Sussex builders merchants triumphs at industry awards

Chandlers Building Supplies, renowned throughout the industry for its exceptional customer service, scooped an impressive four awards at the Builders’ Merchants Awards. 

Dame Kelly Holmes presented Chandlers Building Supplies with the awards for ‘Independent Merchant Achiever of the Year’, ‘Training Initiative of the Year’, ‘Branch Manager of the Year’ and ‘Best Community Initiative’. 

Angela Straker, branch manager of the recently refurbished Chandlers Building Supplies site in Banstead, won ‘Independent Merchant Achiever of the Year’ as well as ‘Branch Manager of the Year’. 

Chandlers’ charitable endeavours won the Best Community Initiative award. The builder’s merchants fundraising efforts included a large family football tournament in Seaford and involvement in a six-person tandem bike ride as part of the gruelling ’7 Port Challenge’. By leveraging its links to the local community, Chandlers Building Supplies were able to maximise the fundraising potential of the charities involved. 

Chandlers Building Supplies won the ’Training Initiative of the Year’ award having impressed judges with their innovative employee engagement and training app, that has enabled the sharing of best practice, vastly increased the levels of participation in training and has had a positive influence on staff motivation. 

Sue McKinney, Chandlers Building Supplies, said; “Winning these prestigious awards is a wonderful way to end the year. These accolades are for everybody in the business who work so hard to contribute to our success. This recognition, on a national scale, is something that we can all be very proud of.” 

The awards, hosted by three-time Olympic medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes DBE were held on Friday 22, November in London 

Chandlers Building Supplies Limited and Parker Building Supplies Limited (Parkers) recently announced that they have merged, with the support of strategic partner, Cairngorm Capital. The new enlarged company has 37 branches operating from the Midlands to the South East, with over 750 employees. 

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