Gripple T-shirts, printed with four comical messages which put a Gripple ‘twist’ on traditional Yorkshire expressions, aimed at driving home the social distancing message to staff, have raised £1,818 for local NHS hospitals. As the T-shirts’ impressive reputation spread wildly, more than 260 have been sold online – with ‘Oi! Tha’s close enough’ attracting the […]Read More

JAMES HINKLEY Married/Children? Not married and yes I have a little boy. Position/Company: Account Manager – Landguard Point Previous Employment: RAF What do you consider the main issues affecting the fencing and landscaping industry? The unprecedented demand experienced during the lockdown for landscaping and fencing material. It has put intensive pressure on sawmills both at […]Read More

GORDON EWBANK Married/Children? Married. So are our two children now! Position/Company: CEO of the Wood Protection Association. Previous Employment: I started in the timber industry in the late 70s with Mallinson Denny group, then switched to the wood protection sector – first with Rentokil, then with Protim (later acquired by Osmose) and finally as an […]Read More

GEORGE CORRIE Married/Children? Not Married, No Children Position/Company: Managing Director of Suffolk Timber Products Previous Employment: Working in retail What do you consider the main issues affecting the fencing and landscaping industry? At the moment coronavirus! What’s been your best idea? Business related – Setting up our timber mill, it has given us so much […]Read More

Lawsons Holdings Limited’s has announced the recent completion of the acquisition of AVS Group Holdings Limited. AVS trades through its subsidiary company AVS Fencing Supplies Limited. The turnover of the combined group will be close to £125m with 565 employees and operates from 27 branches across the South East of England. The acquisition of AVS […]Read More

Mark Shorrock has been appointed as the MD at Instarmac, specialists in the manufacture and distribution of cement and bitumen based products to world markets for over 40 years. Mark has extensive experience within the construction and manufacturing industry having served as Managing Director for Parex UK for the past 13 years. Prior to that […]Read More

Katrina Ritchie, who has spent most of her 20 years with Gripple, embedding the ‘Gripple Spirit’ in staff at the Sheffield-based employee-owned manufacturer of the world-beating wire joiner, has been appointed the company’s first female director. Furthermore, Katrina has been invited to join a wide-ranging government commission and also a nationwide manufacturing judging panel. As […]Read More

David and Dorothy Sulman, well known to many in the timber trade, recently announced their retirement from the Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor), after combined service in the timber trade of 77 years. David Sulman joined the timber trade in 1979, as a Technical Trainee with Mallinson-Denny Ltd in London and underwent training at various […]Read More

IN THE HOTSEAT NAOMI PARFITT Married/Children? I had my dream wedding in Croatia and have a son who works with us. Position/Company: Shareholder – Timber Field Trading Previous Employment: Before I started working in the Timber Industry I used to work at Black Horse Finance, I was Manager of a branch in South Yorkshire for 5 […]Read More