Tag Archives: Anniversary

Heating manufacturer Grant UK marks 30 years.. The company was founded in 1996, when Paul Wakefield, Grant UK’s founder and managing director, first met Grant Engineering’s Irish owners, Stephen Grant and John Fay and had the idea of bringing their oil-fired boilers to the UK market. “Reaching 30 years is …

This year, timber specialist Ransfords is marking 150 years in business, having supplied British timber from its Bishop’s Castle sawmill site in Shropshire since 1876. The business supplies a wide range of timber products including fencing and landscaping products, cladding, highways timber, acoustic fencing and timber for pallet and packaging …

Manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Founded in 1964 as the Annandale Tile Company, the business has grown from its original 11-acre site in Halleaths, Lochmaben, into a major UK producer of concrete roof tiles and accessories, now with two additional sites, as well as the original …

Kitchen and appliance distributor LDD UK is celebrating 25 years in business.    LDD UK is based at Newhouse Industrial Estate in Newhouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland and delivers across the UK. Founder and managing director, Arthur Leaker, comments: “We’re enormously proud to reach this milestone and it really is a testament …

Squire, Britain’s oldest lock maker, is celebrating its 245th anniversary. In 1780, founder William Squire began making a small range of padlocks, door and cabinet locks, and throughout the course of the next century, the company grew in size, supplying locks for the British army during the Napoleonic Wars, as …

James Jones & Sons is hosting a celebration day for the 25 year anniversary of its Lockerbie sawmill. The original pallet mill, Lockerbie 1, was under construction 25 years ago at the Stevens Croft site in Southwest Scotland. The site now employs around 200 direct employees from the local area. …

General Building Plastics Ltd, supplier of high-quality PVC building products, is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Since opening its doors in 1990, the business has grown from a single branch to six locations across the Midlands, serving both trade and DIY customers. Matt Wedderkopp, CEO of General Building Plastics, said: “Reaching …

Aggregates producer, Long Rake Spar, is celebrating the career of site supervisor Martin Wildgoose, who has worked 25 years with the company at their Youlgrave production site. Stepping into a role left open by a friend, what began as a temporary summer job turned into a career. Wildgoose says he …

Family-run Avon Timber Merchants celebrated its 10th Annual Charity Golf Day at Stoneleigh Deer Park Golf Club, raising £10,000 for local charity Evelyn’s Gift. Bringing together suppliers and customers for a day of friendly competition and giving back, this year’s milestone event welcomed 26 sponsors and 76 participants. A total …

Timber and Builders merchant James Cordiner & Son Limited, of Aberdeen, has been awarded a Royal Warrant for goods supplied to His Majesty The King. A 5th generation family owned and run business, Cordiners is one of the oldest family businesses in Scotland. Managing Director Stuart J A Cordiner said “I was …