Bathroom distributor Ideal Bathrooms has seen a huge growth in sales following its investment in a new Scottish distribution hub. The company moved to a new 33,000ft2 warehouse in Glasgow, which provides over 1,500 pallet spaces, ensuring the firm has the best possible stock holding and delivery capability, since the …

Ferguson plc, parent company of UK plumbing heating and civils merchants Wolseley UK, is to move its headquarters back to the UK for tax purposes, it announced in its interim results yesterday (March 26). The group, which renamed itself Ferguson plc to match 83% of its revenue that comes from …

Builders Merchant Livery Company the Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants held its annual City & Awards lunch at Grocers’ Hall in the City of London on Monday March 18. The merchanting prizewinners were: Georgina Bennett of Pochins, BMF Trade Supplier Apprentice of the Year, Ryan Edwards of Kellaway, Best Student …

There are lies. There are damned lies and there are statistics. I’d write something about what’s happening in Parliament at the moment and how it will or might affect the merchant and building material manufacturing industries….except I can’t. I can’t for the very simple reason that I have not the …

Midlands-based independent merchant Emerys Timber and Builders Merchant has joined H&B buying group. Part of the Joseph Parr Group, established in 1883, Emerys is based in the north west Midlands and last year turned over £14m from its two depots, one in Stoke on Trent and one in Telford. The …

Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest builders merchant, has appointed Frank Elkins as its new Chief Operating Officer for the Group’s trade merchant businesses. These include Travis Perkins builders merchants, BSS, Benchmarx, Keyline and CCF.   Elkins will report into CEO John Carter, and has been appointed with immediate effect following …

Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble. If I stay it will be double Today’s $64,000 question: Does anyone, for one minute, think that the three month Brexit-delay that Teresa May is asking Donald Tusk for was to give them time to …

Snows Timber has completed a management buyout from previous owner the Bradfords Group led by managing director, Ian Church. The buy out team comprises Church, supply chain director Craig Willoughby and finance director Adam Cray. Snows is a national importer, processor and distributor of timber & timber products through its …

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