About the Business
Dumfries Timber Company opened its doors on 19 November 2007 with three Directors and three other members of staff in their new premises at Catherinefield Road, Dumfries. Specialising in timber and all timber related products, and carrying little over £70k in stock, it was a struggle at first. Not everything went to plan. The business had to endure an extremely challenging period for 5 months before telephone and ISDN lines were established. Nonetheless, with only mobile phones in hand the business survived and gradually started to grow.
The vision came from Donald Young who, from his position as a Sales Manager with Finnforest UK Ltd, had studied various independent merchants operating in Scotland. What he found consistently across all the independent timber merchants was their willingness to react quickly and responsively to their customers' needs together with the management and staff's hunger for success. This emphasised the need to bring in partners who were like-minded.
Location & Hours
Portland Avenue
