First Residents Move Into Award-Winning Development...

Jenny Brown and Paul Colebourne are the first residents to move into their new home at Wyndham Place, Tisbury built by independent developer C G Fry & Son well-renowned for their part over the last 20 years working with the Duchy of Cornwall on the prestigious Poundbury development.  Site manager Adrian White was recently awarded a Quality Award in the ‘Pride in the Job’ 2013 for the development organised by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the South West region.  A ‘Pride in the Job award’ is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive.

Jenny together with partner Paul own a house in London and are looking to make their new 3-bed detached house at Wyndham Place their primary residence going forward.  She says: “We are absolutely delighted with our new home and Adrian White Fry’s site manager and Joe Bond the Finishing Foreman couldn’t be more friendly and helpful.  Tisbury estate agent Arundell James have given an excellent service looking after our every need.  They introduced us to Annabel from the C G Fry sales team who gave us a guided tour of Poundbury so we could see first-hand the quality of their build before we visited Wyndham Place site.”

Tisbury was recommended as one of the top 25 places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times with great amenities and transport links.  As part of a green-scheme travel plan introduced by C G Fry & Son in conjunction with Wiltshire Council, the company is making finances available to install bike-racks around Tisbury and at the local railway station. Up to £800 is available to each household towards the costs of travel by means other than the private car.  This sum on offer is available to the first occupiers of each dwelling for one year from the date of occupancy.

C G Fry’s Wiltshire development on Hindon Lane offers a rare chance to acquire a new and charming home in one of the county’s most appealing rural areas whilst enjoying a contemporary, premier internal specification with private dwellings ranging from £250,000 - £675,000.  It will appeal to a broad range of people home-owners including retired couples; families and young professionals.  A mixed development Wyndham Place includes partnership housing; Guinness Trust affordable homes and 20 individual commercial units to support the small business community and help boost local economy with good road and rail links to the A303 and A30 trunk roads.

Jenny Brown comments: “Tisbury is a charming little town and we love the lifestyle with its delightful independent shops, cafes and restaurants.  We have used local suppliers for all our requirements including carpets, curtains and lighting. The town has everything we need including a Post Office, Bank and a wonderful church.  We can stroll into the centre or take longer walks in the stunning Nadder Valley. The rail and road links are excellent which means we can easily commute to London from Tisbury railway station and the city of Salisbury is just one-stop away. The local people are very friendly and we feel safe and comfortable here. The mixed development includes privately owned houses; affordable housing and commercial units which gives a real community feel, one of the main attractions for us.”

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C G Fry Builds in Pretty Tisbury...

BUILDERS;' MERCHANTS SPONSOR SQUEALER OF A FUNDRAISER

LOCAL BUILDING SUPPLIES COMPANY SPONSORS PIG RACE
Leading building supplies company Bradfords based in Yeovil sponsored a unique pig racing event to help raise funds for local Somerset school, Ansford Academy School based at Castle Carey. The Ansford Mufulira International Pig Race event held at Overton Farm in Somerton on Friday 22nd July in aid of the school’s Zambia exchange project attracted over 350 people raising around £4,000 towards the overall target of £40,000. Bradfords sponsored one of the six races and which means they had the race named after the company and got to individually name the pigs.

The Zambian exchange is a project which gives young people from Ansford Academy School and the Mufulira High School in Zambia the chance to interact and work together to enhance links between the two communities. Students and teachers from Ansford School returned at the end of May from an exciting journey to Zambia in southern Africa where they sampled lessons and daily life in Mufulira High School. They spent time in the primary schools teaching art and sports and playing team games with the children. They even got to spend a weekend living with Zambian families.

Tom Hamil - The Ansford Academy School says: "An event like this couldn't go ahead without the kind donations of generous sponsors. The sponsorship of the races contributed in no small way to a grand total of upwards of £3000 being raised for the Zambian Exchange. Donations like these ensure that our Zambian colleagues are able to get the most out of their brief time in the UK and will ensure that a culturally valuable experience has been had by all involved. We would like to publicly say a big thank you to all our sponsors including Bradfords Building Supplies for their generosity?”

Bradfords has a history of supporting local projects and in the past have sponsored various events including the recent Yeovil Half Marathon and an awards ceremony at Somerset College celebrating the achievements of students in construction and technology.

