Ben Walton

TORNADO WIRE FENCING COMPETITION SET TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT

The recent Silver Spades Doubles fencing competition in New Zealand marked the first international exchange between Tornado’s UK Fencing Competition and the prestigious Fieldays Silver Spades Championship. It was a fantastic opportunity for 2022 Tornado Fencing Competition winners Mark Evans and Nic Quan to demonstrate and share their fencing skills on the other side of […]Read More

QUALITY AND INTEGRITY WITH A&P FENCING

These values perfectly sum up every aspect of forward-thinking A&P Fencing, based in Lichfield. Family run, this Staffordshire business was founded in 1989 and supplies a wide range of fencing products to both trade and domestic customers right across the UK. In September 2015 the company moved to its current 3.5 acre site at Freeford […]Read More

TALASEY REPORTS GROWING DEMAND FOR COMPOSITES

Talasey, a leading independent supplier of landscaping solutions, is reporting a rapid growth in consumer interest in composite products. Rebecca Hughes, Marketing Director of Talasey, commented: “For Talasey, 2023 is the year that composite has arrived. “We’ve been busy exhibiting at a number of the top consumer-focused interior and design shows across the UK this […]Read More

A BUSY 2023 FOR McVEIGH PARKER

McVeigh Parker have made impressive progress in 2023 with the completion of a number of successful projects throughout Spring and Summer. McVeigh Parker has had a busy year so far with the launch of their new Dura 2 timber fencing range, a distribution agreement with a well-known Kiwi fencing brand and the fulfilment of a […]Read More

TOUGH SCREWS FOR TOUGH JOBS

When it comes to exterior construction jobs, tradespeople need a screw that can withstand the test of time and the unpredictability of the elements. A spokesperson explained: “The last thing any trade professional wants is discoloured screws ruining their hard work leading to callbacks from customers. “Samac Performance Exterior Screws are designed for any exterior […]Read More

PORTEK MAKES DEEP IMPACT WITH POST DRIVER

The Post Driver is a powerful and portable tool to drive round and square posts into the ground with ease. The Post Driver forms part of Portek’s wide range of agricultural and landscaping products, from advanced birdscaring devices through to brushcutters and spraying equipment. Time-consuming manual methods for installing fence posts have been a long-standing […]Read More

MOVERS & SHAKERS

PETE CLARK The AFI’s man with a mission talks to us about the AFI, what it can do for those in the industry, and the future. As CEO of the Association of Fencing Industries, Pete is in the process of turning the trade body into an ‘association for all rather than a club for the […]Read More

FP MCCANN’S FENN-LITE™ FENCE POSTS DELIVER A HEAVYWEIGHT PERFORMANCE

FP McCann’s fencing division has firmly cemented its place as one of the UK’s leading suppliers of precast fence posts and panels. The national precast concrete company that offers a complete civils and construction package, from below ground drainage and attenuation systems through to bespoke precast concrete structural and architectural building products, continues to deliver […]Read More

POLES AHEAD AS SCANPOLE FACES THE FUTURE

A lot of water has passed under the Newport Transporter Bridge since Fencing News last caught up with Scanpole. That was back in 2019. A very different world. Since then, the operational challenges have come thick and fast particularly with Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine but the resilience and flexibility shown by this […]Read More

THE 2023 UK FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE!

The 2023 UK Fencing Championships, held in July at the Driffield Show, proved to be a big success. A team from Herefordshire-based MJ Evans Fencing taking the honours ahead of Dan Critchlow Fencing of Derbyshire and John Morgan Fencing / J A Bradley Services. The nine competing teams were assessed and marked by judges Gary […]Read More