LANDSCAPING T
alasey originally started out as Natural Paving Products and was founded to change the way merchants look at landscaping and its products.
Established in 2004, the company has continued to grow year on year, and in 2021, it acquired St. Vincent House in Scunthorpe and spent six months renovating the four-acre site ahead of its staff moving into the new head office and centre of excellence for the landscaping industry. SVH is also a Builders Merchants Federation Centre of Excellence. The company has a merchant-only supply policy and, as the business has grown, it has been able to build relationships with merchants across the UK, from independents through to nationals.
Talasey also works hard on raising and maintaining product and brand awareness among the trade, specifiers and end users to create demand for its products and ultimately merchants through a range of marketing materials, various PR activity and support from the Customer Engagement Team. Its Talasey Training Academy (TTA) is part of its ongoing commitment to supporting and raising standards within the industry. It also delivers product awareness training and has launched its Talasey on Tour mobile showrooms for onsite merchant/landscaper training.
“When we set up, the choice was really only concrete pavers, which were pressed to look like riven stone,” says product and training director, Lavinia Dowson.
TALASEY AT 20
Over the Summer, landscaping materials supplier Talasey celebrated its 20th
anniversary. Key members
of its team share their thoughts on how the industry has changed over the past two decades.
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“Then all of a sudden, the availability of Indian stone transformed the sector. Because of pioneers like Talasey, merchants could offer their customers a much wider array of paving solutions. This coincided with the glut of TV home and garden makeover shows, which raised the bar for aspirational homeowners, who could indulge their imaginations by creating amazing outdoor living spaces. “Fast forward ten years and another big breakthrough was the introduction of porcelain pavers. Not only were they more suitable for the UK climate – when compared to the likes of marble and Egyptian limestone – but the ability to print on them was also revolutionary because we were able to introduce different patterns and colour palettes.
“Most important of all was our ability to offer consistency of products so that, in turn, merchants could offer a consistent supply of quality products for their landscaping customers.”
A supplement to builders merchants journal September 2024
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