FENCING NEWS - Key Persons
ADAM HUXHAM Married/Children? Married with 1 child (daughter) Position/Company: Managing Director/Business Owner of A H Contractors and run family farm with brother. Previous Employment: Was Adam Huxham Limited (self employed) but have now grown and revamped business to A H Contractors What do you consider the main issues affecting the fencing and landscaping industry? Cost […]Read More
Dave Price Married/Children? Married to Maggie for 13 years, two kids Matt (21) and Meg(14) Position/Company Partner in D J Price Timber and Fencing Supplies Previous Employment Worked for D J Price since leaving school. What do you consider the main issues affecting the fencing and landscaping industry? The lack of raw material and […]Read More
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
GETHIN LLOYD Married/Children? Married to Emma. 4 Children - Jacob, Wil, Elsa & Martha Position/Company: Owner - Lloyd Fencing Ltd Previous Employment: Fencing since leaving school! What do you consider the main issues affecting the fencing and landscaping industry? Availability and rising prices of materials. What's been your best idea? Starting my own […]Read More
Job Titles:
- Association of Fencing Industries' CEO
JAMES VICTOR LINNELL Married/Children? Married with three girls. Position/Company: Director at Linnell Bros Ltd. Previous Employment: I was at Brackley Saw Mills for four years. Since then, I have been at Linnell Bros for thirty years. What do you consider the main issues affecting the fencing and landscaping industry? Rising prices, inflation and uncertainty. What's […]Read More
JB Corrie, one of the UK's leading fencing design, manufacturing and installation companies, has appointed Gordon McKinnell as Sales and Operations Manager. JB Corrie is a family-owned British company that has manufactured and supplied commercial, sports facility, security and domestic fencing for over 100 years. It is also the UK's first Padel tennis court system […]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
Job Titles:
- UK and Ireland Sales Manager for Lonza Wood Protection
JOHN ABBOTT- LONZA John Abbott, previously UK and Ireland sales manager for Lonza Wood Protection, has returned this summer to take on the role of sales director for Lonza's European, Middle East and Africa wood protection business. John commented, ‘I have spent a couple of years in other areas of the Lonza Coating & Composites […]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
We are sad to report the death of Mr Alan Evans, a major shareholder in Charles Ransford & Son Ltd of Bishop's Castle and a Director of the company. Alan was one of the key players in saving the sawmill from bankruptcy in 1978 when he and his older brother Brian bought the mill for just […]Read More
Nick Roberts has formally taken up his new post as CEO for Travis Perkins. Mr Roberts first joined the Group as CEO designate on 1st July to ensure a smooth handover with his predecessor, John Carter, before taking up the CEO role on 5th August. He said: "Since joining, colleagues across the Group have welcomed me with […]Read More
Job Titles:
- Managing Director of Fencing
Norton Welch, the Managing Director of fencing business JB Corrie, one of the, has retired after more than 30 years with the company. Welch joined the family-owned company in 1987 as a contracts manager and was made a director of JB Corrie in 2000 before becoming MD in 2015. During his time with the company, […]Read More
Oliver Mackay, a graduate from Harper Adams University has wonthe Tilhill ‘Top Student' Award for2021. The award was presented at an online presentation to Oliver, a final year student studying Sustainable Forestry and Forestry Products on the BSC (Hons) in Countryside andEnvironmental Management course with the University. As part of Tilhill's work to strengthen links […]Read More
RICHARD FOXLEY Married/Children? Divorced and one son Position/Company: Owner of Richard Foxley Fencing Previous Employment: Farming & Forestry Favourite film Gladiator Beer or Wine Both Favourite Food Steak Favourite saying It's not printable If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you take with you? Beer, Food and Cameron Diaz Newspaper […]Read More
Job Titles:
- New Managing Director at Tru - Test Ag Tech' Tru - Test Ag Tech
Rob Massey has been appointed as the new Managing Director at Tru-Test Ag Tech' Tru-Test Ag Tech, a division of Tru-Test Group, New Zealand was set up to service parts of the UK and European markets for Tru-Test products. Tru-Test Group manufacture a range of Agricultural technology products that are used for monitoring the performance […]Read More
Stephen Woods, who works at Covers Timber and Builders Merchants' Portsmouth depot, is celebrating an impressive 48 years with the company, becoming the longest-serving employee. Having joined Wheelers Builders Merchants in 1973, Stephen's employment as a yard assistant continued when Covers acquired the builders' merchant's Gosport and Portsmouth depots in 1994. He has been a dedicated […]Read More
Job Titles:
- Tornado Commercial Director
Tornado Commercial Director Stevie McKay looks back on four decades in fencing charting the history of a business that has had a big impact on the industry. "I sometimes have to pinch myself and ask if it really is 40 years ago since I entered this Industry. It was early 1979 that I started within […]Read More