Buttle's top appointment signals growth

Friday 13th January 2012

Buttle plc is very pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Middleton to its Board. Kevin joins as Joint Managing Director with Peter Buttle and both will be working with the existing team to strengthen and grow the South East-based builders’ merchants.

Kevin brings a lifetime of skill and experience in the builders’ merchants industry, having started his working life at Gibbs and Dandy and then held various positions with a number of national merchants before joining Grafton in 1990. As MD Kevin pioneered the launch of Buildbase and, over a 12-year period, took the brand from a single-site merchant to number three in UK heavyside merchanting. Latterly he has overseen the integration of the majority of Grafton's UK operations.

Peter Buttle says he is really pleased that he’ll be working with Kevin: “Buttle’s has been a relatively small business with a big personality for some years and I couldn’t be more delighted that Kevin has agreed to join us now in the task of taking Buttle’s forward.”

Speaking about his new role with Buttle’s, Kevin Middleton said: "I am pleased to be rejoining the independent sector of our industry. Buttle’s is a well-respected family business which has considerable potential for growth.

The current branch network is well-positioned and provides a firm base on which to build. I look forward to working with Peter, to strengthen and develop the business."