase in production volumes. In those early […]