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Huws Gray is a British builders merchants chain based in the town of Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales.Following the acquisition of the Buildbase, PDM Scotland and Civils and Lintels brands, the Huws Gray Group has over 300 branches across England, Wales and Scotland as of 2023 and is the largest independent builders merchant in the UK.
Buildbase is a builders’ merchants in the United Kingdom, and is approaching two hundred branches nationwide. Buildbase is part of Huws Gray having been bought from Grafton Group plc in a deal that saw Grafton sell its merchanting business in the UK. [1] It is a member of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF).
In August 2013, it bought Wearside builders' merchant Thompsons, [8] in October 2013, it bought Binje Ackermans, a Brussels based merchanting operation, [9] and in December 2013, Grafton Group opened ten showrooms, and launched a brand new website called Bohen, which focuses on the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom industry.
Frank William Gay (September 11, 1920 – May 21, 2007) was an American executive who oversaw several entities for Howard Hughes. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Hughes Air Corporation. He served as a senior vice president and member of the board of directors for the Hughes Tool Company.
In fact the year had not been a good one the firm, or indeed for builders merchants nationally. Nevertheless, Elliott Brothers' annual group sales reached £2M for the first time. [96] Growth during the rest of the decade was significant and in 1980 turnover topped £5M. [97] Meanwhile, market conditions for builders' merchants were changing.
On 15 May 2009, Jewson Ltd applied under s.69 (1) Companies Act 2006 for a change of name of Jewson's Drives Ltd which had been registered since 18 March 2009. Jewson Ltd argued that they enjoyed goodwill under the name "Jewson" since 1836 and that they were the United Kingdom's leading timber and builders' merchant.
Thomas Parke (1729/30 – 1819) was a Liverpool slave trader, merchant, banker and privateer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was part of the complex network of business interests and finance behind the African and Atlantic slave trade of the later 18th century.
The Builders Merchants' Company ranks eighty-eighth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. Its motto is Stat Fortuna Domus , Latin for The Fortune of the House Continues . The Company's Chaplain is The Reverend Canon Roger Hall MBE [ 1 ] and its church is St Peter ad Vincula .