Tag Archives: Parker Building Supplies

IBMG members launch Community Landscaping Challenge

IBMG members to offer £2,000 Landscaping Materials to Transform Community Spaces

Parker Building Supplies, Chandlers Building Supplies, and Fairalls Builders Merchants are calling on local schools, nursing homes, hospitals, charities and other institutes to put themselves forward for a chance to win £2,000 worth of landscaping materials to support local projects. The Community Landscaping Challenge aims to champion organisations that are …

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Parker Building Supplies manager shaves head for Teenage Cancer Trust

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Parker Building Supplies branch manager Aaron Palmer has raised funds for Teenage Cancer Trust with a charity haircut. The Hassocks branch manager has taken ‘bald’ action after promising his family he would cut his hair when he turned 50. Palmer chose to combine this personal commitment with charitable giving, and has …

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IBMG unveils landscaping brochure

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The build brands of Independent Builders Merchant Group have launched a new, comprehensive landscaping brochure, designed to inspire homeowners and landscape enthusiasts, regardless of size or budget. The guide brings together a curated selection of premium landscaping products from brands such as Digby Stone, Day Group, Brett Landscaping, Nexus, and …

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IBMG recognised for cancer charity fundraising milestone

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Independent Builders Merchant Group, South East has been presented with a bespoke commemorative trowel in recognition of reaching a £300,000 lifetime donation to the charity Teenage Cancer Trust. The partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust started 12 years ago with Parker Building Supplies, and has since expanded to incorporate Chandlers Building Supplies and Fairalls Builders …

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Merchant men take on their first-ever Marathon for Teenage Cancer Trust

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Luke Tuffield, 29, of Parker Building Supplies Maidstone, alongside his friend and colleague, Mark Barrett, 35, of Fairalls Builder Merchants, Taylors Hill, have signed up to run the London Marathon for charity. Tuffield and Barrett work for builders’ merchants within the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) – Tuffield as branch …

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IBMG’s Merchant Mission Team Wins Charity Challenge

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A team from the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) was crowned the winners of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Mission Unstoppable challenge. The Merchant Mission team, comprised of Chandlers Building Supplies, Parker Building Supplies and Fairalls, raised almost £15,000 for the charity in just 10 weeks of dedicated fundraising. Competing against five other teams to raise the …

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Parker Building Supplies employee takes on charity boxing match

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Luke Tuffield, a branch manager from Parkers Building Supplies will take part in a men’s charity boxing show on December 3, raising vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Luke Tuffield said: “Cancer has touched my family more than once and the work the amazing team at Macmillan Cancer Support do …

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Parker Building Supplies employee completes fundraising trek

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Stuart Chappell, an employee at Parker Building Supplies’ Uckfield branch, has completed a 60+ mile walk along the south coast, raising £3,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust charity. Setting off from Folkestone, with an overnight stop at Rye, Chappell’s route took in Hythe, Dungeness and Camber, before heading up (and down) …

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Builders merchants raise £30k for Teenage Cancer Trust

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Teams from Chandlers Building Supplies, Parker Building Supplies and Fairalls Builders Merchants have joined forces to raise an incredible £30,000 for charity in just two days. The builders merchants, part of the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), dedicated a huge charity golf day and gruelling cycle challenge to raise the …

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Chandlers and Parkers merge

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Chandlers Building Supplies Limited and Parker Building Supplies Limited (Parkers) have announced that they have merged, with the support of their strategic partner, Cairngorm Capital. The new enlarged company has 37 branches operating from the Midlands to the South East, with combined revenues of £180 million and over 750 employees. …

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