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Keyline Civils Specialist, the civils and drainage products merchant, has opened its first dedicated Keyline Plastics Specialist branch.  The branch, in Gravesend, offers customers an increased range of plastic civils and drainage products including underground drainage, utility ducting, stormwater management solutions, duct and access chambers, channel drainage, manhole covers and …

Hopkins group, parent company of independent builders and plumbers merchant Turnbull and Company in Lincolnshire has reported a rise in its turnover and pre-tax profits. The Sleaford-headquartered group saw turnover of £45.3m for the 12 months to 31 December 2019, up from £39.2m. Pre-tax profits rose from £1.9m to £1.95m …

Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins has agreed a deal to sell its Tile Giant subsidiary to Coverings Ltd, led by entrepreneurs Andrew Thirkill and Adrian Hinchliffe. Travis Perkins plc bought Tile Giant in late 2007, since when it has grown from 29 to 82 retail stores, and turnover …

Independent builders’ merchants Huws Gray Group has bought Milford Building Supplies, based in Leeds, as part of its continuing, ambitious expansion plans. Milford Building Supplies was set up 41 years ago, on a single site on Cardigan Road in Headingley. The business grew steadily through the 80’s and 90’s and …

Leading insulation manufacturer Superglass has today (October 1 2020) been named Company of the Year by Scottish Engineering, recognising the company’s excellence in areas such as innovation and investment. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the traditional Awards Dinner couldn’t take place, but Scottish Engineering Chief Executive Paul Sheerin visited the …

Grant & Stone Limited, the independent builders’ merchant based in the Thames Valley, has acquired 3Counties Timber & Building Supplies Limited. Established in 2007, 3Counties Timber & Building Supplies has branches in Aylesbury and Hemel Hempstead, offering a broad range of heavy and lightside building materials to individuals, contractors and …

As part of a new campaign to increase support to the Fire and Rescue service, Aico are offering free support in the form of CPD training and the use of their facilities to each of the 52 Fire and Rescue Brigades in the UK. The campaign will focus on offering …

Online construction products merchant CMOStores.com has posted turnover of £23m from January to June 2020, and profits up 126 per cent when compared to the same six month period in 2019. The uplift in sales in early 2020 meant that CMOStores.com not only retained all existing staff on full-time contracts …

Middlesbrough-based independent builders’ merchant Atkinson Northern, parent company of JT Atkinson, saw turnover for the year to 31 December 2019 rise to £91m, up from £84.2m in 2018. Pre-tax profit also increased to £7.7m, up from £5.9m. The business closed all 28 of its branches from 24 March 2020 to …

Ferguson — US-based parent company of UK plumbers merchant chain Wolseley UK — saw revenue fall 0.9% for the year to 31 July to $21.8bn (£17bn). Despite this, the plumbing giant is to resume paying a year-end dividend to shareholders. Profit before tax fell 4.8 per cent to $1.26bn (£980m) …