Travis Perkins PLC ORD £0.1120510.../  GB00BK9RKT01  /

Travis Perkins plc is a leading company in the builders' merchanting and home improvement markets. Born out of the merger in 1988 between Travis & Arnold and Sandell Perkins, the group can trace its roots back over 200 years and continues to grow today by following a successful strategy of acquisition and organic growth. Travis Perkins is a multi-channel operator selling a wide range of building materials through four divisions to the trade and consumer primarily through a network of mainly UK branches. The Group’s 20 businesses, across over 2.000 sites, are organised and managed through 4 divisions - General Merchanting, Consumer, Contracts and Plumbing & Heating. General Merchanting, the Group’s core business supplies products for all types of repair, maintenance and improvement projects (“RMI”) as well as new residential and commercial construction. The consumer division supplies domestic building and decorative materials through its store network to DIY and trade customers. The customers of the three contracts businesses, Keyline, BSS and CCF, are typically large developers, main contractors and commercial sub-contractors. The products supplied from the three businesses the Division operates are generally used in large construction projects ranging from new road and rail infrastructure, power generation construction, public service infrastructure such as hospitals and schools, through to commercial and high rise residential construction and refurbishment. The plumbing and heating division supply a wide range of customers including domestic plumbers, independent plumbing merchants, large contractors and local authorities.