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Timber supplier Finsa remains confident

TIMBER products specialist Finsa UK says the public spending cuts will hit its business in 2011 – but its directors are confident it will stay in the black.

Accounts recently filed at Companies House show the Birkenhead-based company reported sales of £31.3m in 2010 – just down from £31.2m the previous year.

Its pre-tax profit fell from £687,000 to £645,000.

Finsa UK is part of the Spanish Finsa group, which has factories in countries including Spain, Portugal, the USA and South Africa.

UK managing director Rafael Willisch said: “The directors expect 2011 to be a difficult year, due to the impact of the public sector spending cuts on the building industry and on the social housing sector.

“The private sector is not expected to improve significantly, specially in the building and furniture sectors to which Finsa UK is specially exposed.

“The DIY sector is expected to keep performing better than the other two sectors previously mentioned.

“The directors consider the company to be well-placed to continue to trade profitably. The strong and diversified business strategy is being implemented through a broader range of distribution channels offered to facilitate the access of our products to a growing customer base among different economic sectors.”

In 2010, Finsa UK employed 17 people at its Vittoria Dock base.

It usually sells directly to timber merchants or DIY chains, such as B&Q, but last year opened its first “to the public” counter in Wallasey. Announcing the opening, Mr Willisch said: “We are now able to sell our flooring and kitchen products directly to the trade, as well as to the public, and, by doing so, save those customers money.

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