Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

butlersheetmetal.com – a brief (cheap) history.

Posted on 7, Oct

Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

I’ve always enjoyed dabbling with computers. I remember buying my first, an Oric, on my eleventh birthday for £99.95. I bucked the trend somewhat seeming everyone had a Spectrum or some kind of Commodore. I happily wiled away the hours typing Donkey Kong from the page of some magazine or other – quite a task [...]

And Never The Twain Shall Meet…………..?

Posted on 4, Oct

Trying to incorporate various aspects of the internet into this kind of sheet metal business is sometimes like mixing oil and water. I’m not saying that Butler Sheetmetal is resistant to change – far from it – but the handskill-type job shops are definitely of a bygone era. For example, we have one customer that [...]

No Nay Never.

Posted on 2, Oct

It’s always nice that your principles are the first thing out of the window when money is involved. We’ve recently sold a number of our stainless steel planters and water features to Blackburn Rovers Football Club. You might wonder where the problem lies with that….. There wouldn’t be one if we weren’t all Burnley fans.

It’s Back. And This Time It’s Personal.

Posted on 1, Oct

Thanks to Jackie Danicki at the Big Blog Company I’ve decided to give the Tinbasher blog a firm kick up the backside. When I started this little project it was primarily to help boost the serps of our main company site at butlersheetmetal.com. Butler Sheetmetal Ltd is an archetypal small business. It’s been run by [...]