Buildbase has opened its 11th greenfield site at Stowmarket in Suffolk.  The branch can be found at Unit 2 on the Stowmarket Business Park in Needham Road on the outskirts of town. The one-and-a-half acre site has been completely transformed to create a full service builders merchant.

The large trade stores area includes timber and building materials, Hirebase, plumbing and heating, kitchens and bathrooms, ironmongery and decorating.  

Manager Chris Chappell has been in the industry for 28 years. Assistant manager Mark Yardley is also very experienced, having worked as branch manager at Buildbase branches in Basildon and Brentwood. There are ten staff in total including Robert Last who looks after the Hirebase operation.

The branch will principally serve Stowmarket and the surrounding villages as well as Bury St Edmunds and the west side of Ipswich.  There are two brand new HGVs – a 26-tonne and an 18-tonne lorry – and a Hirebase delivery vehicle.