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Travis Perkins hosts Hire
Innovation Day
The annual Travis Perkins Hire Innovation Day at Stadium MK, the home of Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, saw more than 20 suppliers, including Kubota, Altrad Belle and Hilti, showcase the latest products entering the market.
More than 400 Travis Perkins Hire colleagues attended the event and over £2,200 was raised through a raffle for Alzheimer’s Society, the company’s nominated charity. The business’ re-hire offering was also on full display,
with GAP Hire Solutions and Reconomy showcasing products and services available through Travis Perkins Hire branches. Managing director of Travis Perkins Hire, Ian Sharman-Jones, said: “It was a superb day with great energy in the room and lots of meaningful conversations happening between colleagues
and suppliers, who provided outstanding support.
“It was a fantastic opportunity for colleagues to upskill their knowledge and ensure that they return to branches armed with all the information around new products and latest trends to help our customers with their site solutions for their projects.”
Elliotts launches a new Help You Build Guarantee
The guarantee, available across Elliotts’ branch network, covers product availability, delivery performance and pricing. Under the new Help You Build Guarantee:
If a guaranteed-range product is unavailable when a customer arrives to collect it, Elliotts will get it to site within two hours or the customer can claim 20% off that line.
If Elliotts fails to deliver an order on the day promised with all products included, eligible customers can claim 20% off the order.
If a customer finds an identical product publicly available online for less and in stock, Elliotts will match the price.
More than 300 products are included within Elliotts’ Guaranteed Range, allowing
customers to quickly identify products covered by the guarantee online through a dedicated ‘G’ marker. Tom Elliott, CEO at Elliotts Builders Merchants, said: “If you’re in the trade, you rely on your merchant every day. We know that when things go wrong, it slows you down and costs you time and money. This is about making your job easier, so where other merchants promise, we guarantee.” Customers must have a named Elliotts account to be eligible.
SONAS cuts UK delivery times with Redditch warehouse
Bathroom manufacturer SONAS Bathrooms has commenced operations at its new Redditch warehouse, offering bathroom retailers and more than 90% of merchants across the UK next day delivery on orders placed by 1pm.
The new 60,000+ sq ft Redditch distribution centre has a capacity for 8,300 pallets, providing SONAS
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with a strategically positioned stockholding and distribution base from which to support next day fulfilment.
The service replaces the two to three day delivery window for UK customers when orders were fulfilled from Ireland.
SONAS CEO Richard Sloan, said: “Having our own stock on the ground in the UK means we can promise next day delivery
and keep that promise. Opening the Redditch warehouse was a significant commitment to our UK customers, and we’ve built it with room to grow”
Groundworks specialist went under owing £4m
Avtar Construction, the groundworks contractor that specialised in the housebuilding sector, owed suppliers and subcontractors £4.4m when it went into administration. That’s according to a report filed at Companies House by administrators from FRP Advisory. Avtar had been in business since 2010, working for regional offices of major house builders like Vistry, Persimmon and BarrattRedrow. Among the debts revealed were £420,000 to HMRC, and £615,000 to merchants and suppliers including Kellaway, Bence, Lords, Travis Perkins, Strutka, Jewson and Hanson Aggregates.
FRP said the firm was hit by a string of bad debts culminating in a loss of £730,000 during its last financial year.
Trio of manufacturers join Made in Britain
Henderstone, BPC Building Products and Proper Hopper have joined Made in Britain to expand their product ranges and reach new markets with the trade organisation’s backing.
The three UK building product manufacturers have joined Made in Britain in a bid to demonstrate quality and reliability on their business growth journeys. John Pearce, CEO of Made in Britain, said: “The Made in Britain trademark is designed to grow the trust and credibility of British manufacturers, helping them to sell more of what they make. We’re proud to be helping these three manufacturers.”
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net October 2026
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