Local builders, decorators and electrical contractors F J Reeves & Sons Limited who carry out extensive projects throughout the region including community village halls and schools are also sponsoring one of the pig races. Family and company member Claire Reeves got in touch with Bradfords Head Office at Yeovil to ask for their support for this innovative fundraiser as they have been a long standing customer of the Builders’ Merchants for over 50 years.

Doug Pierson Marketing Coordinator, Bradfords says: “F J Reeves & Sons Limited is a long standing and valued customer of Bradfords. When Claire approached us asking for our support we were delighted to be involved. We are always willing where we can to help local initiatives and community projects and thought this was an innovative way of raising money for a worthy cause. Bradfords is delighted to be a sponsor and help schoolchildren from very different cultures to work together and learn from each other to further their education and broaden their horizons.”

Zambian exchange students enjoy the pig race

Claire Reeves, F J Reeves & Sons says: “My daughter Holly who is 15, is part of the School’s exchange programme and we were keen to be a sponsor. As the family company has been using Bradfords to supply our building materials for many years and I knew that they were always keen to support local community projects, I asked them to also get involved. It is a great initiative and has created a wonderful community spirit with so many supporters.”

Other sponsors included Belles Bonn Sweets, CMCPT, Lovingtons Ice Cream, Dreamscape Kitchens Limited and Rowsell Roofing Limited..

BRADFORDS BUILDERS' MERCHANTS TRANSFER TOTEM TIMBER STAFF TO NEW £1.2M BRANCH AT ST. AUSTELL

BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS TRANSFER STAFF TO

NEW £1.2M BRANCH

The UK’s largest independent builders’ merchants Bradfords Building Supplies Limited with 27 branches across the South West announces the pre-planned closure of Totem Timber, St. Austell on Saturday 20th August.  Sixteen of the Totem staff have joined at Bradfords’ at the new £1.2m purpose built branch located nearby and constructed by Chartered Building Contractors R.G. Spiller Limited, which opened its doors on 1st June.  This latest development is in line with Bradfords’ long term expansion plans and marketing strategy.  This includes a substantial investment in creating 10 new state-of-the-art kitchen and bathroom showrooms at branches across Devon, Somerset and Dorset.  The first two branches at Sidmouth and Ilminster were launched this month and the roll-out campaign will complete by the end of October 2011.

Established in 1770, Bradfords employs over 500 staff with an annual turnover in excess of £80m.  Based in the South West the company has been supplying materials to the trade for over 240 years and has 27 branches stretching from Worcester in the Midlands to Pool in Cornwall.   When the Bradfords Group acquired the Totem business in 2008 they were aware that the lease only had a short period to run as the owners of the site intended to sell the freehold to a third party.  At the same time the company purchased the freehold of a site on the Holmbush Industrial Estate, St. Austell for a Branch of Bradfords Building Supplies Ltd.  Earlier this year each member of staff at Totem were informed the business would close during 2011 before entering into a period of consultation.  

Peter Hoole – Commercial Director Bradfords Building Supplies Limited says: “These are two individual businesses with different operations; during the consultation process all the members of staff at Totem Timber (St. Austell) Limited were made aware of the positions available at the new branch of Bradfords Building Supplies Limited.  They were each invited and actively encouraged to apply for one of the new posts.  I am delighted to say that 16 members of the team took up this invitation and were successful with only 5 deciding not to transfer.  As we were operating separate companies, we could not and would not have wanted to relocate staff without following this in-depth process.”

St. Austell is the latest South West branch and the third in Cornwall after Liskeard and Pool.  It is also the first branch to unveil the new logo following a total company rebrand.  The new Cornish branch stocks a comprehensive range of building materials including, bricks; blocks; timber; sheet materials; dry lining; doors; decorating; and plumbing products servicing the local building industry and also welcome the retail customer off the street.

Says Peter Hoole:”The opening of the new St. Austell branch is very exciting and going well as it is supported by a strong and motivated team with local knowledge.  The investment Bradfords is making in Cornwall is a further indication that we are going from strength to strength even in a challenging economic climate. As a result we have been able to save jobs and offer a great service to the local building and retail trade. We are also actively seeking ways to integrate into the local community including supporting the “Brickwork” category at St. Austell College’s recent construction awards and taking out sponsorship with the Saints at St. Austell RFC.”  

www.bradfords.co.uk