Keyline Civils Specialist, part of Travis Perkins plc, has appointed Huw Jenkins as its new managing director. Jenkins joins from CEVA Logistics, where he served as managing director for the company’s contract logistics activities in the UK, Ireland, and the Nordics. Catherine Gibson, specialist merchants managing director at Travis Perkins plc, …
Read More »Keyline achieves PAS 2080 accreditation
Keyline Civils Specialist is the first civils merchant to achieve PAS 2080:2023 Carbon Management in Infrastructure and Built Environment with the British Standards Institution (BSI). The accreditation, which applies to all new infrastructure and retrofit projects, is a global standard for effectively managing and reducing carbon emissions throughout the lifecycle …
Read More »“Challenging trading year” costs Travis Perkins dear
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins saw operating profits wiped out, as it slipped to a pre-tax loss profit loss of -£77m, for the year ended December 31 2024, on group sales revenue that was, at £4.607bn, 4.7% down on the year before. The fall was, it said, driven by price …
Read More »Keyline marks 2000th TP apprentice graduate
Keyline Civils Specialist, part of Travis Perkins plc, has announced that Michael Dixon, branch operations manager is the Group’s 2,000th apprentice graduate, earning a distinction in the Level 3 First Line Manager Programme. “Travis Perkins plc is a leading provider of apprenticeships so the fact that Michael is the Group’s …
Read More »Industry pulls out all the yellow stops for #MaddiesDay
The building materials sector turned yellow on September 20th – MaddiesDay – to raise money for, and awareness of, the Maddie Rose Campaign. Among the inititaives were a team from specialist civils merchant Keyline, who took to the streets of London on September 20 for a very special game of …
Read More »Travis Perkins sees first half sales and profits fall
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has posted a fall of 2.5% in revenue and 31% in adjusted operating profts for the six months to June 30 2023. The announcement today (August 1) showed sales were £2,472m and operating profit £112m reflecting weak market volumes in private domestic RMI and new …
Read More »AG has made three new appointments
UK and Ireland specialist paving and building products company, AG, has appointed James Jack as head of sales for Scotland, it has also appointed a new digital marketing manager and a new specification consultant. Jack has spent 25 years working in the construction industry, in both the manufacturing and distribution …
Read More »‘Keyline Come Dancing’ raises £25K for Prostate Cancer UK
The UK’s largest supplier of civils and drainage solutions, Keyline, has raised over £25,000 at its inaugural charity dance-off at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. On July 7, Keyline’s senior leadership team and representatives from key suppliers paired with husbands, wives and partners to dance in front of 250 …
Read More »Travis Perkins sales rise for half-year
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has this morning (August 2) reported a good first half performance which saw sales rise 10.3% to £2.53bn, driven by operational and strategic delivery. The merchanting division, with a rise in revenue of 13.3% to £2.15bn, and adjusted operating profit growth of 9.0% , was …
Read More »Keyline adds strength to management team
Civils merchant, Keyline Civils Specialist, has strengthened its senior leadership team, with the appointment of David Rudd as national sales director, Chris Woollard as commercial director, Jon Pitman as finance director and Vicki Evans in a new dedicated role as head of human resources. Rudd was most recently regional sales …
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