Bradfords Building Supplies Ltd

From everyone at Bradfords, we would like to say a thank you to the BMJ Industry Awards for putting on such a great event yesterday. We feel very honoured and privileged to have received three prestigious awards, and would like to thank everyone in our industry and especially our wonderful customers who took the time to vote for us, it is sincerely appreciated. Congratulations to everyone at Bradfords as we are named the Multiple Merchant of the Year for 2024 (21-100 branches). Congratulations to our Marketing team Michelle Joubert-Martin Rebecca Tatchell Daniel Fitzgerald and Paul Malloy who won the Merchant Marketing Initiative of the Year 2024 award. And we are especially proud of our Regional Sales Director Sam White who won the Independent Rising Star of the Year 2024 award! Congratulations Sam from everyone at Bradfords. We are also extremely proud of our HR Business Partner Simone Gould who was also a very worthy finalist in the Independent Rising Star of the Year award category. Congratulations Simone. And from everyone at Bradfords we would like to wish Fiona Russell Horne Group Managing Editor at the BMJ a very, very Happy Birthday! Pictured below receiving our awards is Mark Prince Sam White and Paul Malloy

Delighted to be partnering with Evolve Home Energy Solutions on energy efficiency in partnership with Somerset Council.   Keep your eyes out for information on our September Taunton trade morning and other opportunities to get involved.  

This week’s rain arriving to water our gardens reminded us of our involvement in the garden event of the year – the world-famous Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.   We were proud to have supported Atlantes Landscapes in their gold-winning triumph at Chelsea Flower Show 2024! 🥇🌿   The "Microbiome Garden," commissioned by Bowel Research UK and designed by Chris Hull and Sid Hill, symbolises a healthy gut and highlights the crucial link between our environment, diet, and overall well-being.   As well as supporting the transportation of the garden to and from the Chelsea Flower Show, Bradfords played a key role in supplying many of the materials needed. Key features of the garden included:   🍃 Edible meadow 🗿 Sculpted walls representing the human gut 🐝 Beehives for enhanced biodiversity   We're thrilled that this innovative garden has found a permanent home (via a Bradfords lorry!) at the APRICOT CENTRE WELLBEING SERVICE (CIC) in Dartington, continuing its mission to educate and inspire.   Congratulations to Paul Bentley MCIHort,MSGD, MBALI and the entire Atlantes team on this remarkable achievement! 👏   #ChelseaFlowerShow2024 #SustainableLandscaping #EnvironmentalAwareness #GutHealth  

Our partnerships team don’t just collaborate with social housing providers across the South West as part of the day job – this extends to volunteering too...   Jo Love and Phyllida Daffern joined Plymouth Community Homes and Travis Perkins plc for a day of planting at Camel’s Head, bringing real tangible benefits for residents. #CommunitySupport #MakingAMaterialDifference

⚽ Communities are at the heart of everything we do at Bradfords, and last week we were proud to be the main sponsors of the Martock Rovers football Tournament.   One of the largest tournaments in the South West, the event provides an opportunity for over 1,000 children from a variety of backgrounds to participate in grassroots football, as well as raise funds to help Martock Rovers continue to provide a low-cost football experience for children in the local area.   Thank you to everyone who supported this great event, and let's continue to inspire the young athletes and stars of tomorrow.   #Grassroots #BradfordsBuildingSupplies #Football #CommunitySupport

Best of luck to all finalists of the Constructing Excellence South West awards tonight! 🏆   We're proud to partner with CESW and be part of a region filled with such talent and innovation. The CESW awards showcase the best of the best in our region's construction sector.   Here's to celebrating the achievements that are shaping the future of construction in the South West, and may the best projects and teams win!   #CESW #ConstructingExcellence #SouthWest #BuildingIndustry #Awards  

July 4th 2024. An important date in history in the UK and the USA. It will also go down in history as the date that Bradfords were thrilled to announce their return as Yeovil Town Football Club Main Sponsor for the 2024/25 season. New Dawn, Old Partnership, Reignited. Bradfords are back in front!   COME ON THE GLOVERS! 👊 Hats off to our Head of Marketing Paul Malloy for pulling it all together!

Bradfords has only been able to reach the grand old age of 254 thanks to the communities in which we operate. We believe in doing right by them, and being an active part of each of our communities across the South West. In 2024, we expanded this with a new scheme, the Material Difference fund. This was set up to directly respond to local needs and our branch passions with what we do best – providing building materials. The Material Difference funds provide local community organisations with the materials they need to renovate or improve community facilities.  Through supplying those needed materials locally, we’re able to have a direct impact on our local communities, helping to make sure that invaluable facilities are in a fit state to support as many of the local community as they can. Since launching the fund, we’ve already been able to support 7 local community groups across the South West, including: 🐒 Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary in Looe: the Liskeard branch provided timber, guttering and cement mix for renovations to the monkey enclosures at a much-loved local attraction, which also supports young conservationists to cut their teeth in the sector. ⚽ Maiden Newton Youth FC: the Dorchester branch provided building materials to refurbish the football club’s community centre. Who knows, we may have played our part in finding the future Jude Bellingham from Maiden Newton! 🌳 Fordhaven Scout Hall: our Glastonbury branch supplied decorating materials to the scout hall, which had fallen into disrepair. The hall frequently operates as an engaging and safe space for children and families to reestablish, repair and maintain relationships. Thank you to all our teams who have identified and coordinated this support for their communities. We look forward to continuing our community support efforts during the second half of this year. #CommunitySupport #MakingAMaterialDifference

We are very proud and pleased to be nominated for 4 Builders Merchant Journal awards this year. These awards include: Multiple Merchant of the Year (21 - 100 Branches). Merchant Marketing Initiative of the Year (The Sky's The Limit). Independent Rising Star of the Year (Regional Sales Director, Sam White). Independent Rising Star of the Year (HR Business Partner, Simone Gould). If you think we are deserving of your vote, then please click here: https://shorturl.at/aLs3R Thank you.

Our Head of Sustainability Giles Bradford has written about our four pillar sustainability strategy for Builders Merchants Journal, and the shared barriers we face as an industry in decarbonising. Read the piece here: https://lnkd.in/eMDVFkEZ #Decarbonisation #SustainableConstruction