Lords Group Trading, a distributor of building materials, has announced its audited final results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (‘FY25’ or the ‘year’). The group recorded revenue of £472.8 million, up 8.3%, with positive Like-For-Like (LFL) growth of 0.7% despite subdued end markets. Group merchanting LFL revenue grew …
Read More »Lords advance on Bury St Edmunds
Builders merchant Lords Builders Merchants has opened a joint branch with sister company Advance Roofing Supplies in Bury St Edmunds. The 1.6 acre branch was formerly a Kent Blaxill site, and its 13 staff have more than a century of experience between them. The branch has undergone a comprehensive modernisation …
Read More »Lords branches out into Chiltern Timber
Builders merchant group Lords has bought Chiltern Timber Supplies Limited, an independent timber merchant operating from a single site in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The business, set up in 2013, specialises in providing hardwoods, special timber sections, timber landscaping products and veneered sheet material. It also operates a milling facility. For …
Read More »Lords grows first half-year turnover by 75%
Lords, the growing builders merchant group, has issued a trading update for the six-month period ended 30 June 2022, ahead of the publication of its interim results on 6 September 2022. Group total revenue for the period increased by 19.9% to £214.7m, from £179.0m. Within that, the builders merchant …
Read More »Lords Group Trading appoints new property director
Lords Group Trading has appointed Ian McRae as property director. McRae is an award-winning industrial and warehouse property expert and a fellow of the RICS, with over 20 years’ experience in the merchanting industry. His areas of expertise include land and building acquisition, asset management, disposal, development and investment strategy. …
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