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Independent family owned builders merchant groups Lords and Bradfords Building Supplies have reached an agreement with the h&b buying group to leave at the end of 2025.
Both companies have said that, while membership of the group has been extremely beneficial, the time has come for them to move on.
Lords’ merchanting chief operating officer, Steve Durdant-Hollamby, said: “h&b has been extremely good for Lords. However, changes in the wider market we operate in, and our own growth as a company – which h&b played a big part in – means this is now the right move. It will allow us the flexibility that we require to continue to develop our group in the future.”
Bradfords’ CEO, David Young, said that the move away from h&b will give the Bradfords group an extra degree of flexibility and autonomy, which will suppprt its continued future development.
