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 | Consultant & PE, News
We were approached by a global consulting firm who had been engaged by their investment bank client to help augment their team with domain expertise centred around the UK building products distribution market. Solution delivered: We began by speaking with our clients...
by Jennie Ward | Contech, News
As part of an existing multi-phase ‘Go to Market’ assignment being undertaken by Moorgate for its VC and Contech founder clients, we were asked to support their next investment round and help them source and track potential funding partners to enable the next phase of...
by Jennie Ward | Contech, News
We were contacted by Contech Co-Founders who were looking for help with the creation of a pitch deck to use for their next seed capital fund raise. Solution delivered: After talking with the co-founders to understand their journey, we spent time researching and...
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)’....
by Jennie Ward | Consultant & PE, Merchant and Supplier, News
In response to the Government’s 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution published in Nov-20, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) created a workstream to develop the construction sector’s response with a plan to achieve net zero, which is contained in...
