Mackays of Cambridge - Blog

Cambridge will host one of the greatest sporting events in the world next month and we cant wait.
Stage 3 of Le Tour de France starts from Parker’s Piece just down the road from Mackays of Cambridge on Monday 7th July 2014.

Our local football club Cambridge United will face Gateshead in the Skrill Premier Promotion Final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 18th May 2014.

The Event - A day of Product Demonstrations, Special Offers and Exclusive Deals.

We have the best brands in the business attending such as Trend Routers, Sealey Tools, Draper Tools, Dickies Work Wear, Lyte Ladders and Towers, Soudal, Tacwise, Toggler, TIMco and more.

Mackays of Cambridge Ltd would like to introduce you to Richard Mackay.
Richard (AKA Dickie), has been employed by Mackays as a work wear Model for the last 10 years. Be it rain or be it shine, Dickie can be found standing guard outside Mackays on East Road, wearing his stylish work wear.

The Cambridge Historian Fonz Chamberlain recently interviewed Duncan Mackay about the History of Mackays of Cambridge Ltd.

Our local football club Cambridge United will face Gosport Borough in The FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 23 March 2014.

rodent control made easy

Mackays of Cambridge are a Key Stockist of The Big Cheese products

Rodents are the most common type of pest problem in Britain today. Rats and mice not only cause economic loss through damage on farms and in commercial premises, they carry disease and can be harmful to your home and family health.

Smoke Controlled Areas

The first Clean Air Act was introduced in response to one of the worst environmental disasters in the UK. London recorded over 4000 deaths in a short period due to a smog created mainly by coal burning.

We recently attended the Totally Tools show. This trade event is hosted yearly at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry and is the first trade shows of the year.

Tools for Self Reliance aims to empower artisans working in developing countries so that they can better participate in the development of themselves and their communities.

"A fine business you have here, I would like to buy it." This very direct offer was put by Donald Mackay to the owner of Alsop & Sons Wheelwright business. The deal was struck with a handshake over the anvil. So began the Mackay family business on the East Road site in June 1912.