Ken'S Yard

February 2010 A group of senior directors of traditional builders’ merchants have launched a new, nationwide building supplies website selling over 30,000 well known branded products on-line at www.kensyard.co.uk. Behind Ken’s Yard are three experienced and respected traders in timber and building products, Charles McLeish, Joe McConville – previous owners of MGM Timber, and Ken McLelland – former Regional Director of Buildbase. The board has been strengthened further by the addition of Charles Shaw, Chairman of the hugely successful 5pm.co.uk and former Chief Executive of Invergordon Distillers plc and Andrew Sutherland, former UK Financial Controller and Company Secretary of Keyline Builders Merchants. Aimed at the ‘serial’ Project Builder, Self-builder and small building contractor in the UK and beyond, Ken’s Yard now provides the most comprehensive and competitive range of products available on-line today. These are supported by easily accessible advice from some of the supply industry’s most experienced, knowledgeable and professional experts. The easy to use website has been designed and built by professionals and is already gaining traction online, and sales enquiries are already being received from the UK, China and elsewhere. Ken’s Yard is now part of the vanguard of suppliers changing the way building supplies are purchased and brings several ‘firsts’ to the market: Ken’s Yard has scale and depth that no other comparable e-commerce business has in its sector. Working with an ethos of supplying the full range of a chosen brand, Ken’s Yard currently sells 30,000. Included within the website is a unique full estimating service for extensions, refurbishments and new-build projects. This provides a massive timesaving for building professionals but still enables them to get jobs costed accurately, quickly and cost effectively – offered free as a launch ‘special’ to customers who spend £500 or more.