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To clip or not to clip; that is the question. But what about clamping!? Luckily, the difference isn’t as confusing as Hamlet’s many dilemmas and, if you have got the word ‘hose’ in there as well, then there it is even harder to tell the difference except by name. What’s in a name…?   If you’re […]

From large-scale industrial constructions to small yet vital fixings and fastenings such as screws, nails, banding, wall ties and much more, the metal continues to prove its versatility with a product created by photography giant Nikon. Happy snapping! The Nikon ASC-01 is a small, expertly-engineered stainless steel insert that slots neatly into the hot shoe mount […]

Stainless steel, often associated with large-scale constructions, is also  widely used in the medical sector, forming part of a variety of items from disability aids to surgical instruments. A particularly important use of the metal is in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), one of the most technologically-advanced medical imaging tools in existence. There are around 25,000 […]

Due to its exceptional aesthetic appeal combined with an easy, versatile workability unmatched by other metals, stainless steel is a regular feature in the creation of artistic works. A new such work is due to be complete in Calgary in Alberta, Canada. A flash new complex of executive condominiums in Downtown Calgary is the setting for this […]

Last week, we looked at how stainless steel was being used as an artistic medium in the creation of unique sculptures which, thanks to the incredible durability of the metal, are going to be around for a long time to come! Creating art using stainless steel is the opposite aspect to the mostly-functional uses of […]

Stainless steel, as you will no doubt already know, is one of the most versatile materials known to man at the present time and so it is literally everywhere, in so many products that there is no real way to even start counting them. Suffice to say that if the metal suddenly ceased to exist […]

If you are in the construction trade or something similar, then there probably isn’t much we can tell you about nails, screws and other stainless steel fixings that you don’t already know. Even as that sentence was completed, it already started to sound like a challenge, so we have picked over our brains for the […]

It pervades our daily lives, none of us really like it, the reasons for its existence make us suspicious but it is here to stay. We are talking about three little letters that are enough to make any accountant rub his or her hands together with glee: VAT. Yes, good old Value-Added Tax (seems to […]

The BS Fixings team are all safely home from their journey, tired but full of lots of ideas that will ultimately benefit YOU, our loyal and obviously extremely discerning customers. Admittedly, we have been striving and slaving away on your behalf in the gorgeous, incomparable city of Milan in Italy but, as the saying goes, […]