PEOPLE 10 MINUTES WITH: PETER BEAUMONT Managing director at Monty Miracle
What is your current role and how long have you been doing it? I’m a director at Monty Miracle, the exterior cleaning solution that requires no aggressive jet-washing and is gentler on all surfaces such as patios, paths, decking and driveways, needing just 10 minutes to take effect. My uncle founded the company a few years ago - we’re a real family business - but we have only recently got the patent.
What does your role entail?
So many different things! I have been going to lots of trade shows, meeting wholesalers, merchants, trade customers, end users and potential partners. Our product is loved by consumers as it’s so easy to use, but we also work with facilities managers, gardeners, groundspeople – contractors of all shapes and sizes. It keeps things busy.
How did you get started in this industry?
Through working with my uncle. He created the product after working at English Heritage - he’s passionate about the fact that popular jet-washing can ruin stone and other surfaces, and through his chemist contacts and working at Shell, was able to create this alternative which is better all round.
What roles were you doing before and how did they prepare you for this one? Quite a few, mostly accounting and sales which have been particularly useful as we build the brand strategically. There’s lots of interest in the product now - sales have grown by 300% in the last 12 months.
What would you like to achieve in your role?
Continue to raise awareness of Monty Miracle, educate all the different audiences on its effectiveness and generally grow the brand into a leading home, garden and grounds maintenance product.
What has been the highlight of your career so far (can be more than one!)? I really enjoyed going to trade shows, and through our work with some leading football clubs I’ve met some pretty impressive celebrities!
What do you see as the main issues for builders merchants and for the construction industry at the moment? The same as for a lot of industries: rising costs of raw materials, increasing complexity when it comes to logistics, labour shortages, rising inflation! All happy stuff!
Travis Perkins Hire has announced its appointment of Adam Caulfield as managing director. He joins from Sunbelt Rentals UK, where he was national sales director. Before then Caulfield held managing director roles at HSS Hire & Wolseley. He has also held senior positions at coffee brand Pelican Rouge, Disney and Coca-Cola.
Lindsey Hart has been appointed as sales & marketing director of the Channel Island builders merchant NP Group, which comprises Norman Piette, Norman Piette Ecohomes, Annandale, Project, Quantum Building Supplies in Jersey, and Blanchard Building Supplies in Alderney.
Plumbing and heating merchant, City Plumbing has appointed Dominic Sarkar as commercial director. Sarkar brings over 20 years of experience in product and category management, the last seven of which were within the merchant sector.
If you could go back to the start of your career, what piece of advice would you give yourself?
Be patient. I’m naturally enthusiastic, but it’s important to realise that things take time and cannot be rushed. Better to take your time and do it properly than rush it and have to go back and change it.
What keeps you busy at the weekends? Football. I’m a big Leeds fan, for my sins. Hoping to get Monty Miracle in the hands of the groundskeepers at Elland Road!
If you’re at the bar – what are you drinking?
I’m not a big drinker, but I’m partial to a nice single malt whisky.
What’s your favourite book? Favourite film?
A Scanner Darkly.
If you could be a superhero, what super- power would you choose?
Duplicate myself so that I could be in lots of places at the same time. It would come in very handy right now as things are getting so busy! BMJ
ON THE MOVE
Polypipe Building Services has appointed Sean Norris as advantage services manager to drive the company’s focus on offsite prefabrication. Norris moves across from his role as product manager within the Polypipe Civils and Green Urbanisation business.
Encon Construction Products has apppointed Samantha Hughes as its new business development manager for the East Midlands region. With myriad experience in construction and distribution, Hughes brings a wealth of knowledge that will prove invaluable in building relationships and sales in the area.
Decorative Aggregates provider Long Rake Spar welcomes new account manager, Glynn Jefferies for the South East region in their Natural Selection channel. He has previously worked at Marshalls and London Stone looking after both builders merchants and landscapers.
10
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net February 2024
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40
