by FTMA News | Aug 31, 2022 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
This piece was written and provided by Brett Martin of FTMA Bronze Sponsor, Independent Hardware Group. Driving in to work earlier this week, as usual, I had the radio on (don’t label me, it was Gold FM) – and like most, just for some background noise on the journey....
by FTMA News | Aug 30, 2022 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Today a memory popped up in my private Facebook account that said: Dated 31 Aug 2012 – True respect and appreciation is worth more than money when it comes to your job. It’s amazing how a board full of men can make you feel so wanted, so respected and so damn...
by FTMA News | Jul 20, 2022 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
I am one of the Sly employees who lost their house in the February/March 2022 floods in Woodburn. Below are some pictures of my house to give you an idea of the magnitude of the impact of the floods. Like most people we were uninsured due to the exurbanite cost...
by FTMA News | Mar 23, 2022 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
This piece was provided by FTMA Bronze Sponsor, Independent Hardware Group. IHG’s mission is to help build successful independents! We prioritise: Growing Sales Reducing Costs And Making the Customer Stick How? By aligning with our suppliers, helping reduce the costs...
by FTMA News | Dec 15, 2020 | Industry News, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Tough times do not last however tough people do and 2020 has shown how tough our industry is. Within weeks of last year’s AGM, fires were beginning to ravage the landscape. No one at the time could imagine how big the fires would grow and how devastating the impact...
by FTMA News | Dec 14, 2020 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
TimberforTumba Delegation to Canberra The TimberforTumba initiative continues to call for an avenue for Government support to help freight logs to the Tumbarumba sawmill. A delegation made up of Councilor Bruce Wright, Managing Director of Greenfreight, Tony Green,...