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The amount that merchants’ sales increased per trading day in the first quarter of 2017 compared with Q1 2016, according to the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index


JUNE www.buildersmerchantjournal.net A W Lumb in managment buy-out deal


A W Lumb an independent builders merchant with two depots in Dewsbury and Tamworth, has been sold in a management buy-out (MBO) led by current executive Chairman and managing director John Cureton. Joining him in the MBO


are the existing senior management team of Trevor Jones, Mike Smith, Gavin McEntee, Martin Keay and Andy Roberts.


The business was founded by Arthur W Lumb in 1964 and has been owned by the family for over 50 years, although has been actively managed by the senior management team for the last 15 years, with the family now happy


The team plan to build


on Lumb’s strong position in the market place to take the company forward in the coming years, to expand their regional presence beyond the current 50 mile radius around each depot.


“This can only be great news


for our customers, employees and suppliers. The deal isn’t about change; it’s about protecting the core values of the business, which have been in existence since the company was formed over 50 years ago.,” Cureton says.


BMF forms Apprenticeship Training Agency


The Builders Merchants Federation has formed an accredited Apprenticeship Training Agency to help its members - merchants and suppliers - gain maximum benefit from the opportunities created by the Apprenticeship Reforms – whether or not they are required to pay the Apprenticeship Levy. An entirely new division of the BMF, BMF Apprenticeships Plus is designed to remove potential administrative hurdles and make it easy for


BMF members to take on apprentices in any job role. The BMF ATA qualifies as a levy payer and will act as the apprentices’ formal employer - taking full administrative responsibility - and place them with a host member. After the successful completion of the apprenticeship, employment is seamlessly transferred to the host member.


If the member company’s


circumstances change during the apprenticeship so that they are unable to commit


Travis Perkins buys air conditioning contractor


A Stockport-based air conditioning contractor has been bought by builders’ merchants Travis Perkins. TF Solutions will become part of the BSS Contract Merchanting Division of the Travis Perkins Group. The air conditioning and


refrigeration business was established in 2001 and employs 48 people at three branches trading across the whole of the UK. The company made a pre-tax profit of £1.5m on a turnover


BMJ June 2017


of £11.8m for the year to the end of Ddecember 2015. It will diversify the BSS portfolio, which covers a range of sectors supporting contractors with specialist pipeline, heating and mechanical services equipment.


Frank Elkins, divisional chief executive of Contract Merchanting at BSS, said: “TF Solutions have an extremely strong identity which perfectly complements those markets in which BSS already operates.”


to the length of time needed for a full apprenticeship BMF Apprenticeship Plus will aim to find alternative and appropriate employment for the apprentice.


BMF members will be able to continue to use their existing preferred training providers but they will also have access to a far wider portfolio of established and pre-vetted training providers covering all areas of the UK offering new qualifications and funded training opportunities.


Tarmac forms new landscaping division


Tarmac has set up a new specialist division – Top- scape – solely for supplying the commercial landscaping market. The Topscape portfolio will cover a broad range of materials, such as top- and subsoils, drainage gravel, growing medium, including both reinforced and standard rootzones; as well as a com- prehensive range of high per- formance, naturally coloured, self-binding pathways.


“This MBO ensures the


retention of the leadership team and enables a longer term strategic focus, which will help the business to achieve its ambitious growth targets”. “I am delighted to be working with the same key people on the senior management team, who have made us into the strong company we are today and that has the prospect and real desire to become a much bigger player within the builders merchant sector in the future. We are extremely pleased to pick up the baton from the Lumb family and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them publicly for this great opportunity given to us.”


Keyline to invest


Keyline has been given planning permission to develop a site at Halesfield in Telford.


The company plans to create a new builders’ merchant branch to serve the Telford area. The nearest alternative branch is 25 miles away. Under the plans, at least seven new jobs will be created with an investment of more than £1.5million.


Duffield Timber invests £1m


Duffield Timber has invested £1m in new machinery at its site near Ripon.


The state-of-the-art


additions form part of a new generation sawmill. The equipment improves speed, quality, quick change tooling and waste efficiency. The machinery consists of two WEINIG Powermat 1200 moulders. With WEINIG Raimann waste-optimising, laser-guided multi-rip saws, enabling Duffield to cater for bespoke precision profiling with a 5-7 working day delivery time.


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