by Jennie Ward | Consultant & PE, Merchant and Supplier, News
Welcome to Moorgate Management’s latest edition of Merchant Matters. In this edition we will be exploring the latest news and topical stories from around the building materials industry to help you with the information you need to grow your business and plan for...
by Jennie Ward | Merchant and Supplier, News
We were contacted by a heavyside merchant owner that was experiencing a decline in sales and profitability. The company was battling changes in branch employees, all of which followed a business acquisition and a previous period of sustained growth. The owners...
by Jennie Ward | Merchant and Supplier, News
We were contacted by a mixed merchant owner who was experiencing significant issues with their stockholding. Issues ranged from stock shrinkage and damage through to time taken for goods receipting of supplier deliveries, as well as the time taken to pick and load...
by Jennie Ward | Merchant and Supplier, News
We were contacted by a distributor who was facing challenges with Class 2 driver retention and recruitment, as well as utilisation of their vehicles and running costs. We were asked to help them understand the issues they were facing and find solutions that would...
by Jennie Ward | Consultant & PE, Merchant and Supplier, News
With the drive towards a net zero world and the Construction Leadership Council’s (“CLC”) “Construct Zero” plan to help our industry meet these objectives, there is an ever increasing demand from merchants’ customers for information, advice and...
by Jennie Ward | Consultant & PE, Merchant and Supplier, News
Following the final report by Dame Judith Hackitt in May 2018, a consultation paper was issued in January 2021 by the Marketing Integrity Group of the Construction Products Association (CPA) entitled ‘Construction Product Information (Better Data, Safer Building)’....
