The generous staff at Kent Blaxill have collected ten boxes of food for the Foodbank this Christmas. The Colchester builders’ merchant has also donated the essential timber supplies to enable the construction of the floor of a new storage shed which was donated by Leeds Building Society Foundation. This timber …
Read More »Andy Whitney celebrates 40 years at Kent Blaxill
Andy Whitney joined Kent Blaxill in 1978 and is one of a rare breed who have chosen to give his entire working career to a company for which Kent Blaxill is very grateful. Whilst old enough to have started in a ‘brown coat,’ Whitney’s passion has always been sales. From …
Read More »Building Heroes at Kent Blaxill
Kent Blaxill are very proud to sponsor the Foundation course at Colchester Institute on behalf of the Building Heroes* Charity. The team from Kent Blaxill were delighted to attend a celebration earlier this month to mark the 100th learner, which was held at Colchester Institute. The Building Heroes Charity is …
Read More »Dangerous Encounters for the Kent Blaxill Broke.Bike. Mountain Team
Setting off on a journey of over 8,000 km with just your bike to carry everything was an ambitious endeavour but that’s what the team at Broke.Bike.Mountain began in July this year. The team then consisted of Louis Blaxill, George Jones and Calum Craig, all aged 23 and who had …
Read More »New Norwich Store for Kent Blaxill
Kent Blaxill has moved to new, larger premises in Barker Street, Norwich as they celebrate 180 years as a decorative and building supplies merchant in the East of England. James Park, Commercial Director, said “We are thrilled with the new site – it’s bigger than our previous site, with a …
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