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Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (October 2020)
Will you be our Winter #WeldingWarrior? Thank you to everyone who has already entered our Winter #WeldingWarrior competition! If you haven’t already, there’s still time left to win yourselves a Rapid Beanie and a £60 Marks and Spencer Gift Card from UltraMag Inspection Services, all in time for Christmas! Simply head over…
Rapid’s New Sticker Collection Coming Soon!
Rapid’s New Sticker Collection Coming Soon! Rapid are excited to announce that we will soon be releasing our very own sticker collection! A cool addition to our own merchandise, we know that welders love to be creative and have seen a trend of personalising welding equipment, from customised helmets and…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (September 2020)
Thank you for helping us reach 1K! A massive thank you for helping us get to 1K followers on Facebook! We can finally announce the winner of our giveaway! Congratulations to Dave Lambert from Norfolk, who has won themselves a fantastic welding prize bundle worth £100! If you missed out on this competition, don’t worry, we still…
The Rapid Experience
Investing in our technology for your benefitAs one of the largest independent welding distributors in the South, here at Rapid Welding we don’t believe in sitting on our laurels but are continually investing in new technology to make it easier for customers to find solutions and place orders… Here’s how……
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (August 2020)
Help us reach 1K followers – We’re so close! We’re less than 50 away from hitting 1,000 followers on Facebook! To celebrate, we’re giving away this incredible prize bundle worth £100! Everything featured here could be yours, all you need to do is simply click the link below for the details on how to…
Meet the team – Marianne
After 22 years at Rapid, mainly working in Sales, Marianne now looks after Rapid’s HR and oversees the Credit Control team. Not adverse to taking on new challenges, earlier this year Marianne took on the Marketing role within the company, too! “It’s been hugely rewarding to watch Rapid grow from…
Meet the Team – Terry Caldecott (Stores & Logistics)
Terry has been part of the Rapid Family for almost 8 years and works within the Stores and Logistics team. Having previously been one of our delivery drivers, Terry is an allrounder and was also part of the team working throughout lockdown to ensure our customers’ orders were still fulfilled…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (July 2020)
£100 Prize Bundle Giveaway! There’s still time left for one lucky winner to win this incredible prize bundle worth £100! Everything featured in this video could be yours, all you need to do is simply click the link below for the details on how to enter and also don’t forget to follow us on Facebook! 30% Off…
Businesses Supporting Businesses
Believe it or not, it’s not unusual for us to inform our customers that their order is ‘booked to arrive on the island by Hovercraft’. Well, that’s what can happen if you need a plasma cutter delivered to the Isle of Wight, anyway! For some businesses it has been a…
Rapid’s Service Department: Benefits of the Kemppi ArcValidator
The Kemppi ArcValidator is a systematic and accurate validation solution for our customers that links both workshop and office-based process, meeting both local quality control and national validation standards requirements to EN 50504 and IEC EN 60974-14. At Rapid we have 3 validators, and 6 members of staff in our service…
Meet the Team – Dave Austin (IT Manager)
Dave Austin, Rapid’s IT Manager, has been at Rapid for the past 15 years, in a diverse and challenging role, working with others to innovate and enhance both Rapid’s offering and our systems. Whether it’s a new feature on the web, a mod to an internal system, or just keeping…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (June 2020)
#WeldingWarrior returns! We’re bringing back our successful #WeldingWarrior competition on July 1st, in association with Ultramag Inspection Services. Simply head over to our Facebook page and keep an eye out for our next competition, to enter and be in with the chance to win a £60 Marks & Spencer giftcard and our infamous Rapid Beanie! Service Department: Kemppi…
Welders Supporting Welders – Presenting Bling Back Caps from Rate My Weld
For those of us who weld, we know it’s not just about fusing two pieces of metal together, for welding is often referred to as ‘art’ and like all artists, welders take pride in what they do. It also goes without saying that we take pride in what we weld…
Rapid Supports the Isle of Wight Hospice for a 5th Year
Under the current guidance as a result of COVID-19, Rapid’s Business Manager, Marianne Edwards, has been making the most of her daily exercise allowance. Whilst Rapid & RentArc’s chosen charity this year is Wessex Heartbeat, there is one annual fundraising event that Marianne always takes part in on the Isle of…
“We welders have our own distinctive bond, as strong as the metals we join.”
Charles “Charlie” Coffin