Trades

Jewson is one of the largest chains of British general builders’ merchants, selling to small and medium building contractors. The chain comprises around six hundred branches located all across Great Britain. Jewson, as part of the Meyer group, was acquired by the French conglomerate Saint-Gobain in April 2000. George Jewson bought a business in Earith … Read more

Brewers decorator centres stock an unrivalled range of the trade paints and supplies you use every day, along with all the designer colours and wallpapers that ‘painters and decorators’ clients ask them for. With a network of 181 stores, Brewers can usually supply from stock. If you need something particularly exotic they can call on … Read more

Travis Perkins plc is a British builders’ merchant and home improvement retailer with head offices based in Northampton. The company began in 1797, when the Benjamin Ingram company of joiners and carpenters was founded at Beech Street in London. Benjamin Ingram subsequently merged with Perkins to become Ingram Perkins in 1850. Ingram Perkins then merged … Read more

Tile Giant is a wall and floor tile company owned by Travis Perkins Bought by Travis Perkins plc in late 2007, Tile Giant has enjoyed a period of sustained growth expanding from 29 to 82 retail stores, with the business now being sold as part of Travis Perkins’ strategic drive to simplify the Group and focus on … Read more

Huws Gray is a builders merchants chain based in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. Huws Gray has over 100 branches located across north and mid-Wales, northwest of England, the Midlands, Yorkshire, and most recently with the acquisition of the Ridgeon Group, East Anglia. The business was founded in 1990 on Anglesey with 4 employees. Today, Huws Gray … Read more

The Bradfords Group is a building supplies company with headquarters in Yeovil, Somerset. The business trades as Bradfords Building Supplies and Yeovil Plumbing Supplies in over 40 UK locations. There were Bradfords in Wiltshire from at least the 16th century. William Bradford, who was born in 1750 and lived at Thorney, married Ann Richards in … Read more

The CTD Group specialises in sourcing and supplying a vast range of high-quality tile designs to all sectors of the interior and architectural market. With over 50 years of experience, CTD is one of the leading names in the industry, striving to bring the latest advances in tile manufacturing to each individual collection as well … Read more

Gibbs & Dandy are your handy, jack of all trades local builder’s merchant. Whatever your trade is, you’ll be welcome at Gibbs & Dandy. They are sure to have everything you need, and if for whatever reason they don’t, their team will work hard to get it for you. A lot of their branches carry … Read more

Buildbase is a builders’ merchants in the United Kingdom, and is approaching two hundred branches nationwide. Buildbase is part of Grafton Group plc, and is a member of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). Buildbase sells to the building trade and the general public, with products including general building materials, timber, landscaping materials, drainage products, insulation … Read more

Selco is a builders merchants brand of the Grafton Group. The company was established by William Chadwick as Chadwicks (Dublin) Ltd in 1902. It subsequently became Concrete Products of Ireland. It was the subject of an initial public offering in 1965 and building materials company Marley subsequently took a 51% stake. Michael Chadwick bought out … Read more

CPI Mortars and Euromix are companies in the Grafton Group. CPI Mortars are the market leader in Dry Silo Mortar Manufacturing in the UK, operating from 9 strategically located sites gives us unparalleled coverage to service the needs of the construction industry nationwide.

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest supplier of building materials, with trade customers (plumbers and builders) accounting for the largest proportion of its sales. It does, however, have retail showrooms around the United Kingdom which are open to the general public. The Wolseley business began in 1887 making sheep shearing machinery. Herbert Austin, who had worked … Read more

Plumbase Spares is one of the UK’s leading Heating Spares merchants with a portfolio of products covering Gas, Oil, Domestic, Commercial and leisure heating spares, controls and associated products and consumables. They carry 18000 spares in stock in their 50,000 sq ft Distribution centre at all times ready for immediate despatch and next day delivery. … Read more