The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) classifies creosote as a carcinogen in category 1B, meaning every effort should be made to avoid and effectively minimise the use of the substance and human exposure to it. In November 2022, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) confirmed that the EU had moved to ban the […]Read More
Fencing contractor Elliott, who went viral in June 2022 when his post knocker hit an underground gas pipeline on a farm in Derbyshire, has joined forces with safe digging experts LSBUD and Linewatch on a new safety awareness video. The safety campaign focuses on Elliott’s experience of striking the pipeline, it recounts the moments after […]Read More
This year, Charltons celebrate their landmark 120-year anniversary. From humble beginnings in 1903, when Frank Charlton started supplying pit props to Somerset coal mines, to supplying Royal Households, Glastonbury Festival and even exporting gates all the way to Australia. Currently in its fifth generation, the business today remains family owned and run, with Chairman AJ […]Read More
Tom Ward of Tom Ward Fencing started out working on his family farm before spending 7 years at Case Paxtons in Durham as an engineer. Like most farming folk, he could turn his hand to multiple tasks with fencing being one of them and it became increasingly obvious that there was a business opportunity out […]Read More
FP McCann one of the UK’s leading producers of precast concrete fencing, has just completed a second major investment programme at its Leicestershire-based manufacturing plant. The family run business which has seen continued growth across all of its precast concrete divisions has injected £3.8 million into its Cadeby factory near Nuneaton to meet the growing […]Read More
Every now and then you come across a story that’s far from the norm. That is most definitely the case with Vincent Fencing based at Sonning Common in Oxfordshire. Founded in July 2014 by Nick and Mariann Vincent, just a couple of months after they tied the knot, the business focuses on delivering groundworks contracts […]Read More
Long-standing wrought iron component suppliers F.H. Brundle are passing on savings to their customers following the falling cost of some key materials and shipping. The Essex-based firm, which trades throughout the UK, is offering substantial price reductions on some of their most popular product ranges. Its Pro-Railing® stainless steel handrailing range and Fortitude® handrailing, a […]Read More
Norman Willemsen, Chief Executive Officer of sustainable wood firm Kebony spoke out recently in support of European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen’s landmark call for Europe to “address the global challenge of deforestation by giving people a sustainable alternative,”[1] and help save up to 40% of global carbon emissions by building with timber instead […]Read More
Agriconnect, parent company of LAMMA Show, CropTec Show and Farmers Guardian, has announced a new event for 2023. The Future Farming Expo Scotland event will be held over 2 days on Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th October 2023 at the P&J Live venue in Aberdeen. With the fabric of primary agricultural production in Scotland being […]Read More
The Association of Fencing Industries (AFI) and the Wood Protection Association (WPA) are conducting a joint investigation into reports by AFI members about the poor performance of recently installed treated wood fence posts. At last year’s AFI Timber in Ground Contact conference at which WPA were guest speakers, fencing contractors voiced concerns that the […]Read More
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