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Top builders merchants<br />
in Northern Ireland<br />
honoured<br />
who enter the<br />
Octabuild Builders<br />
Merchants Awards<br />
show that they<br />
have confidence<br />
in their ability<br />
to operate<br />
well-managed<br />
businesses and<br />
provide a quality<br />
customer service.”<br />
EGLINTON BUILDER<br />
WINS £500 WORTH<br />
OF BRETT MARTIN<br />
CASCADE<br />
The overall winner in<br />
the Octabuild Builders<br />
Merchant Awards<br />
Northern Ireland 2016<br />
is Haldane Fisher,<br />
Coleraine..<br />
Other builders merchants to win<br />
awards are; JP Corry branches<br />
in Springfield Road, Belfast,<br />
Castlereagh and Bangor; Murdock<br />
Builders Merchants, Derry;<br />
Newry Building Supplies; NG Bell,<br />
Ballywalter and Haldane Fisher,<br />
Conlig.<br />
The awards were presented by<br />
Jonathan Bell MLA, Minister of<br />
Enterprise, Trade and Investment<br />
in the Hilton Belfast Hotel before<br />
an audience of almost 200 people<br />
representing the merchant and<br />
building industry.<br />
The building material<br />
manufacturers who organised the<br />
awards as Octabuild are: Gyproc,<br />
Dulux Paints, Glennon Brothers,<br />
Kingspan Insulation, Sanbra<br />
Fyffe, Tegral and Wavin. This is<br />
the fourth Octabuild Builders<br />
Merchant Awards in Northern<br />
Ireland.<br />
The awards judge, independent<br />
retail expert James Burke, was<br />
lavish in his praise of the high<br />
standard he found among all<br />
the builders merchants visited.<br />
He described the winners as<br />
exceptionally well-run businesses.<br />
He said that since the last awards<br />
in 2014 there was a stronger<br />
focus on sales growth structures<br />
and a greater focus on using<br />
digital media.In introducing the<br />
awards the Octabuild chairman<br />
Tadhg Donohoe said, “Merchants<br />
The winners<br />
The overall winner, Haldane<br />
Fisher, Coleraine. Haldane<br />
Fisher in Coleraine, is one of<br />
10 branches in Northern Ireland<br />
of the family owned Haldane<br />
Fisher group. The Coleraine<br />
branch has been in operation<br />
since 2009 and currently<br />
employs 11 people. The judge<br />
complimented its energised sales<br />
process and very structured &<br />
results orientated team.<br />
Haldane Fisher, Conlig<br />
which won the Customer<br />
Service Award is in business<br />
36 years. It employs 34 fulltime<br />
+ 2 part-time staff with<br />
an average 16 years service<br />
within the Bangor branch. It was<br />
commended for its dedicated<br />
separate plumbing centre for fast<br />
trade service and introduction of<br />
a new low cost finance option for<br />
customers.<br />
The three JP Corry branches<br />
who won category awards were<br />
Bangor (Business Focus<br />
Award); Castlereagh<br />
(Management Award) and<br />
Springfield Road, Belfast<br />
(Premises Award).<br />
JP Corry has been in business for<br />
over 200 years and has a network<br />
of 15 branches in Northern<br />
Ireland. The Bangor branch was<br />
described by the judge as having a<br />
very strong focus on sales growth.<br />
Castlereagh was described as a<br />
highly energised branch while<br />
the Springfield Road branch was<br />
lauded as one of the best laid out<br />
sites visited.<br />
As part of the grand<br />
opening celebrations of<br />
J P Corry’s new DIY shop<br />
inside their Londonderry<br />
branch, Brett Martin<br />
Plumbing & Drainage is<br />
delighted to announce<br />
that Gregory Proctor<br />
from Eglinton is the<br />
winner of £500 worth of<br />
Cascade, the original<br />
cast iron style rainwater<br />
and soil system.<br />
Promoted by JP Corry Building<br />
Suppliers during their grand<br />
opening celebrations held at<br />
the store earlier in the month,<br />
the competition gave visitors<br />
the chance to win this generous<br />
prize, an impressive £500 worth<br />
of Brett Martin Cascade, the<br />
classic cast iron rainwater system<br />
alternative.<br />
Commenting on the prize<br />
Murdock Builders<br />
Merchants, Derry won the<br />
Multi-location branch<br />
award. It is 19 years in business<br />
and employs 18 Full-time staff<br />
and 3 part-time staff. The judge<br />
commented on its strong<br />
management respect for staff<br />
with a flexible approach to team<br />
building.<br />
Newry Building Supplies,<br />
which won the Innovation<br />
Award, is 33 years in business. It<br />
employs 30 full-time +5 part-time<br />
giveaway, Glenn Goodman, Brett<br />
Martin’s Sales Manager said:<br />
“We’re pleased to support JP<br />
Corry (Derry’s) new instore DIY<br />
shop by sponsoring the prize and<br />
congratulate Gregory on his win.”<br />
Gregory was presented with his<br />
cheque by Brett Martin Sales<br />
Representative Kerry Murphy at<br />
the JP Corry branch on Derry’s<br />
Strand Road.<br />
Cascade Cast Iron Style<br />
Rainwater and Soil System allows<br />
homeowners to have the look of<br />
real cast iron at less than half the<br />
price or real cast iron. Available in<br />
a range of gutter and downpipe<br />
profiles, fittings and hoppers, as<br />
well as seven heritage colours<br />
including the new Anthracite Grey<br />
colour, the range allows property<br />
owners to add a touch of old<br />
style detail to new buildings or a<br />
sympathetic feature to a period<br />
property.<br />
staff. It was commended for its<br />
very innovative use of its delivery<br />
fleet to promote its business.<br />
NG Bell & Son Ltd,<br />
Ballywalter, won the Owner-<br />
Managed / Single<br />
Store Award. It is a family<br />
run local company in business<br />
66 years and has 15 full-time<br />
staff. It was commended for<br />
its plan to grow business<br />
aggressively during 2016 and its<br />
reaction to business challenges.
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