Paul Smith, Head of Marketing at long-standing F.H. Brundle, which has been serving tradespeople for over 130 years, explains how lead times can make the difference between an order won and an order lost. Smartphones and social media have helped create a “we want it now” consumer culture that many businesses struggle to satisfy. We […]Read More

Since the start of their relationship in 2018, Timbmet has developed a successful composite decking partnership with manufacturer Composite Prime. HD Deck DUAL and HD Deck XS have helped build Timbmet a successful composite decking customer base and they’re now adding a third decking collection to their UK stock range. HD Deck PRO is a […]Read More

Created by fencing experts, specifically with fencing contractors in mind, Birkdale’s comprehensive SITEMATE® range of tools and fixings is designed to help make the installation process quicker and more secure. From engineered fencer’s grafts to mini post hole diggers, the extensive tool and fixings range includes the right product for every job. As an installer, […]Read More

Market leader Tornado Wire’s 5cm/2in horse fencing is now being used all over the world at the most prestigious studs for bloodstock from thoroughbred racehorses to miniature shetlands for showing. In the UK, timber post and rail fencing is commonly used for horse paddocks; however, the maintenance costs are very high, horses can be injured […]Read More

Burn Fencing was founded by Brian Walker in 1975 in Selby, North Yorkshire and was taken on by Richard Walker 25 years ago after his father’s death. It now has a turnover of 5 million, installing all types of fencing and 40 employees including the 3rd generation of Walkers – daughter Alice who is procurement […]Read More

Fences are designed to keep animals in, but quite often the success of a fencing plan is determined by the section you actually want the animals to go through – the gates. Ensuring enough gates of the right type can make the difference between creating a flexible, easy to use set up and one which […]Read More

Father and son team, Brian and Matthew Metcalf of Metcalf Fencing recently completed a fencing installation time trial, comparing Birkdale’s DuraPost® by FENCEMATE to traditional concrete and timber fencing materials. The comparison illustrated the benefits of using DuraPost® in terms of both ease of handling and speed of installation, with the innovative galvanised steel product […]Read More

Ellpro Timber are proud to be wholesale importers and distributors of the excellent Dastra range of panel designs. Beginning in 1995, Dastra quickly established themselves as frontrunners in the supply of quality garden products to countries throughout Europe, winning prestigious accolades along the way. Their determination to be the best has turned them into one […]Read More

Cumbria-based Impra Wood Protection is demonstrating the flexibility and ethos required to see off the covid-19 virus by shifting over part of its manufacturing capacity to the production of a new disinfectant for use within a wide range of settings. Impra MD Martin Green took up the story: “It was well advertised that there was […]Read More