2005 - 2009
2005
Easter - Launch of landscaping display area at Horfield acting as a showpiece for our Bristol branches. With help and advice with planning available, customers can view how products will look laid out.
Yate branch (pictured left) opened in September 2005 to serve the areas of north Bristol and South Gloucestershire, completing operational coverage between Bristol and Stroud.
September – Kellaway announce record year on year growth.
November - Customer Service Supervisor appointed to help maintain dedicated level of customer service.
2006
July - Kellaway receives a certificate of achievement for commitment to a high standard of personnel practice. The Gold Award, which was made by Peninsula Business Services, recognises the excellent manner in which staff issues and welfare are handled by the family-run company.
Right: Kellaway Building Supplies receiving their award from Peninsula Business Services.
November - Rounding off a very successful trading year, Kellaway win "Best Customer Service by a Builders' Merchant" and are runners up in the category for "Best Training Initiative by a Builders' Merchant" at the 2006 Builders' Merchants Awards for Excellence 2006.
Kellaway Managing Director, Julian Milligan (centre) receiving the companys' award for Best Customer Service by a Builders' Merchant. (Bottom Left)
Managers of Kellaway Building Supplies with their new award. (Bottom Right)
2007
June - Kellaway acquires Nailsea Builders Merchants
This branch has been a local independent builders’ merchant trading since 1980. Developing and improving its service and offer to the customer by relocating the business in 2006 to the current site. This fits well into the ethos of Kellaway Building Supplies Ltd where the business will continue to grow.
October - Kellaway Building Supplies formally celebrates its 25th anniversary with a Casino evening for a mixture of staff, customers and suppliers, where the Directors mark the occasion with a huge "Kellaway Cake", and an address by founder Ernest Milligan and current Managing Director, Julian Milligan.
Above: Left to right, Directors Mark Turner, Jill Galvin, Bob Fleetwood and Managing Director, Julian Milligan.
December - Kellaway are runner up at the National Builders Merchants Awards for Excellence for Best Customer Service by a Builder's Merchant.
2008
January - Admin Support relocated to new Group Head Office at Patchway Trading Estate, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol to facilitate further growth and support for the business.
Kellaway formally launch product training area at Ashton Branch, with hands on build construction sections - plumbing and drainage, plasterboard and dry lining solutions, roofing, guttering and fascia, plus a merchandising area.
December - Kellaway round off the year by winning the 2008 Builders Merchant Awards with "Best Customer Service" and "Best Training Initiative".