For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. When you’re in a hole, the saying goes, you should stop digging. So far, so sensible. But what do you do when you’ve stopped …
Read More »Travis Perkins lures Gavin Slark from SIG
Gavin Slark is to join builders merchant group Travis Perkins from the beginning of next year. He is currently CEO of SIG, a role he moved to from Grafton Group, where he spent 11 years. Between 2006 and 2011, Slark was chief executive of plumbers’ merchant BSS Group before its …
Read More »Gavin Slark to take up SIG CEO role
The outgoing CEO of Grafton Group, Gavin Slark, is to take over as CEO of building distribution giant SIG from February 1 2023. Slark, who is announced his departure from Grafton in July, is stepping down at the end of this year after 11 years in the post. Steve Francis, …
Read More »Grafton Group positive about half year results
Builders merchant group Grafton Group plc is expecting to stick to its initial full year operating profit expectations, after a good trading performance in the half-year to June 30 2022. That’s according to a trading update which showed total revenue up by 13.9% in constant currency. Average daily like-for-like revenue growth …
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