Lawsons celebrates Fair Tax week as first gold standard builders merchant

UK-based Lawsons Group are marking their first Fair Tax week (8th to 15th June 2025) having been the first ever building materials merchant to be awarded the Fair Tax Mark, the gold standard of responsible tax conduct, earlier this year.

Fair Tax Week is an opportunity for businesses to step forward and say what they pay with pride, and UK councils to declare their support for the economic contribution this makes locally.

Over the last decade the success of Lawsons has contributed £14.9m of Corporation Tax payments, £18.9m of employers national insurance and £62.5m of VAT.

Chris Harrison, group finance director at Lawsons, said: “As a significant player in the builders merchant sector, which is a key sector for the UK economy, it is only right that we should publicly demonstrate our approach to paying our fair share of tax in full and at the right time.

“We were delighted to be the first builders’ merchant to be recognised in this space which is important given the corporation tax, employment tax and VAT contributions the sector makes to the Treasury. We have a culture of transparency across our entire business, whether in our dealings with customers, suppliers or our people.

“Tax funds the huge array of public services from education, health and social care, to flood defence, roads, policing and defence. We are active in the communities we serve and see all of those much-needed public services in action.

“It is another way at Lawsons we demonstrate our community values and best practices. We also believe that this inspires confidence and trust in our goods and services and I would not be surprised to see this accreditation becoming a mandatory requirement for all public construction contracts in the coming years given that funding decisions for those contracts are funded wholly or partially by UK tax revenues.”

For the duration of Fair Tax week, Lawsons is offering customer 5% off online purchases via its website, which can be activated by clicking the Fair Tax week logo on their website.

www.lawsons.co.uk