Huws Gray

Huws Gray Ltd
Industry	Builders Merchant
Founded	1991
Headquarters	Llangefni, Wales
Number of locations	60 Branches (2018)
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	John Llewelyn Jones, Terry Owen
Products	Building and home improvement materials
Number of employees	circa 800 (2018)
Website	www.huwsgray.co.uk

Huws Gray is a builders merchants chain based in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. Huws Gray has over 100 branches located across north and mid Wales, north west of England, the Midlands, Yorkshire, and most recently with the acquisition of the Ridgeon Group, East Anglia.

History[]

The business was founded in 1990 on Anglesey with 4 employees. Today, Huws Gray employs almost 800 employees across its branch network.^[1] In 2017 the company added its 60th branch ^[2]^[3] In July 2021 the company agreed to purchase the merchanting business of Grafton Group in a deal worth £520m.^[4] The sale was completed in January 2022. ^[5]

Sponsorship[]

The company sponsor the Cymru Alliance league, the second tier of the Welsh football in north and mid Wales, and the league is now known as the Huws Gray Alliance.^[6] They were also the main sponsors of the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament held between the Island Games teams on Anglesey.^[7]

Notes[]

^ "Building Materials and Supplies from Huws Gray Builders Merchants".
^ "Huws Gray reaches 60th branch milestone". 5 September 2017.
^ "Huws Gray reaches 60th branch milestone | Huws Gray Blog | Huws Gray". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16.
^ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/ma/materials-businesses-sold-in-520m-deal-01-07-2021/
^ https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/grafton-group-completes-sale-of-traditional-merchanting-business-in-britain-41207096.html^{[bare URL]}
^ "Huws Gray Alliance". Archived from the original on 2010-12-20.
^ Sponsorship announcement on the Ynys Mon Island Games Association website

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[1] "Building Materials and Supplies from Huws Gray Builders Merchants".

[2] "Huws Gray reaches 60th branch milestone". 5 September 2017.

[3] "Huws Gray reaches 60th branch milestone | Huws Gray Blog | Huws Gray". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16.

[4] ttps://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/ma/materials-businesses-sold-in-520m-deal-01-07-2021/

[5] ttps://www.independent.ie/business/irish/grafton-group-completes-sale-of-traditional-merchanting-business-in-britain-41207096.html^{[bare URL]}

[6] "Huws Gray Alliance". Archived from the original on 2010-12-20.

[7] Sponsorship announcement on the Ynys Mon Island Games Association website

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