:Huws Gray

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1990}}

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| location_city = Llangefni

| location_country = Wales

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| locations = 300+ Branches (2023)

| area_served = United Kingdom

| key_people = John Llewelyn Jones, Terry Owen, Dewi Morris, Andrew Wagstaff

| industry = Builders Merchant

| products = Building and home improvement materials

| num_employees = circa 5000 (2023)

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.huwsgray.co.uk}}

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Huws Gray is a British builders merchants chain based in the town of Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. Following the acquisition of the Buildbase, PDM Scotland and Civils and Lintels brands, the Huws Gray Group has over 300 branches across England, Wales and Scotland as of 2023 and is the largest independent builders merchant in the UK.

History

The business was founded in 1990 in Anglesey with 4 employees. Today, Huws Gray employs more than 5,500 employees across its branch network.{{cite web| url = https://www.huwsgray.co.uk/about-us| title = Building Materials and Supplies from Huws Gray Builders Merchants}} In 2017 the company added its 60th branch {{Cite web|url=http://www.buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/14587/Huws_Gray_reaches_60th_branch_milestone_.html|title=Huws Gray reaches 60th branch milestone|date=5 September 2017}}{{cite web| url = http://www.huwsgray.co.uk/blog/huws-gray-reaches-60th-branch-milestone/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023629/http://www.huwsgray.co.uk/blog/huws-gray-reaches-60th-branch-milestone/| archive-date = 2018-03-16| title = Huws Gray reaches 60th branch milestone {{!}} Huws Gray Blog {{!}} Huws Gray}}

In July 2021 the company agreed to purchase the merchanting business of Grafton Group in a deal worth £520m.{{cite web | url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/ma/materials-businesses-sold-in-520m-deal-01-07-2021/ | title=Materials businesses sold in £520m deal | date=July 2021 }} The sale was completed in January 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/grafton-group-completes-sale-of-traditional-merchanting-business-in-britain-41207096.html|title = Grafton Group completes sale of traditional merchanting business in Britain}} In November 2021, backed by US private equity firm Blackstone, Huws Gray acquired Swansea city center-based builders and timber merchant Exall & Jones Ltd.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-01 |title=Huws Gray Group acquires Exall and Jones |url=https://www.buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk/Huws-Gray-Group-acquires-Exall-and-Jones/51830 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk |language=en}}

Sponsorship

The company previously sponsored the Cymru Alliance league, the second tier of the Welsh football in the north and mid-Wales, and the league was known as the Huws Gray Alliance.{{cite web| url = http://www.huwsgrayalliance.co.uk/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101220041824/http://huwsgrayalliance.co.uk/| archive-date = 2010-12-20| title = Huws Gray Alliance}} On acquisition of Buildbase, they are now sponsors of the West of Scotland Football League. They were also the main sponsors of the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament held between the Island Games teams on Anglesey.[https://ymiga.com/2019/05/24/huws-gray-announced-as-headline-sponsors-for-ynys-mon-inter-island-games/ Sponsorship announcement on the Ynys Mon Island Games Association website]

Notes

External links

[http://www.huwsgray.co.uk/ Huws Gray]
[http://www.huwsgrayalliance.co.uk/ Huws Gray Alliance]

Category:Organisations based in Anglesey

Category:1990 establishments in Wales

Category:Retail companies of Wales