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BSW Timber named National Buying Group’s
preferred timber supplier
BSW Timber has
strengthened its position as the UK’s leading sawmilling group by
being named the National Buying Group’s preferred timber supplier.
The landmark
multi-million pound deal, which will see BSW Timber supply a range of products
including Easi-Edge construction timber and fencing products to NBG members.
The National Buying Group
negotiates agreements on a national basis with the UK’s leading suppliers. NBG member
companies stock and distribute a wide range of well known building product
brands, covering heavyside, lightside and timber product applications.
The Group
represents 68 independent builders’ merchants, comprising
220 outlets boasting a collective turnover of over £750 million.
Alan Wheat,
director of sales and marketing at BSW Timber, said: “We see this deal as being
with a major UK National Account, The NBG organisation. We are proud to be
associated with this professional, committed and progressive buying group. NBG
commitment reflects the quality, consistency, reliability of our timber
supplies and service. It marks a major milestone for BSW Timber and underlines
our credentials as a major player in the sawmilling industry.
“With this deal, and the significant investment in
our Fort William and Newbridge operations, BSW
Timber has reinforced its position as a market leader. We have built up strong
relationships with our supply chains and now producing higher
quality and even more added value timber products.”
"BSW Timber is committed to meeting
the needs of the industry’s changing market requirements as customers demand
more diversified and added-value end product."
Allan Durning, Executive Chairman for
NBG, said: “BSW Timber’s strength lies in its sawmilling experience and product
knowledge in the merchant sector. BSW Timber will strengthen our National
Branch Network timber offering and adds a supplier of significant quality to
the supply chain of the fastest growing UK Independent Building Materials
Buying Group.”
