Growing Together: How Inverness Botanic Gardens Harnessed Innovation for Community Empowerment
Nestled in the heart of the Highlands, Inverness Botanic Gardens has been a beacon of nature, education, and inclusivity for over 20 years. Functioned by High Life Highland, this vibrant garden sanctuary is home to the GROW Project, a transformative initiative providing adults with additional support needs the chance to develop practical horticultural skills while enhancing […]
Achieving custom exhibition stands with QUICKBLOCK
The event industry is back with what feels like an almighty bang and a sigh of relief after the past couple of years’ of abstinence. We have waved a fond farewell to social distancing measures and got back to doing what we do best supporting the event industry.
A guide to temporary buildings
Temporary buildings are ones that do not have any intention of being in place for a long period of time. There are a variety of temporary buildings or shelters available for various projects and needs.
Are you lambing season ready?
The lambing season is one of the busiest in the farming community with sixteen million ewes giving birth every year in the UK. It’s the time of year that generally signals to the rest of the UK that spring has sprung when they see a bouncing lamb galloping across a field.
Sustainable building materials. How sustainable is QUICKBLOCK®?
We all know that we want our building materials to be durable, but what if they could be durable AND sustainable?
Create a Home Office using QUICKBLOCK® for a Temporary Partition Wall
The proportion of people working from home in the past year has grown tremendously. Compared to 2019, the number of people who, since March 2020, have had to work from home has doubled to 8.4 million. Are you one of them? Unfortunately, the idea of working from home was sprung on the UK population quite […]
A Year to Remember
It has been a rollercoaster year here at QUICKBLOCK® and we are incredibly grateful for the support of all of our partners, customers and investors to help us achieve what has been our most successful year to date. 2021 has seen our launch to the market, significant investment in our company, the growth in the team from 1 to 5 people, […]
The Return of In-Person Trade Shows: The Ideal Shell Scheme
Given it has been some 20 months since we all last visited a trade show, thanks to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it can be difficult to remember what it’s like to network in person. The time has come for us to get back to it and meet people face-to-face again. This month we were lucky enough […]
Interlocking Blocks – How QUICKBLOCK® Blocks Work
What is QUICKBLOCK®? In a nutshell: a sustainable and more efficient alternative to mainstream building materials. Think of them as giant bricks or building blocks, you can build practically anything with them. Each block is made from 100% recycled polypropylene that have similar properties to conventional building materials. The material, alongside our award-winning design results in the blocks being waterproof, durable, strong, and easy to use. […]
QuickBlock wins Circular Economy Award for sustainable construction product
The innovative construction product QuickBlock has won the Circular Economy Award at the Scottish EDGE finals and an award of £80,000. The award, introduced by Zero Waste Scotland, was given to the company for their unique rapid-assembly building blocks made from 100% recycled plastic. CEO Andrew Vincent said: “As an early-stage start-up, to be recognised […]
