Newport
The Newport workshop, c.1970s. Raymond Lloyd (front, in suit) with his team. Three generations on, the same workshop ethic — and the same pride in the work — is still very much part of how we operate.
Forged in steel.
Built on
family.
It started with a wire worker. Our great-grandfather moved from Newcastle to Newport at the turn of the twentieth century and founded Lloyd Bros. & Co. — a modest workshop with a modest brief: make things properly in steel.
Over the decades that followed, the business grew. The name changed. The workshop moved. The equipment improved. But the approach didn't: every gate, railing and steel frame has always been made by hand, by people who give a damn about what they're producing.
Today, Gareth leads the business as the fourth generation — with sons Ieuan and Charlie working as skilled fabricators alongside him. Even the youngest, Lewys, gets involved when he can spare time from his work at the Celtic Manor. It genuinely is a family business, in the way that phrase is supposed to mean.
Over a hundred years on, we're still based in Newport. Still taking on bespoke work. Still galvanising and painting as standard, because shortcuts aren't in our vocabulary.
Every piece of metalwork we produce carries more than just function — it carries the work ethic and values we've inherited from those who built this business before us. Quality isn't something we aim for. It's something we can't switch off.
— Gareth, Lloyds Fabrications