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NBG has further expanded its merchant Partner membership with the addition of Bathroom & Plumbing Superstore. The new Partner company includes the division Plumbwell, and brings five branches across Surrey and Kent to the group. Bathroom & Plumbing Superstore has ambitious growth plans, and has more than 30 years’ trading, building up strong expertise in the
Parkers moves to new HQ
At its in-house conference earlier this year, Parker Building Supplies’ financial director Stewart Pierce announced that the company would be moving to a new HQ building in Polgate, Sussex, having outgrown its existing Uckfield premises. In December, the move was finally made.
The new Head Office on Polegate’s Chaucer Business
and the artefacts inside the graves were an even bigger surprise.”
The team uncovered two graves created from pits lined with stone slabs – one smaller one and another larger, adult-sized grave, which contained two pots known as beakers. “They are a specific kind of pot dating from the end of the Neolithic Age and the start of the Bronze Age, making them about 4000 years old,” said Parry. The smaller pot was damaged and has been painstakingly reconstructed by conservation staff at Cardiff University, but the larger pot was completely intact. “It was so well preserved that it could easily have been a reproduction made in the past few days rather than something that has been
plumbing and heating sectors. Bathroom & Plumbing Superstore’s Tony Milbery has already seen benefits from joining NBG. “We are very much looking to progress our business and we believe that NBG’s professionalism will help us achieve that,” he says. “As well as benefitting from better buying power, Bathroom & Plumbing Superstore’s management team sees other
Park, gives Parkers room to cope with ongoing expansion, and also the opportunity to bring our direct sales, websales and transport departments into the one building. The premises are purpose- built with eco-friendly materials such as solar panelling and the most efficient insulation, resulting in very low running costs and carbon footprint.
Chaucer Business Park is in an excellent location, well connected by road and rail. The site is positioned on the outskirts of Eastbourne and Polegate, close to the A27 bypass and approximately two miles to the east of the A27/ A22 junction.
in the ground for over 4000 years, and the beakers are some of the earliest examples ever found in this part of north Wales,” said Parry. Managing director of the
TG Group, Tudor Griffiths, said the finds were incredible. “We are fully aware of our
responsibilities when it comes to preserving the heritage of the area, and we’re extremely grateful to Iwan and his team for their professional and comprehensive support in helping us to protect such important artefacts.” As well as the pots, the team discovered pits containing charcoal and pottery which are also believed to date back to the Bronze Age, and the treasures uncovered will be passed on to STORIEL – the Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery in Bangor.
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advantages. “We very much want to be part of a wider community, sharing best practice and having greater clout within the industry.” “We are very pleased to welcome Bathroom & Plumbing Superstore into the NBG community,” says Nick Oates, NBG managing director.
Kellaway buys Premier Timber
Kellaway Building Supplies has bought Worcester based Premier Timber and Builders Merchant, giving the Bristol- headquartered NBG member its 12th merchant branch. Following the acquisition,
Premier will relocate from the current site to more suitable premises on the same Worcester trading estate, creating greater space to offer an increased range of stock and vastly improved facilities for both customers and staff. The new site will be up and running in early 2017. Managing director, Julian Milligan said: “I am delighted
to be welcoming all of the Premier team into the Kellaway Group. “We see Worcester as a vibrant, growing city and a great opportunity to extend our reach into a new geographic market. This purchase further develops our branch network enabling us to better meet our customers’ needs, wherever in the region their work takes them. “This year has been a busy and successful one for us and emphasises the company’s commitment to growth across new markets and to remain an independent merchant.”
BPS opens in Cirencester
Leamington Spa-based NBG Partner Building & Plumbing Supplies (BPS) has opened a new branch in Cirencester. It brings the company’s network of general merchant branches to six, following the opening of one at Southam last year. . “We’ve been looking to open a branch in Cirencester for some time,” says managing director John Dibble. “The town fits well with our customer profile, and geographically it gives us an excellent base for tackling the Cotswolds. The town had long been crying out for a merchant that offers top service and we believe we can offer that.”
The Cirencester branch stocks a wide range of building and plumbing supplies, timber, ironmongery and landscaping supplies. Established in 1934 and still family owned and run, BPS also operates specialist ironmongery and landscaping businesses at its Leamington HQ, below.
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