Bradfords Building Supplies Ltd

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

Our finance team are often the unsung heroes – working hard behind the scenes to ensure the smooth-running of our business and branches.    With these recent promotions within the Finance Leadership team, we’re pleased to be recognising their contributions, both to Bradfords and the wider sector.    Lee Harwood has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Having been a part of Bradfords since 2009, Lee has outstanding experience and is perfectly placed to help drive our ambitions over the coming years. Outside of Bradfords, Lee is Honorary Treasurer for the Builders Merchants Federation Ltd as well as Governor at Yeovil College.    Carl Sturman has been promoted to Finance Director. During the past six years here at Bradfords as Head of Finance, Carl has transformed the central finance function through streamlining procedures within Purchase Ledger and Credit Services and introducing robust financial modelling into our planning process.     Gareth Griffin - ACMA, CGMA has been promoted to Financial Controller. Recently included on the #Top100achievers list, Gareth has shown brilliant motivation in leading the development and delivery of our business intelligence tools, and has created a data model that is now a BMF industry benchmark.   #LearningandDevelopment #Promotion #Culture   Read more here: https://lnkd.in/emCKQnxA

Everyone here at Bradfords is delighted to learn the wonderful news today that Exeter Chiefs and England centre Henry Slade has committed his future to the club by signing a new contract.   It continues to be our privilege to sponsor Henry who has become synonymous with the Chiefs shirt. And we look forward to seeing Henry adding to his 230 appearances and the 858 points that he already has to his name! Come on Henry! Come on the Chiefs! #HenryStayed

Congratulations to the mighty Exeter Chiefs for putting on a rugby masterclass yesterday, with the men's team triumphant against Harlequins, and the women's team coming out victorious against Ealing Trailfinders, two simply fantastic results which has set up an exciting end to an already amazing season! Also best wishes and congratulations to Henry Slade who has just been named Player of the Season at the Chiefs.

We would just like to wish both the Exeter Chiefs Men and Women teams the very best of luck for their respective games this weekend, with the men taking on the mighty Harlequins at Sandy Park, and the women's team playing their away match against Ealing Trailfinders Women. Its been our privilege to partner with both the men and women's teams at Exeter Chiefs so far this season and to sponsor and cheer on Henry Slade, Joshua Hodge and Linde van der Velden. Best wishes for a fantastic end to the season. COME ON THE CHIEFS!

We’re delighted to be supporting the Builders Merchants Federation Ltd "Materially Different" campaign which launched this week. This long-term program aims to raise awareness of the fantastic career opportunities across our vital building materials industry. A new careers website will showcase BMF members like us and detail the huge variety of roles available - from manufacturing to distribution and sales while highlighting why a career in our sector can be so rewarding. Our Head of Talent and Development, Lynda Moore, was part of the BMF’s working group, and has played a key role in shaping this messaging which will help ‘make a material difference’, transforming perceptions of the industry and inspiring the next generation of talent. #BuildingMaterials #CareerOpportunities #MakingaMaterialDifference

Bradfords Building Supplies are today bringing to market brad.ai - the ai virtual assistant to the trade. Built by builders for builders, and bringing together cutting-edge task automation technology and bespoke-to-trade linguistic profiling, Bradfords hope the platform will revolutionise the way trades work. David Young, CEO of Bradfords Group, said of the launch: “Brad.ai is an innovation months in the making, and reflects our unwavering commitment to enabling trades through technology. There’s almost nothing it can’t do, and we can’t wait to see the impact it has for builders up and down the region” To learn more, please contact april.fools@bradfords.co.uk