7-892: 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. It is a member of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). Buildbase sells to the building trade and the general public, with products including general building materials, timber, landscaping materials, drainage products, insulation and plasterboard, kitchens and bathrooms, plumbing and heating, roofing products, doors, windows and stairs and painting and decorating materials. Within Buildbase operates
14-553: A specialist tool, plant, and equipment hire business called Hirebase , and an electrical and lighting wholesaler called Electricbase . The company was the main sponsor of Oxford United F.C. for nine seasons, culminating in the club's promotion back into the Football League , and as of 2015, had sponsored speedway team Coventry Bees for a number of seasons. Other sponsorship's include the Buildbase BMW Motorrad team in
21-703: The British Superbike Championship , formerly the Kawasaki team, and TT rider Michael Dunlop . On 15 June 2015, Tividale Football & Social Club announced that Buildbase would become their principle sponsor until the summer of 2017. Tividale play their football in the Northern Premier League , Division One South, and finished 8th in the campaign for 2014 to 2015. On 16 August 2016, the Football Association announced that Buildbase are
28-570: 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. The business was founded in 1990 in Anglesey with 4 employees. Today, Huws Gray employs more than 5,500 employees across its branch network. In 2017 the company added its 60th branch In July 2021
35-563: The company agreed to purchase the merchanting business of Grafton Group in a deal worth £520m. The sale was completed in January 2022. In November 2021, backed by US private equity firm Blackstone , Huws Gray acquired Swansea city center-based builders and timber merchant Exall & Jones Ltd. The company previously sponsored the Cymru Alliance league, the second tier of the Welsh football in
42-584: The north and mid-Wales, and the league was known as the Huws Gray Alliance. On acquisition of Buildbase, they are now sponsors of the West of Scotland Football League . They were also the main sponsors of the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament held between the Island Games teams on Anglesey. This article about a Welsh company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
49-473: The official title sponsor of The Buildbase FA Trophy and The Buildbase FA Vase for the season of 2016 to 2017. This sponsorship was extended until 2019. The finals of the Buildbase FA Vase and Buildbase FA Trophy competitions are held at Wembley Stadium . Huws Gray Huws Gray is a British builders merchants chain based in the town of Llangefni , Anglesey , Wales . Following the acquisition of
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