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OCTOBER 2009 THE UK FENCING INDUSTRY’S PREMIER PUBLICATION No. 81

Manufacturer Producer sets

gives new its sights on
impetus to upping fence
operation Euro link-up potential
Full details on pages 12 & 13 Pages 16 & 17 Pages 22 & 23

Companies still
wary about future
recovery
C ONTRACTORS and manufacturers are reticent economic fall. Research has
to suggest that the economic gloom of the past shown a 10 per cent recovery
12 months is lifting. within the fencing market, but
While some are ‘cautiously optimistic’, the majority are still from a modest base.
extremely circumspect about predicting an upturn. ‘It’ll take some time to get
However, there is an acceptance throughout the UK industry of back to where we were in
greater stability and that the country has bottomed out of the 2008, but that’s inevitable
considering how far we’ve
fallen in contracts,’ said one
major UK producer.
Belfast hub for distributorship Particular attention is being
paid to the credit situation
which has reported to have
eased in the last quarter, but
A MAJOR Irish company is taking another step
companies continue to report
forward in its expansion. problems with cash flow,
Belfast-based Breezemount, which was set up
30 years ago, has taken on the distributorship of
steel security fencing and gates for Jacksons
caused by late payments.
The Federation of Small
Businesses revealed that
There’s more to come
Fencing for both northern and southern Ireland. companies within the UK are
‘We wanted to be able to offer a one-stop having to wait up to four SPEEDING ALONG... The production of a new
solution in the security and fencing markets,’ said months for invoices to be paid range of bi-folding speedgates is the latest in
Clive Gallagher, fencing manager with by major contractors.
Breezemount, ‘and by working with Jacksons we ‘I suppose though that’s a number of new product developments being
can achieve that. This is good for both something we’ve always had introduced into the market by a major UK
companies’  to live with,’ said one manufacturer - See page 6 
company director 

FENCEX 2010 HEADING FOR A SELL-OUT - See page 2

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F
ENCEX is on course to be another ‘The show is
sell-out with 65 per cent of stand obviously seen
space reserved a year before the as a must in that
doors open. it is the only one
Next year’s exhibition - the only dedicated fencing of its kind held
industry show to be held in the UK - has attracted an in Europe.’
unprecedented demand with more companies than Last year a
ever anxious to reserve or retain their places. record number of
A number of new companies have already opted to 550 trade visitors
show at Fencex, which is being staged on October attended the show, making it one of the most
13, 2010. Once again it will be at the at Stoneleigh successful one-day exhibitions of its kind.
Exhibition Park near Coventry. ‘We’ve already had people registering on the
website to ensure they are kept up to date with
This is the fifth Fencex to be staged since it was
rejuvenated in 2001. It is held once every two years. progress on the show and we are looking at various
Interest is again high from European companies, as new developments so that this year’s Fencex is the
well as UK manufacturers that have previously never best ever,’ said Law.
exhibited at Fencex. Fencex 2010 is destined to again have a diversity
of products on show, with a number of companies
‘It is very interesting to see that even in this
difficult economic period, companies view Fencex as already scheduling the launch of new products to
a must in putting themselves in front of customers,’ co-incide with the exhibition.
said Ian Law, Editor of Perimeter Systems, Details and show information is available at
co-organisers and promoters of Fencex. www.fencex.com 

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the department, concluding it is
‘particularly effective in solution is required
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practice and good range of
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During a week in June, four inspectors travelled throughout England,
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The Ofsted team looked at how the training provision meets the learner's
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Set up in 2007, the department was seen
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Diploma and NVQs in fencing, funded
through the Train2Gain funding programme
in England. In the past 12 months, the
department, headed by Tim Drew assisted by Jayne Bright, has seen a 425 per
cent increase in courses with 150 NVQ/Diploma candidates being signed up.
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Tim Drew, national training manager for the FCA Training Department Web: www.peartfencing.co.uk
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The Fencing Industry Show
October 15th 2008

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