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2001 – 2021 20 years and counting.
Well, what a year it has been for our 20th year in business. We have possibly had one our busiest years ever, with a record turnover and some amazing projects completed to a very high standard whilst forging new relationships with commercial and domestic clients who have also become firm friends through the […]
Gaits House
“Gaits House” As April drew to a close so did the project we have been working on since October 2020 in Blacko, East Lancashire. This project has been challenging in many ways which I will bring up in the coming paragraphs, but I can honestly say that it is […]
January and beyond
Well Christmas is now a distant memory and we are once again in the throws of a national lockdown due to the global pandemic. However, the show must go on. Through January we have been busy battling both the lockdown and the dreaded East Lancashire winter. While things on our sites have changed to help […]
2020 It’s A Wrap!
Well, who would have thought at the beginning of this year that 2020 would be so challenging. At the end of 2019 I wrote that we had exciting plans for growth and how we would be investing in our businesses and staff this year. And then in March the whole world was hit by the […]
2020 Part 2
Well so far for us here at JSD 2020 has felt like a year of two halves. The first half was dominated by Covid-19 and now the second half at the moment seems like a complete reboot. We have just managed to catch up with projects started prior to lockdown and complete these ready to […]
Covid-19 and coming out the other side
Well its been a tough 2020 so far with the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the whole world for six. Here at JSD we were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic along with many other businesses around the country. The tough decision was made by management to send all of our staff home and place them on Furlough […]
We are recruiting
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a forward looking family run business? Due to the volume of work we have booked in for this year already we are looking for skilled General Builders to add to our growing team. Apply via the link below
What a year!!
2019 Review and a BIG Thank You Well it’s that time of year again when we all start to reflect on what’s happened in the last year and the numerous people we have met and worked with along the way. What a year it has been for us as a group, with the growth […]
Septic Tank Legislation
SEPTIC TANK LEGISLATION IS CHANGING – FROM 1 JANUARY 2020 If you own, live in, or are building a property off the mains sewage network then it’s important you’re aware of upcoming changing legislation around septic tanks. In a bid to tackle water pollution, the Environment Agency has set out General Binding Rules, which […]
R M Williams Acquisition
On 1st October 2019 the JSD Group completed on the purchase of the Lancashire based engineering supplies business R M Williams (Accrington). Now where do I start with this one. It was back in May this year when as a management team we were discussing the expansion of JSD Engineering and Construction. We decided to […]