About Blake Group
Blake Group are a 4th generation family business with a reputation for quality and service in the steel fabrication and engineering industries.
The Blake Group was founded in 1938 by James Blake and was originally known as James Blake & Co Engineers Limited.
The company has grown over the last 80 years into 3 autonomous operating departments:-
The Metal Centre supplies a wide range of products from cut steel, consumables and fabricated metalwork to smaller businesses and the general public.
The Fabrication Department work with leading international construction and engineering companies on major construction and engineering projects.
The Environmental Storage Tank Department are the UK’s pre-eminent supplier of steel oil tanks and the first manufacturer certified to OFTEC OFS-T 200.
Leading industry and lobbying for best practice standards, Blake Group is an active member of a number of institutions and associations including:
- Investors in People
- CE
- BSI (British Standards Institute)
- SMAS (Safety Management Advisory Services)
- Construction Line
- CHAS (The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme)
- SCCS (Steel Construction Certification Scheme)
- OFTEC (Oil Firing Technical Institute for the Petroleum Industry)
- APEA (Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration)
- PEIMF (Petroleum Equipment Installers and Maintenance Federation)
- Energy Institute