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    GAP goes to Morecambe with outlet 87

    GAP is returning to its North West origins with the launch of its 87th outlet, in Morecambe, Lancashire with the promise of more to follow in this, the group’s 30th year. Joint MD Simon Bird...

    ‘As you were’ as Screwfix buys Connect out of admin

    Connect Distribution Services is to continue to operate with its eSpares, BuySpares, 4OurHouse and Connect Trade Portal online brands after being bought out of administration by Screwfix for £3million. Screwfix acquired the trade/retail outlet’s e-commerce...

    Crystal-Direct signs Building Superstore deal for PVCu windows

    Crystal-Direct has entered another trade outlet partnership, this time with a range of PVCu windows offered through Building Superstore, the recently rebranded former CMO Trade online business. The announcement comes soon after the Duraflex fabricator...

    GAP set to headline in Reading and Leeds

    Trade counter group GAP has opened its latest outlet, in Leeds (Central), and is to grow further with its launch in Reading very soon, giving it seven new branches this year. Joint MD Simon Bird...

    NBP makes it four with Birtley ‘super-depot’ launch

    Northern Building Plastics has opened a new 33,000 sq ft depot at Birtley, a fourth site for the Leeds-based group. Situated at Portobello Trade Park, near Junction 64 of the A1(M), the depot holds more...

    WSC crosses border with first English depot

    Scots fabricator Window Supply Company has announced its first move south of the border with the opening of its new trade counter in Sheffield. The unit, in the Yorkshire city’s Holbrook Enterprise Park, is the...

    GAP opens in Dundee with ‘digital depot’

    GAP has opened a trade counter in Dundee, the group’s ninth in Scotland. The new depot features the ‘digital depot’ concept already trialled in in its Deesside and Doncaster units, with digital screens to showcase...

    WSC steps up at Bellshill

    West Lothian based Liniar fabricator and trade counter operator Window Supply Company has relocated its Bellshill outlet to a larger facility at Motherwell Park, with links to the M8 and M74. The 5,200 square ft....

    Hinkley launch takes NBP into Midlands

    Trade outlet NBP, with branches in Leeds and Bolton, is expanding into the Midlands with a depot set to open in Hinkley in November. Sales director Stephen Jones said: “Following the success of our Leeds...

    NBP targets growth with BGF investment

    North of England based trade distributor Northern Building Plastics has entered an investment agreement with growth capital investor BGF to support its ambitions to extend its delivery capacity and product range. Northern Building Plastics is...