BMJ TRAILBLAZERS Lawsons
LAWSONS
Tyttenhanger Farm, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire AL4 0PG
Tel: 01727 223300
www.lawsons.co.uk Chairman: Simon Lawson Managing director: Paul Sexton
Commercial director : Jeremy Norris
Finance director : Jane Hardman
Procurement director : Mike Hillier
Branches: 17 Employees: 407
% heavyside/lightside/timber sales: Heavyside & Timber 90%, Lightside 10%
Members of: BMF, NMBS Fortis MGM Timber
1991 with one branch in for MGM took them into Grangemouth and then the opportunity came up to buy a branch in Dunfermline and a branch in Dundee from what was then Builders
HPS MGM TIMBER
MGM Timber (Scotland) Ltd, King James VI Business Centre, Friarton Road, Perth. Tel: 01738 472036
Managing director: David Mansell Sales director: Brian Smith
Business development director: Grant Wilson Financial director: Sherri Stephens Commercial manager: Michael Donaldson
Branches: 13 Employees: 174
Members of: BMF
- gow and then Glenrothes, the MGM owners started to think about selling up and James Donaldson Group, Engineering Ltd and James had been suppliers to MGM is now a wholly owned sub- sidiary of the James Donald-
Once Donaldsons fully took over the compny added a branch in Prestwick then - them with specialist kitchen showrooms - and a sepa- in Perth, which houses a centralised admin function, taking it out of the branch- employees with a turnover
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Lawsons reports that it the year ended 30th June 2016 as a result of growth throughout the business and the investments made Sales increased by 10% re- offering, the successful re- furbishment of branches as well as investments in staff by 29% in the year to June 2016 through which staff
Lawsons continues to branch network opening the Merton depot in Au- gust 2016 and purchasing sites in South West London and West London during - rent branch while the South West London acquisition will strengthen Lawsons’ company continues to look for further acquisition op-
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TURNOVER: £50-100m LAWSONS l MGM TIMBER
LAWSONS THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
13/14 69.8 24.8
Operating profit £k 4,475 Net profit £k
4,593 THE RATIOS 13/14
Stockturn 7.2 Gross margin %
35.5
Operating margin % 6.4 Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
6.6 205 13,123
Return on capital % 17.8 BMJ INDEX
14/15 7.7
36.1 7.4 7.3
207
15,422 19.1
38.3 8.7 8.6
207
18,128 18.6
670
14/15 76.7 27.7
5,706 5,633
Staff 341 370
% change
15/16 14/15 15/16 84.4 32.4
7,378 7,249 407
10 12 28 23 9
10 17 29 29 10
% change
15/16 14/15 15/16 7.7
7 2
16 12 1
18 7
(0) 6
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MGM TIMBER THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
13/14 38.8 9.3
Operating profit £k 1,285 Net profit £k
1,350 THE RATIOS 13/14
Stockturn 12.6 Gross margin %
24.1
Operating margin % 3.3 Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
3.5 233 7,741
Return on capital % 39.9 BMJ INDEX
14/15 14.3 24.2 4.0 4.1
256
10,150 38.8
14/15 40.9 9.9
1,624 1,678
Staff 166 160
% change
15/16 14/15 15/16 41.7 10.3
6 6
1,881 1,948 165
26 24 (4)
2 4
16 16 3
% change
15/16 14/15 15/16 13.7 24.7 4.5 4.7
13 0
253
11,400 35.3
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