Screwfix planning 40 new stores this year
Screwfix has revealed plans to open 30 new stores in the UK and 10 in the RoI this year.
The trade retailer has opened at least 50 stores a year for the past decade and...
WSC launches Manchester as third southern foray
Scots-based Window Supply Company has extended its reach south of the border with the opening of a Manchester trade counter, its third unit in England and its tenth in total.
The fabricator’s expansion into England...
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...
NBP boosts online ordering and customer support teams
Northern Building Plastics has introduced a new online ordering system and the expansion of customer support teams at all of its depots.
Sales director Stephen Jones said: “We offer free next-day delivery on all our...
‘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...
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...
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...
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....
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 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...