NEWS
Snows increases WHABS
Ware Heating and Bathroom to meet demand
Four months in from its
management buyout, national timber distributor Snows Timber has increased its operational hours at its Mansfield primary distribution hub to pick and mill more products, via a new shift pattern where the team start earlier and finish later.
The changes mean increased the capacity to pick and mill more orders, meaning staff can turn them orders around on shorter lead times.
The company says that, although there will be a period of catching up with current high demand, the benefit of these changes should be felt by customers by the end of the year when product availability and delivery improve.
Snows Timber comprises of
three sites in Andover, Mansfield, and the head office in Towcester. The Mansfield Distribution
Centre is the primary production hub, meaning that all of Snows Timber’s machined products are milled through this site.
Supplies (WHABS) has re-opened its showroom after a devastating fire ripped through the building in August 2017, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage. WHABS’ showroom was rebuilt and restocked with every effort to ensure it was restored to its former glory. On June 8, the centre re-opened at an event attended by local television stars David Neilson and Stuart Storey, along with members of the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service who helped battle the blaze. Mick Nicholls,
16 painstaking months, we were
Director of WHABS, said: “After overjoyed to re-open our doors
to the public, and look forward to picking up where we left off, stocking high quality products, delivering a first-rate service and working with local contractors and customers.”
Ideal Standard
International, the bathroom solutions manufacturer
r, has opened
a new £1m showroom in the architectural hub of Clerkenwell, London. The four-storey London Design and Specification Centre was created to bring together a variety of industry professionals, from architects and designers to project
developers and specifiers. Peterborough
Chandlers Roofing Supplies opens in Tonbridge Chandlers Roofing Supplies
have opened a new store in the heart of Tonbridge, at Tonbridge Retail Park. Local managers Gary Ambrose and Kieron Plunkett are hosting a week of celebrations in July and hope to raise money for Kent Air Ambulance.
Staffed by a team that has a combined total of 60 years’ experience in roofing sales, the new 3,000sq ft branch is stocked with flat, pitched and industrial roofing products.
Ambrose, originally from
Maidstone, and Plunkett, from Tunbridge Wells, officially opened
Welsh builders’ merchants continues rapid UK expansion
Since acquiring the former Audley Builders Merchants in November, Huws Gray has made significant investment in refurbishing the site, including a new yard, improved layout and a wide range of product lines.
The 2,800 square foot building, near Stoke, employs nine staff and forms part of a vast expansion by the Anglesey company, which now has more than 100 sites
across the UK following the
acquisition of East Anglia building chain, Ridgeons.
Audley branch manager Ben Snutch says customers have responded positively to the
revamp and rebrand, with many more now visiting the Hougher Wall Road premises.
“There have been a lot of
changes and they’ve been well received,” said Snutch. “Previously
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there was no yard and the store focused on landscaping; now we have a huge range of Huws Gray products, there has been a change in the layout, the warehouse is bigger, and the yard is attracting a lot of interest from local trades.”
the Chandlers Roofing Supplies store in June.
Ambrose said “As I’ve always
been in the roofing trade, opening this new roofing merchants is very exciting. I’m really looking forward to welcoming the roofers and builders of Tonbridge.”
landscaping superstore Rose Landscapes has unveiled its brand new café. Natasha Rose, md of Rose group and Chair of NBG’s General Build team said: “We’re overwhelmed by the amount of positive feedback we’ve received – some customers have gone from having a coffee while they wait to coming for their lunch break. A lot of work
went into opening Rosey Lee, including extending our roof, developing a menu and fitting a state- of-the-art kitchen, so to be receiving such great feedback already really makes it all worthwhile.”
ECi Software Solutions has acquired Spruce
Computer Systems Limited, the UK-based reseller of its Spruce software for timber
or timber r, hardware
and building materials businesses in the UK.
Spruce Computer Systems Ltd. will become part of ECi’s LBM and Hardlines (LBMH) division. ECi has been selling its merchant software solutions in the United Kingdom for nearly 20 years through the partnership and the acquisition creates an official UK presence for ECI’s LBMH division and continues ECi’s global expansion.
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