Newsletter 21- November 2007

"Keeping you Informed"

Prices

(1st Jan 06 = 100 units)

                            From 1st Nov     (1st Jan) Remarks:

                                           2007    (2007)

Merchant Bar                     124      (112)     Prices stable

(Rounds, Flats, Angles etc)                       

Heavy sections                  157     (135)     No further increases

(Beams, Columns etc)                                yet announced.

Hollow Sections                 117     (118)    Prices stable.

(Box, Tubes etc)                                        

Supply

No real problems, even with the slowing down of Chinese imports. The strength of the £ against the $ will continue to bring in imports from other third world countries.

Demand
Still slow but October was better than September, however all signs for the near future are still good and we look forward to an improvement up to Christmas.

Tomrods Limited

October with 23 days showed a considerable improvement on September (19 days). November has started well and we hope the Christmas holidays will not start earlier than usual this year.

Our golf competition was held at Flaxby Golf Club once more and the coveted Tomrods Shield was won by Laurence McDougall with 40 points. Overall first place went to Steve Scott (41 points) followed in third place by James Hall (39 points). It was great to welcome George Thompson (my 10 year old son) to the competition and he managed a creditable 28 points.

Customer Deliveries

On a business front we would like to remind everyone that they can progress their orders by contacting Peter Morrell our Transport Manager on 01423 796167 or email petem@tomrods.co.uk. Pete is in touch with all his drivers and can give you up to date accurate information.

Thank you for reading this and if you have any comments about Tomrods Ltd or our website please email the undersigned at johnt@tomrods.co.uk

John Thompson
Managing Director