The WPA Annual Event and Conference takes place at the Oulton Hall Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort, Leeds on 7th – 8th May.   Hearing what builders’ merchants think about treated wood For the first time we have guest speakers from the builders merchants supply chain at the WPA conference on 8th May at Oulton […]Read More

Returning for a second successful year, Littlewood Group once again hosted a Build UK Open Doors careers workshop at our Battle, East Sussex office on Wednesday, 19th March 2025. This year, we placed a special focus on the Armed Forces community, welcoming members from East Sussex Veterans Hub, SSAFA the Armed Forces Charity, Construction Skills […]Read More

Reaseheath College & University Centre is one of the UK’s leading specialist education centres, located in Nantwich, Cheshire. It offers a wide range of full-time diplomas, apprenticeships, and degrees, particularly focused on land-based industries. Covering over 330 hectares, fencing is an ongoing need at Reaseheath. Malcolm Blackford from Tornado recently caught up with Shrewsbury-based fencing […]Read More

A total of 20,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors enjoyed mostly warm sunshine, along with a huge array of competitions, events, and machinery on show. Many visitors commented on how much there was to do and see, stating that one day was not sufficient. Exhibitors noted the significant business conducted, including machinery sold and sales leads […]Read More

The McVeigh Parker-sponsored British Open Fencing Competition was held recently at the APF show at the Ragley Estate in Warwickshire. The event featured thirteen two-person teams using traditional methods and hand tools to erect 65 meters of stock fencing in four hours. Judges evaluated the results based on three criteria: the straightness of the fence, […]Read More

The 2024 Tornado Wire 40th Anniversary Fencing Competition took place recently during the NSA Sheep Event at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. The goal of the competition was to demonstrate and establish professional standards for the erection of high-tensile stock fencing at NSA Sheep 2024. Malcolm Blackford of Tornado explained, “The Tornado Wire Fencing […]Read More

Established over five decades ago from farming and fence installation, Tornado Wire remains focused on advancing the profession and enhancing the standard and quality of craftsmanship. We support the AFI Best Practice Days and sponsor multiple fencing competitions to achieve this goal. Some of the best fencers from across the UK, Ireland, and even New […]Read More

McVeigh Parker have witnessed huge interest in the ‘British Open’ with competitors coming from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway and the USA, all keen to compete and learn from one another. The British Open will be judged by a pedigree of judges: Nicholas Liefting from New Zealand, twice winner of the prestigious Golden Pliers and […]Read More

In June each year the Fieldays event takes place. It’s New Zealand’s largest agricultural show with over 1000 exhibitors and includes fencing competitions organised and run by New Zealand Fencing Competitions (NZFC). With the singles and doubles qualifying heats held on Monday, a total of fifteen judges and technical judges were required. The chief judge […]Read More

The recent Scotsheep fencing competition proved to be a great success! Organiser Lewis Knox explained: “This is the second time this event has been run at Scotsheep, and it built on the success of the competition that was held two years ago. This year, we were oversubscribed with entrants, so we called on Jock Bryce […]Read More