Norfolk-based Waller Sawmills retains a clear focus on the future for a family owned business that will be 65 years young in 2020. Founded in 1955 by Russell Waller, grandfather of existing MD Paul Waller, Waller Sawmills employs 20 staff and manufactures and supplies high quality sawn, treated and kiln-dried timber products from an 8 acre […]Read More
In 1989 Bob and Maureen Clark, Directors of Batsford Timber, faced a dilemma. After many years of fencing in the Midlands area as a contractor Bob felt that he needed to diversify the business. Having been selling timber from a small storage area at the bottom of his garden Bob decided a bigger yard area […]Read More
Over the past 10 years our product line-up has increased to include a wider range of quality timber products. As well as additional sizes and variations of our core products, such as our natural peeled stakes, machine round’s and sawn fencing components, we have introduced completely new products including our living wall and our premium […]Read More
It all started thanks to a £500 loan between father and son. A wide-eyed Frederick Henry Brundle arrived in London with a dream of making it big and opened premises at 14 Paper Street EC1 the centre of the Packing Case Trade. Spotting a gap in the market by selling nails and ironmongery, his attention […]Read More
Celebrating their 50th Year, IAE have marked the occasion by commencing work for an additional 200,00 sq ft development on a recently acquired 10acre site at the factory based in Staffordshire. The project will comprise of a Powder Coating plant for the expanding Fencing market, a Learning & Demonstration area along with additional production capacity. The […]Read More
Nothing ever stands still at Thomson Sawmills in deepest Norfolk! It’s a few years since I last paid a visit to Thomson Sawmills, based at Stratton Strawless near Norwich, and a lot has changed in the intervening period. Their expansion in recent times is a perfect advert for what businesses in our industry can achieve […]Read More
SOUTH YORKSHIRE FENCING FIRM RELOCATES DUE TO GROWTH A Doncaster-based commercial and security fencing contractor is on track to further expand its workforce in the coming months following a strategic move to a new 1.7 acre site on Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate. Established in 2001 with a team of six, Hall Fencing has grown exponentially in recent […]Read More
MCVEIGH PARKER 40 YEARS STILL LEADING THE FIELD In this tough environment Brian Parker and Michael McVeigh took over a small corner of a yard and rented a small van as an office. This van had been the living quarters of a driver and was towed behind a Steam Roller. From this humble beginning in […]Read More
STONE FARMS LTD ANSWER THE CALL WITH BRYCE Stone Farms Ltd is a small family business based in East Kent under the North Downs, currently run by brothers John and Matthew Whitehead. “Unfortunately the M20 motorway and more recently the channel tunnel/high speed link drastically reduced our acreage, therefore diversification was essential for the survival […]Read More
Using Innovation to Pull in Customers Grange Fencing is putting innovation at the heart of its approach, with a focus on helping trade buyers and professional landscapers to find inspiring products for both new and redesign schemes. The UK’s leading supplier of fencing and decorative garden structures has now made selling its Traditional Lap Panel […]Read More












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