Tag Archives: Expansion

Radiator manufacturer Stelrad has announced the next phase its quicker turnaround service for colour radiators. The rapid turnaround service, reducing the previous standard eight weeks down to fourteen days, previously only applied to the popular Column and Concord ranges, and the Classic Towel Rail, Caliente and Concord towel rail products …

James Hardie, the producer of fibre cement cladding, backerboard, and fibre gypsum products, has extended the size and remit of its UK marketing team. The existing team has been restructured to align each member with a core product category, ensuring expertise, accountability, and measurable impact on business performance. Waheeza Tegally …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has opened the doors to 16 new depots since December, creating 85 new jobs. The openings include depots in West Drayton, Wynyard, Esher, Cheetham Hill, Meir Park, Kirkham, Swindon East, Banchory, Bailieston, Boughton, Alcester, Brislington, Blackburn, Neath, Ballynahinch, Cinderford and West Maidstone. The company now …

Specialist drainage merchant Drainfast is to open a new depot in Doncaster, from the start of February. The strategically located depot will significantly extend the company’s reach across the North of England, allowing it to better support civils and groundworks contractors throughout Yorkshire and Lancashire, including major construction hubs such …

Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has expanded its Birmingham Central branch, more than doubling its size. The site, Located on South Road in Hockley, was previously an acre in size but it is now roughly 2.2 acres after work to improve its flagship Birmingham branch was completed in December 2025. The improved …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has started work on a major expansion of its Runcorn cabinet making facility. The £100m investment will increase the size of the site by 40 per cent, from 500k sq. ft to 700k sq. ft, and the new factory will house state-of-the-art manufacturing machines to …

Northern Irish builders merchant Murdock Builders Merchants has opened its first Murdock Home Centre at The Junction, Antrim. The Home Centre combines a full-service builders merchants branch with a retail-focused space for DIY enthusiasts and homeowners. The project has created 22 new jobs in the local area, and brings an …

London Lintels, the independent distributor of lintels and structural building materials, is two open a second site, in Essex, the first expansion plan to be revealed following its acquisition by Milbank Group, the family-owned investment business with deep roots in the construction industry. The new site will increase stockholding, expand …

Builder’s merchant MKM Building Supplies , saw revenue rise by 6.4% for the full year to September 30 2024, on the back of an expanding branch network. During the year the merchant added 11 branches, eight of them new greenfield operations.  Two were added as part of the acquisition of …

Timber supplier, James Donaldson Timber has taken over a leasehold on a new, 110,000sq ft purpose-built manufacturing facility in Chorley, which will more than double current production capacity and improve operational efficiencies, supporting increased output to meet market demand. The size of the factory allows for a number of fully …