This year we got back to doing what we do best – profiling people on our front covers. After a period of time of having advertising on our covers, including the first six months of this year, I made a decision to go back to the roots of our magazine. The catalyst for this was our triple century issue in June. I believe we’re better attuned when we concentrate on the people who make TimberTrader News – our readers.
Read MoreThis was only five years ago and yet so much has changed in the industry. At this time TimberTrader News was well settled in its offering. We cover the manufacturing, marketing and merchandising (my 3Ms) of timber to readers in building materials centres; timber and hardware merchants; the fabrication sector; joiners, flooring retailers and reputable floor layers and sanders; furniture manufacturers and specifiers who love to design utilising the world’s most beautiful building material. This is anyone who considers themselves part of the timber industry.
Read MoreThe year 2008 was pretty tough on a personal front as my wife Paula was in the final stages of bowel cancer (diagnosed in 2002). She went into palliative care just before Christmas and died at 6.55am on Thursday, January 22.
Read MoreWhen you’re in an industry for a long period of time, you cannot avoid the inevitability of the passing of life.
Read MoreLast month our Founding Publisher Greg King caught up with Peter Duncan, of Peter Duncan’s Timber, in Sydney’s North Shore suburb of Turramurra. Joined by his lovely family, comprising of his wife Evelyn Duncan and sons Nicholas and David Duncan, all of which today operate the family business, Peter and Greg sat down to chat about the Duncan name and its part in the timber industry.
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