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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 now know that 40% of consumers will leave a website that takes more than three [...]

F.H. Brundle is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of handrail and balustrade systems, and has been serving the trade for over 130 years. Here, Group Marketing Manager Paul Smith explains how the long-standing family firm is helping customers capitalise on the popularity of bespoke products designed and created from parts. In everything from furniture to fashion, beauty to home improvement, ‘bespoke’ has become one of the biggest buzzwords around. [...]

Paint isn’t exciting, but it’s hugely important in the commercial realm. Paul Smith of F.H. Brundle, who stock a wide variety of paint alongside wrought iron, mesh, steel and other products, talks us through five key types of coatings in commercial projects, and what makes them useful and popular. Paint. It’s hardly the most inspirational topic. But without it, the world wouldn’t just be a much uglier place to be [...]

Silver Oak Memory Tree by Philip Melling, has just been installed at Shooting Star House children’s hospice in Hampton. The tree was commissioned for the hospice’s memory garden, and will have stars added to it over the coming years which will be engraved with childrens' names who have been so sadly lost. Philip said "Making the Memory Tree for Shooting Star House was both challenging and very rewarding. As an artist I always [...]