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PGR goes to Southend on Sea


Essex-based PGR Builders and Timber Merchants has opened a new branch in Southend on Sea bringing its total to seven. The new branch is part of the company’s strategic expansion and growth plans, and follows hard on the heels of a new branch in Brentwood, which opened in December last year.


Established in 1982, family- owned PGR is a builders’ and timber merchants which bases its continued success on a strong local reputation, knowledgeable staff and a comprehensive stock holding. PGR sees its membership of NBG as a key part of its future business plans, taking advantage of the group’s competitive buying deals, particularly the special deals offered by suppliers for new branch openings.


County goes to


NBG Partner Tudor Griffiths Group opened a new branch at Chartwell Park in Bridgnorth, Shropshire in September and celebrated with a gala event. Managing Director Tudor Griffiths said: “We were absolutely delighted with the response to our Grand Launch, and it was great to see so many people on site.”


Cheltenham


Malvern headquartered County Building Supplies’ new Cheltenham branch takes its total to 10 across the southern Midlands and Monmouth. It will be a plumbing and heating outlet with an on- site kitchen and bathroom showroom, complementing County’s existing general building branch in Cheltenham.


“The new branch in Cheltenham is part of our larger growth strategy which includes a sizeable pro-active sales force, a focus on green building and a strengthened management team,” says County managing director Martyn Rees.


“Cheltenham is an excellent position for this type of business and, with a very strong manager in place, I’m confident that the new branch will flourish.”


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The official opening of the branch was performed by schoolchildren from across Shropshire who won a Design-a-Garden competition organised by Tudor Griffiths Group earlier in the summer. Winner Issy Lear (aged 11) from St Peter’s Primary School


in Wem cut the ribbon with Griffiths, along with runners up Olivia Hall (aged 9) from Shrewsbury High School and Noah Faulkner (aged 8) of Harlescott Junior School in Shrewsbury. Lear also received £1,000 worth of vouchers for her school to bring her project to life, and the runners- up received £250 worth of vouchers each to spend at Tudor Griffiths on landscaping materials. “We had such a fantastic


response to our Design a Garden competition, which we ran in conjunction with the Shropshire Star, and we


TG Opens new branch with gala


wanted to make our winner and runners-up the stars of the show on this very special weekend.”


The Friday event was aimed at trade customers, with a number of industry experts on site to offer free professional advice, as well as some promotional giveaways. Local MP Philip Dunne joined in with the celebrations. Saturday’s celebrations were


for retail customers with all kinds of children’s activities available including a bouncy castle and face painting, free refreshments, and a visit from the Dulux dog.


The new branch stocks a full range of building and construction materials, including timber, roofing products, drainage and decorating solutions, paint and landscaping.


Ancient artefacts found at builders merchants’ quarry


Archaeologists working in a north Wales quarry have uncovered some of the earliest and best-preserved Bronze Age pottery ever found in the area – some of which could date back up to 4500 years. The team from Brython


Archaeology were working in the Cefn Graianog Quarry between Porthmadog and Caernarfon on behalf of site operators, Tudor Griffiths Group.


Iwan Parry, for Brython


Archaeology, said: “The quarry has been operating since the 1970s, and we know the area has been occupied since the Bronze Age thanks


to previous discoveries made as the quarry has grown. So we know there is a lot


of archaeology in the area, but to discover a cemetery was totally unexpected,


Building our Brands January 2017 BMJ


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