
Louise Parkes from Collier & Catchpole, Declan Taylor from Fernco, Jamie Pierce of Agency 53, and Chris Hayward, NMBS were the big winners at the Builders Merchants Federation Annual Awards, held on Thursday September 19th at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham.
Parkes was crowned BMF Young Merchant Achiever, Runner-Up was Curtis Wherry from Bradfords Building Supplies Ltd, and the Bronze winner was Craig Smith. from BPS Builders Merchants.
Taylor won Young Service Achiever, while Pierce was named Young Service Achiever. NMBS out-going CEO, Hayward was presented with the BMF Honorary Achievement Award.
The other winners on the night were:
BMF Training Company of the Year – Robert Price (Builders’ Merchants) Ltd,
Most Engaged Service Member – Klipboard
Most Engaged Supplier Award – Knauf Insulation UK & Ireland,
Most Engaged Merchant Award – Harlow Timber Group,
Sustainability Award – The Pallet LOOP,
BMF Apprentice of the Year – Ja’ul Alam from IBC Buying Group,
BMF Best Performing Student: IoBM Diploma in Merchant Management – Simon Wood from Illingworth Ingham Ltd,
Best Performing Online Student (BMF Building Blocks) – Mark Osbourne from BJ Mullen Ltd,
Marketing Excellence Award – Helen Kirby from Resapol,
MasterMerchant – Knauf Insulation UK & Ireland
DragonBoat Race – wienerberger UK’s Floplast Team
Builders Merchants Journal – BMJ Publishing to Builders Merchants and the UK merchanting industry for more than 95 years