Posts in "Bulldog Tools Ltd"
Rollins Bulldog Tools Ltd, are the last remaining factory in the UK still solid forging spades and forks. We are pleased to announce that we have been able to return to normal production at our factory in Wigan, England, where we employ over 60 highly trained staff.
At Bulldog we pride ourselves in the fact that we are the ONLY factory still solid forging forks and spades in the UK. We make the complete tool on the Wigan site, from raw material to finished product.
We are so proud of our heritage that we would like to offer an “open invitation” to anyone who would like to see first hand our manufacturing facility at Wigan. Alternatively you can take a virtual tour on this site.
The year 2010 will see the Bulldog factory celebrating 230 years of manufacture on the same site! We will be celebrating this achievement with an unusual challenge on an existing “Guinness World Record”. We will of course keep you informed.
In the current climate we wanted to share this positive news as we look forward to a more positive future for British Manufacturing in which Bulldog can play it’s part.
For more information or to arrange a visit to see our forge facility please contact:
Stuart Elsom
Marketing Director
Rollins Bulldog Tools Ltd
Rollins House,
1 Parkway, Harlow Business Park
Harlow, Essex. CM19 5QF
stuart@rollins.co.uk
01279 401571 (T)
01279 401580 (F)
Posted by Stuart Elsom ( Marketing Director) on 27th August 2009
Next week sees the start of the GLEE trade show at the NEC in Birmingham. GLEE is one of the main trade exhibitions for the garden and leisure industry in the UK.
As in previous years we will be exhibiting in our own right as the last forge of it's kind still manufacturing our British made garden tools in this country. Over the last five years we have seen the Bulldog brand climbing back towards it's rightful position in the gardening tool market.
This years exhibition will see Bulldog launching the "Bulldog Green Collection". A selection of slightly unusual tools for which we have had a high level of interest and sales at the various RHS flower shows that we attend. We are hoping to pass on to the garden centre owners our experience of what sells and what is popular in the Bulldog range.
The Bulldog Green Collection is made up of four small ranges of tools, all of which are "special and different" in their own way. We are hoping to show the garden centres that there is a demand for more unusual tools rather than the run of the mill spade and fork set.
One example of a tool in our new collection is the Tree planting spade. This isn't a tool you see very often at garden centres, but we've found it's a very popular item at the Chelsea flower show.
GLEE is not open to the public, but if you are visiting the show, please come and visit our stand situated in Hall 5. We look forward to showing you around!
Posted by Clarrington on 13th September 2009
Wow! What an incredible time we have had at GLEE this week. The show was smaller than in previous years, but this resulted in a higher standard of exhibitor. We saw a huge increase in interest from buyers wanting to purchase a better quality range of garden tools. At Bulldog Tools we were able to help. The launch of our "Bulldog Green" collections helped to focus the garden centre buyers to the best selling tools in our extensive range.
With the message now appearing to get through to the garden centre buyers that gardeners and landscapers alike are looking for better quality tools that are durable and by design "greener" due to the fact that they last so much longer.
It is believed that the Land Rover is in fact one of the greenest cars on the road! Not because of their fuel consumption, but by the fact that over 60% of the Land Rovers ever built are still on the road. At Bulldog we like to think that our tools are of a similar durability. You only have to buy a Bulldog once: Not every season!
At Bulldog we are looking forward to a brighter, greener future. Bulldog Tools, the last forge of it's kind in England!
Posted by Clarington on 23rd September 2009
In last weeks blog we wrote about the similarity between the great British marque that is Land Rover and our own brand of Bulldog tools. It is a well known fact that a very high percentage of all the Land Rovers ever built are still on the road today. The figure is more than 50%. This brought us to compare Bulldog Tools in the same light. If you buy a Bulldog shovel or fork it is normally for life, or at least a very long time. How else is Bulldog like Land Rover?
One way that springs readily to mind is the way in which many Land Rover enthusiasts customize their cars to their own specific requirements. Soft tops, winches, split windscreens, snorkels for off-roading through water, the list goes on! They have taken the brand and made it their own. Indeed, when we show at exhibitions such as Saltex or the RHS, Bulldog enthusiasts will take the time to tell us about their customisations.
Landscapers are one group of people who regularly modify our tools to suit their needs. The most popular tool for customisation is our narrow trenching spade. A six foot piece of steel tube is welded in place of the steel shaft. This turns the spade into an excellent post hole digger. The weight of the pole helps to make the tool even more effective when digging into heavy soil or clay.
Our Trenchmaster is a direct result from listening to our customers conversion stories. By trimming down their shovel blades, they made a tool ideal for both digging and shovelling. This was such a popular customisation that we decided to save them the bother by making it ourselves!
Posted by Clarington on 27th September 2009
"You can go fast, I can go anywhere" is one of the window stickers you can see on the back of many Land Rovers around the country. Whereas the Land Rover is not the quickest car upon the road, the chances are that it can go just about anywhere leaving your standard road car stuck on a grass verge!
At Bulldog we take you a similar approach. Our tools are well built and functional. They do the job for which they are designed. You can buy spades with shiny blades and snazzy forward tilting shock resistant handles...but put them under a tough root and there is a good chance they will bend or break!
Bulldog Tools: Built to get the job done!
Posted by Clarington on 4th October 2009
