News From 2021
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (December 2021)
Thank you to all our customers! It’s been another challenging year for everyone, but all of us here at Rapid want to say a huge thank you to all our customers for your continued support during 2021. We worked hard to stay open for our customers, and we look forward to being…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (November 2021)
Almost as good as the 12 days of Christmas, we’ve now entered “the 20 days of Welding Warrior”. You’ve got 20 days left to entire the last competition of the year and win the perfect Christmas treat! Enter on our Facebook page before 30/11/21 for the chance to win a £60.00 M & S…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (October 2021)
Congratulations to Nick Pope for being our latest winner of the Welding Warrior competition, sponsored by Ultramag Inspection Services. We’ve now arrived at your last change to enter in 2021! The perfect Christmas treat, enter on our Facebook page before 30/11/21 for the chance to win £60.00 M & S Voucher and Rapid goodies! After the success of our Open…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (September 2021)
You’ve only got a short while left to enter our Welding Warrior competition! For the chance of winning a £60.00 M&S Voucher courtesy of our friends at UltraMag Inspection Services and either a Rapid Beanie or our new Baseball Cap, head to our Facebook page and show us a photo of your best work by 30/09/2021! It’s 3-2-1 time,…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (August 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. Are you a Welding Educator or Education Facility? Have you experienced the Lincoln Electric VIRTUAL REALITY machines? Rapid and Lincoln are holding an open afternoon and offering hands-on demonstrations and a chance to view the very latest VR…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (July 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. The past 18 months have been a difficult time for all but, thanks to our amazing employees and customers, we have remained open and meeting our customers requirements. Following the easing of restrictions…
Lincoln Electric UK Announce Their New Women in Welding Ambassadors
Last year, as part of our Focus on ‘Women in Welding’, we had the pleasure of speaking with Ruth Amos who, as well as being an inventor and successful entrepreneur, is also well known as Co-Creator of the amazing “Kids Invent Stuff” YouTube channel. She is also a keen welder, and…
Rapid is now a member of the Troy UK buying group!
We can’t resist sharing our big news… We are excited to announce that we are now a member of the Troy buying group! As the largest independent welding distributor on the South Coast, Rapid were delighted to accept Troy UK’s invitation. We believe their vision, “To build a better future for independent…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (June 2021)
Congratulations to the latest winner of our Welding Warrior competition, Nathan Bealey. Thanks to Ultramag Inspection Services for their continued support of this competition. Do you want to be in for a chance of winning a £60.00 M&S Voucher and either a Rapid Beanie or our new Baseball Cap? Enter via our Facebook page by 31/07/21 and show us your…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (April 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. It’s now been just over a year that Britain went into its first lockdown. This month, as we edge closer to the next step in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, it’s exciting…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (March 2021)
Established in 1990, Rapid Welding & Industrial Supplies Limited has become one of the largest independent welding suppliers in Europe, supplying 100+ countries worldwide. With huge stocks for immediate delivery, our award winning website has over 35,000 products. With our first Welding Warrior of the year named, the hunt is on for our second! Until the end of May,…
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) eBulletin: Fabricated Metal Inspections
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) eBulletin: Fabricated Metal Inspection On the 17th February 2021 the HSE issued an eBulletin directed at metal fabricators concerning welding fumes and metalworking fluids. As such, the HSE has written to businesses to ensure they are complying with guidance to manage the risk of associated respiratory…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (February 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. How Rapid are dealing with Brexit… Brexit has proved, and indeed continues to prove, a challenging time. While we were prepared for January 1st 2021 to the best of our ability, we…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (January 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. Happy New Year to all our customers! We hope you had a safe festive period with whoever you were able to celebrate it with. We would like to reassure our customers that…
COVID-19 Update: January 2021
COVID-19 Update: January 2021 In light of the recent Government announcement we wish to reassure our customers that we are open for business, offering welding guidance, taking orders and despatching as normal. As many of you will be aware, Rapid Welding has been a Critical Supplier throughout the pandemic under…
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