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Cowal Building and Plumbing Supplies, a founding partner of NBG, the national buying group, has acquired building and joinery merchant, Neilson’s Joinery Superstore.
The acquisition of Neilson’s Joinery Superstore expands the company’s presence in Glasgow and west Scotland and adds to the growing list of well-known Scottish Independent Merchant brands under the Cowal group banner.
These include Reddance Building Supplies, Catherwood Construction Materials, John Cameron Plumbers & Builders Merchants and JKM Industrial Supply Merchants, all of which were acquired by Cowal between 2017 and 2024. Based in the west of Scotland, Cowal has eight branches located across key areas of the region.
This new venture comes as Cowal welcome a new chief financial officer Cameron Provan to the team.
Stewart Shaw, Director at Cowal, said: “We are thrilled to welcome both Cameron and the whole Neilson team to the Cowal family. Their knowledge, experience and dedication align perfectly with our values, and we are confident these exciting business developments will be of significant benefit to our customers. We’re looking forward to introducing Cameron and the team at Neilson to everyone at NBG in the coming weeks and to integrating them into the wider NBG family. We’ve been part of NBG from day one and we’re very happy to have Neilson’s reap the benefits of the NBG deals and add to the shared strength of the buying group.”
The founders of Neilson’s, Chris, Barry and Leeanne Neilson, will be staying with the business to assist in the integration of the two companies and the entire Neilson team will remain with the business.
