NEWSROUND Aliaxis pulls out of Lenham


A three-month redundancy consultation process at the Lenham factory of plumbing conglomerate Aliaxis, was announced last month.


The group, parent company of Marley Plumbing and Drainage, Hunter Plastics and Marley Alutec, has said that the plant might close, which would affectaround 200 people affected.


Tarkett, the flooring company, P&R Building Supplies joins NBG


shares the site with Aliaxis – it was formerly known as Marley Floors -, but its staff there are unaffected


by the redundancy notices. Gareth Dunn, the commercial director for Aliaxis UK, told Kent Online: “Aliaxis UK has entered into a period of consultation with its employees on its proposal to make some changes as part of a new UK strategy which, depending on outcome, could see changes to activity at the Lenham site and impact a number of roles within the business.


MKM CEO Kate Tinsley Awarded OBE


Kate Tinsley, CEO of builders merchant group MKM, has been awarded an OBE in the HM The King’s Birthday 2024 Honours list, which


Leicestershire-based merchant P&R Building Supplies has joined National Buying Group (NBG) as a Partner. Family-owned P&R has been in business since 1983, selling landscaping and gardening supplies, plumbing and drainage products along with general building supplies. It has branches in Colaville and Loughborough. Managing director, Lee Glover said:“Although it was immediately clear that NBG was what we were looking for when we first met with NBG’s New Partner Development and Recruitment Manager, Phil Bonar, but we knew we weren’t quite ready to make the leap. Phil kept in touch and visited the branch and when the time was right, we started the process officially. What we want now is to grow our customer-base and product lines and, ultimately, our profits, and with guidance from NBG the path ahead is a lot clearer.”


Bonar adds: “Introducing merchants to the buying power of NBG is always a pleasure. P&R is a well-established merchant which was already growing under its own steam.”


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was published by the Cabinet Office on Friday (June 14). The award cites her outstanding services to the construction sector and her commitment to promoting diversity within the industry. Tinsley started her career as an accountant with PwC and Deloitte, and further roles included finance and operations director of the Specialist Division at BSS Group, finance director,


then managing director, and ultimately, CEO of Buildbase in 2015. After seven years at the Grafton Group, she joined Ibstock Plc as divisional managing director at Ibstock, before re-joining the merchant sector as CEO with MKM in 2020. Under her four-year


stewardship, MKM has embarked on an ambitious expansion programme, growing to 129 branches nationwide.


A lifelong fan of Notts County, Tinsley has devoted significant time to promoting grassroots football, coaching various teams and contributing to the sport’s development. In 2017,


Travis Perkins revamps Maldon branch


Travis Perkins, which is part of Travis Perkins plc and is the UK’s largest distributor of materials to the construction sector, has refurbished its Maldon branch. It will boast a new Travis Perkins Hire which means that tradespeople and general builders will be able to access full tool hire and specialist equipment. A bigger yard space has also been created for the branch which means it has capacity to store more building, landscaping, and timber supplies. Connor Newman, branch manager at Travis Perkins Maldon,


said: “It’s been a few months in the making but we’re really excited to share our better than ever branch. We’ve expanded and refurbished our facilities to provide even more building, landscaping and timber supplies and hire products to our customers. Our team has many years of experience and first-hand knowledge.” Builders merchant Travis Perkins is moving its Lee Green branch from Burnt Ash Works to Burnt Ash Hill, just 0.2 miles away. Its new branch opens on July 2. Branch manager Robert Pizzy


says: “We’ve been serving the local community of tradespeople and builders in South East London for over 25 years and we can’t wait to open our bigger and better site to offer them an even greater service and range of products. We have a great team in place and are ready to serve as a one-stop shop for everyone’s building and construction needs.”


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“This is a sensitive time for all our employees, and the proposals will be subject to a full and thorough consultation process before any final decisions are reached.”


Staff have been told they will receive a final decision on September 6, although the firm later said that was only a target date.


They were not offered any alternative employment at its other sites around the UK. The nearest Aliaxis plant is at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.


she was appointed as a senior independent director on the board of the Football Association (FA), where she continues to drive positive change at the highest levels of English football. Tinsley said: “It is a huge honour to be recognised alongside so many brilliant individuals. For me, this award doesn’t just reflect my personal efforts, but the efforts of countless others. The power of teamwork has been a constant theme in my career, and I’ve seen first-hand how the collective efforts of a team can achieve far more than the individual. I’m deeply passionate about what I do, and this recognition fuels my commitment to continue striving for excellence in the construction industry and promoting diversity.”


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