Bracknell Roofing has opened a new branch in Chorley, Lancashire – taking the number of branches around the UK to nine.
The company says it identified Lancashire as a hotspot for both new housing developments and commercial projects and has already quoted for a raft of new tenders and projects.
Branch manager Keith Moore – who was based at the company’s Warrington branch before opening the one on Railway Road, Chorley – heads-up the new Lancashire branch, along with newly appointed contracts manager John Mairs.
Thanks to its size, Bracknell Roofing has been able to deploy roofing teams to work on the projects it has already secured in the region, and it continues its recruitment drive to increase the size of the dedicated team for Lancashire.
Speaking about the launch of the new branch, Keith Moore said: “From my time at the North-West branch in Warrington, we knew that there was plenty of opportunities right across Lancashire but didn’t have the capacity to develop them, so the management team at Bracknell Roofing looked at the feasibility of opening a dedicated branch.
“The name and size of the Bracknell Roofing business have really helped to open doors for us in Lancashire, especially with developers that we haven’t worked with before.
“We have already secured contracts ranging in size from small developments with ten plots to huge ones with nearly 250 plots. What pleases me the most is that 80% of the new contracts the company has won are from new customers.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming new customers to Bracknell Roofing and demonstrating why we’ve grown to become one of the largest roofing contractors in the UK.”
Simon Smith, Bracknell Roofing’s divisional director, commented: “The strategic growth of our business this year has centred on the North of England because of the scale of both housebuilding and commercial developments in the region.
“These are exciting times for Bracknell Roofing, and we are well positioned to support the government’s commitment to building more houses.”
