Following on from the acquisition of A F Shearn, PPS (Softwoods) was acquired. The business was well known to Sydenhams, being located just across the other side of town from our Wickham branch (And Wickham's a pretty small town!) Owner Alan Ediss had reached the end of the lease on the premises and had to decide between renewing for a further period or selling the business. Fortunately he chose to sell, and chose Sydenhams (What a sensible chap!).
Alan has joined the team at Wickham, as have the majority of former PPS staff. Together with Graham Stonehill and the Sydenhams Wickham team Alan has retained most of his old customers and is selling them more wood than ever! Graham Stonehill is delighted with the result and was interested to see that one of Alan’s major customers was Hamworthy Engineering in Poole, who are almost on the doorstep of Timber Direct.