Shorts Group Ltd

Shorts Group are a long established, independent family-owned business offering excellent quality and service in everything from plant hire to agricultural contracting, skip hire, waste management, demolition and much more.Headquartered in Bracknell, we provide comprehensive services throughout Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and the surrounding counties. In fact, as we grow, we are now delivering our products and services throughout the UK.The high standard of our service is the result of over 55 years of experience in serving the various aspects of the construction, agricultural and waste management industries.At Shorts Group we pride ourselves on being prompt, helpful and reliable. Our main focus is always on customer service and satisfaction.Shorts Group are also members of the Hire Association Europe and have been awarded SAFE CONTRACTOR, ISO 9001, 18001 and 14001 accreditations. In 2009 we were granted a Royal Warrant to Her Majesty The Queen as Agricultural Contractors.At Shorts Group Ltd we realise the importance of our staff. We encourage personal development, ensure our staff are trained to the latest industry standards and that they work in a safe environment at all times – as evidenced by our ISO 18001 accreditation.Many of our staff have been with Shorts Group for over 10 years, several of them for much longer than that, and as we expand we are regularly welcoming new members to our team. If you would like to join Shorts Group Ltd, details of our latest vacancies can be found under 'Join Us'.

Founded in 1957 by David Short, Shorts Group started life as Shorts Timber Services and was based in Datchet. As the name suggests, its primary business was tree clearance and the company cleared acres of forest to make way for the construction of the M2 and M4 motorways during the 1960’s.Organic growth into areas linked to tree clearance, such as demolition, waste removal and plant hire, as well as an acute sense for a good business deal on the part of David Short, saw the company expand its breadth of services over the following years. The company’s main waste processing site at St. George’s Lane, Ascot opened in the 1970’s.In 1985, Gary Short joined his father at what was by then Shorts Services in Ascot and set up Shorts Agricultural Services to provide Agricultural Contracting Services to farms across the surrounding counties.Business continued to grow with father and son at the helm. Waste removal developed into skip hire services and included the purchase of several other local skip hire companies to increase Shorts capacity and range. In 2007 the St George’s lane site became a materials recovery facility (MRF) rather than a waste disposal site, marking the company’s commitment to recycling and reusing the materials it collects. The introduction of a commercial trade waste management service saw the company extend its waste management services to shops, businesses and local authorities.In 2009 Shorts Agricultural Services were granted a Royal Warrant for the contracting services they supplied to the Queen’s local farms. It is an accolade Shorts are proud to continue to hold today.In its continuing commitment to recycling, Shorts opened a second MRF site in Aldershot in 2011 enabling the company to expand its skip hire and waste management services further into North Hampshire and Surrey.Having offered a gritting service as part of Shorts Agricultural Services since 2006, Shorts Truegrit was founded in 2010 to provide a tailored winter gritting service for companies and individuals across the UK. It is the only national service Shorts currently offer.Property has always been part of Shorts business and Shorts Property owns a number of commercial and industrial properties in and around Berkshire and the surrounding counties. One of the most recent property acquisitions was a new Head Office for Shorts Group in Bracknell. Having been based in Ascot for 50 years the company outgrew its former offices and moved to Bracknell in 2014 to allow for further expansion.Having celebrated 55 years of business in 2012, Shorts Group continues to grow whilst keeping quality and customer services values at its core.