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Health and Safety is Slipping

November 14, 2012

You could perhaps accuse us of ‘banging’ on about this but there has been a new report published that shows that the standards of Health and Safety at work are slipping, and within our industry that is very worrying news indeed.

According to SHP...

Britain vs China

September 5, 2012

It’s no secret that a vast majority of welding machines are now manufactured abroad with China being the biggest of all. Such machines are flooding the UK market and are usually much cheaper than any competition. As such a large proportion of welders are buying machines from places such as eBay and congratulating themselves on having saved such a large sum of money whilst still being able...

Great New Offers

August 14, 2012

Welding Supplies Direct Ltd have been bringing you great prices on all the products we sell for the past few years, indeed we build our whole business around it. However, we have recently sat and pondered how to bring you even greater savings that will simply be too good to ignore, and so the...

Welding Supplies

July 23, 2012

What’s in a name? Well with ours we rather hope that there is a massive clue as to what we do and what products and services we sell! Within the welding industry to have a name that reflects the niche is worth its weight in gold and that’s how Welding Supplies Direct Ltd was born.

Some...

Welding And The Risks Associated With It

July 16, 2012

In all seriousness, if you were to truly and thoroughly research welding and all of its associated risks before undertaking it as a career, chances are you would be put off for life!! Reading a couple of articles on the Safety issues made me think that to be honest it is no wonder that...

The Future of Welding

June 28, 2012

Working within the welding industry, we often have conversations amongst ourselves about where we see the future of welding going. It is almost certainly something which currently is a dying breed, those who are qualified are getting older and retiring and fewer and fewer young people are taking up the profession....

Plasma Cutters – What Is Plasma?

June 21, 2012

When I started hearing all these welding terms when I first joined this company I had little or no clue as to what they all meant. I’m only a little wiser now but I have tried to do some research so that I may become far more knowledgeable and one of the areas I did a bit of research in was Plasma Cutting. I kept hearing ‘

Electric Meters

June 12, 2012

In the current economic climate, most of us are struggling with the ever increasing energy prices and find ourselves having to conduct thorough research into getting the best deal and the best prices, so that we don’t all have to starve and freeze in the winter months (they seem to be getting longer too!) One of the ways in which it is genuinely possible to cut your bills is to invest in an...

Welding Screens

May 29, 2012

Sperian Optrel Welding Helmets

May 23, 2012

Here at Welding Supplies Direct Ltd we are proud to offer a full and varied range of Welding Helmets and Welding Masks. We find that many are sold on the merit of their reputation such as the Miller range and whilst the their range of helmets are very good quality, as with all top-brands that...