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Travis Perkins Managed Services (TPMS) has launched TPgo SelfServe, an unmanned store in Stroud.  The store, in Dursley, Gloucestershire, was developed for Stroud District Council. The hi-tech shipping container uses a smart panel and RFID technology, and operatives are issued with an ID fob with a unique number that allows them …

Toolstation, part of Travis Perkins Group, has announced the appointment of Lakhvir Sanghera as its new managing director. Sanghera will be part of the Group’s leadership team and succeeds current managing director, Angela Rushforth, who is retiring after 10 years with the Group. Sangherawas previously finance, property & distribution director …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has announced its half year results for the 6 months to June 30 2025. According to the report, group revenue declined by 2.1%, driven primarily by operational challenges in the early part of the year. Trading conditions in the majority of the Merchanting segment’s end …

Builders merchants group Travis Perkins plc has been ranked one of the nation’s top apprenticeship employers in the prestigious Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list, published by the Department for Education, in partnership with apprenticeship review platform Higherin’. The merchant ranked 32nd overall, and was also named the UK’s third best …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc, has announced a new two-year partnership with Lighthouse, the construction charity which provides free 24/7 emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support for construction workers and their families. This partnership will help the Group shine a spotlight on the importance of prioritising mental health, both …

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 …

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 …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has officially opened a new, larger branch in Rickmansworth.   The branch at the Olds Approach Industrial Estate branch, off Tolpits Lane, will offer building materials, a hire service, and a new state-of-the-art Benchmarx kitchen showroom. Rickmansworth branch manager Ersin Selim said that the new branch …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc, has sold its Staircraft specialist floor kit, i-joist and staircase manufacturing subsidiary business  to Gait Consulting, which is majority owned by the founder of Staircraft, for cash consideration of £24m. Travis Perkins’ Chief Financial Officer Duncan Cooper said:  “The sale of Staircraft is another …

Trading conditions remain challenging for Travis Perkins plc, the UK’s largest builders merchant, which announced Group revenue down 2.1% on a like-for-like basis, for the three months to 31 March 2025. In the Merchanting segment revenue was down 3.2% on a like-for-like basis with pricing having stabilised and volumes still …