UK JUNE 2023: Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Colchester and Bury St Edmunds builders merchant operations of Kent Blaxill. The builders merchant operation, that provides a comprehensive range of building products, has been acquired by IBMG from PaintWell, the owners of Kent Blaxill. It will now […]
Martin Stables, our CEO, has shared his vision for the future of Independent Builders Merchant Group, with a focussed target market and countless opportunities to make a difference, whilst not losing the independent ethos that each of our brand names carry. “When we acquire a business, we acquire it because it’s usually a very good […]
Our inaugural Supplier Day, which took place on Tuesday, 16th May 2023, has been a fantastic success. With over 80 industry suppliers in attendance, the event presented an opportunity for these suppliers to meet key decision-makers within our business, following our NBG exit. The aim of the event was to introduce our top suppliers to […]
A team formed of colleagues from our three South East builders merchant brands; Chandlers, Parker and Fairalls, has been crowned the winner of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Mission Unstoppable challenge. The team, called The Merchant Mission, raised almost £15,000 for the charity in just 10 weeks of dedicated fundraising, which concluded early in 2023. Competing […]
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Across all our independent brands in IBMG, we have a number of important things in common. We share a set of values that make us the Group that we are today. IBMG also has a clear purpose that differentiates the Group from its local brands; IBMG’s purpose is to build a sustainable house of independent […]
Builders reveal a very limited impact of consumer price inflation and rising cost of living on their current and future workload according to a survey we have recently carried out. The extensive survey of small to medium sized builders reveals continued high demand for their trade and point to a robust sector ready to weather […]
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The Builders Merchants Federation is calling on its membership and the wider construction community to support a fundraising drive to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. IBMG and its trading brands are supporting this drive by raising awareness of this fundraising effort. The BMF, which has 870 merchant and supplier companies […]
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IBMG is pleased to announce the opening of a new builders merchant branch in Minehead, Somerset. The new branch is the 13th branch of CRS Building Supplies and opened its doors to customers in January 2023. CRS Building Supplies opened its first branch in 2005 in Cheddar, Somerset, and the business has been steadily growing […]
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We have put together a comprehensive cost of living support package for our employees. Over 2000 employees across our 20 brands will benefit from a three-pronged package of additional support that includes a one-off winter payment, a ‘perks package’ and a special Employee Purchase Scheme (EPS). We are making a one-off payment of £500 to […]
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RGB Building Supplies has opened a brand-new branch on Threemilestone Industrial Estate in Truro. The new Truro site will be supplying a wide range of building materials, landscaping goods, decorating products, and plumbing and heating supplies. The opening of the branch has brought 11 new jobs to the area. RGB has been operating across Devon, […]
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