Gibbs & Dandy
Gibbs & Dandy is a network of local builders and timber merchants serving professionals working in the building and construction trade. The company is part of French multinational, Saint-Gobain.
Gibbs & Dandy employees more than 500 people.
Gibbs & Dandy[1] are recognised on the London Stock Exchange
In 2013, Gibbs & Dandy launched a competition to find Doncaster's best darting tradesmen and the winner won a trip to London to play with five time world champion Eric Bristow[2]
History[edit]
Gibbs & Dandy [3] can trace its roots back to 1843 when it was an ironmongery business based in George Street, in Luton, Bedfordshire.
The founders of the firm, Frederick Brown and Joseph Green, sold their ironmongery business to George Frederick Gibbs.
In 1894, the business was purchased by brothers, William and Percy Dandy. When Mr Gibbs retired, the Dandy brothers chose to maintain the local connection by naming the newly-acquired business, Gibbs & Dandy.
The brothers continued trading as a partnership until 1920 when a private limited company was formed. The company prospered, new premises were acquired in Luton and Dunstable and in July 1953 Gibbs and Dandy was floated on the Birmingham Stock Exchange.
Head office[edit]
Gibbs & Dandy’s headquarters is located at Saint-Gobain House, Binley Business Park, Coventry CV3 2TT.
Major milestones: 1968-present[edit]
- 1968 – Gibbs & Dandy acquired Frederic Gale Ltd, a Bedford-based public company, and in 1975 it relocated to Barker’s Lane in the town.
- 1987 - Gibbs & Dandy continued to grow in Luton, with three sites in different parts of the town. These sites were consolidated onto a single, seven-acre site in Dallow Road, which also became the head office.
- 1990 - Gibbs & Dandy bought two branches in St Neots and St Ives, both in Cambridgeshire, from David Smith (St Ives) Ltd.
- 1997 – Gibbs & Dandy expanded further through acquisitions when it bought the two branches of Miller, Morris and Brooker Ltd in Slough and Maidenhead.
- 2002 - Gibbs & Dandy acquired Elliott & Co (Henley) Ltd.
- 2005 - Gibbs & Dandy acquired Timber Force UK, Kettering.
- 2007 – Gibbs & Dandy acquired Carson Fletcher Timber in Market Harborough.
- 2008 - Gibbs & Dandy was acquired by Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD).
- 2011- A number of other builders’ merchants, owned by SGBD, were rebranded as Gibbs & Dandy, including EP Builders (Leicester), Nixon Knowles (Worksop, Doncaster & Nottingham) and Archibalds (Pudsey & Huddersfield).
- 2012 - 12 former Build Center branches and a Merton Timber branch in East Dulwich, were acquired by SGBD, and integrated into Gibbs & Dandy.
- 2015 – A Leeds branch was opened on Elland Road, near to the Leeds United FC football stadium.
- 2017 - Takeover of Knebworth Building Supplier Chas Lowe[4] relocated to Stevenage and incorporated it's name.
Today, the are 28 Gibbs & Dandy branches throughout England, in Bedford, Bournemouth, Crawley, Doncaster, Dorchester, East Dulwich, Eastbourne, Farnborough[disambiguation needed], Gillingham, Henley, Hereford, High Wycombe, Huddersfield, Kettering, Leeds, Leicester, Luton, Maidenhead, Market Harborough, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Pudsey, Slough, Spalding, St. Ives, St Neots, Woking, and Worksop.
Award wins[edit]
- Best Mid-Range Budget (£25k-£50k) Campaign award at the Construction Marketing Awards 2015.[5]
- Best Integration of Sales and Marketing award at the B2B Marketing Awards 2014.[6]
- National Builders’ Merchant of the Year award at the Builders’ Merchants Awards 2014 and The Rob Simpson Training Initiative of the Year award at the Builders’ Merchants Awards 2014.[7]
- Trainee of the Year award at the Builders’ Merchants Awards for Excellence 2015.[8]
Corporate social responsibility[edit]
Gibbs & Dandy supports and raises money for number of charities and good causes. The ‘Together’ initiative involves Gibbs & Dandy, along with its sister companies, participating in a wide range of fundraising and volunteering activities. Each year, employees work with suppliers and customers to raise funds for a staff-nominated national charity. The initiative has raised over £1,500,000 since its launch in 2002.
In 2014 and 2015, Gibbs & Dandy staged a number of fundraising activities and initiatives, which raised £31,888.27 for Macmillan Cancer Support through various fundraising initiatives.
References[edit]
- ↑ "CNN.com international - Stockquote symbol lookup". edition.cnn.com.
- ↑ "Eric Bristow Launches Search to Find Doncaster's Best Darts Star Trademsan". 21 October 2013.
- ↑ Whiteside, R. (6 December 2012). "Medium Companies of Europe 1993/94: Volume 2 Medium Companies of the United Kingdom". Springer Science & Business Media – via Google Books.
- ↑ Lewis, Alex. "Knebworth relocation preserves family business name".
- ↑ "Award win for customer engagement campaign - Gibbs & Dandy". 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
- ↑ "More award success for Gibbs & Dandy - Gibbs & Dandy". 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
- ↑ "It's official - Gibbs & Dandy is best in Britain! - Gibbs & Dandy". 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
- ↑ "Nasima wins Trainee of the Year award - Gibbs & Dandy". 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
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