Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) Acquires DW Burns & Partner Ltd

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) Acquires Sussex Plumbing Supplies

October 22, 2021

Building Products

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners, has acquired Sussex Plumbing Supplies Limited, a Polegate-based plumbers' and heating merchant. The deal expands IBMG's specialist plumbing and heating offering into Sussex and Kent, preserves succession for owner Glenn Vinall (who will remain Managing Director) and strengthens IBMG's platform for further growth.

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) Acquires Perrys Builders Merchants

October 27, 2021

Building Products

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners, has acquired Perrys Builders Merchants Limited, a one-branch builders' merchant based in Plymouth. Perrys will join IBMG's RGB division to extend the group's presence in Plymouth and the South Hams; founder Mark Periton will remain with the business to support the transition and growth.

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) Acquires Wantage Builders Merchants

June 6, 2022

Building Products

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners, has acquired Wantage Builders Merchants Limited, a single-branch builders merchant in Wantage, Oxfordshire. The deal is an add-on acquisition that extends IBMG's footprint in South Oxfordshire and resolves succession for Wantage's directors while retaining key management for integration.

IBMG (Cairngorm Capital portfolio) Acquires Dougfield Plumbers Supplies

January 6, 2022

Building Products

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners, has acquired Dougfield Plumbers Supplies Limited, a plumbers' merchant with 10 branches across South Wales and the South West. The acquisition is an add-on to IBMG's plumbing and heating division and extends the group's specialist offering into Wales and the South West while securing succession for Dougfield's management.

Cairngorm Capital Merges Grant & Stone and Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG)

September 20, 2021

Building Products

Cairngorm Capital Partners has merged two of its portfolio companies, Grant & Stone Group and Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), to form the largest independent builders' merchant group in southern England. The combined business (trading at group level as IBMG) comprises 123 branches, revenues in excess of £500 million and more than 1,700 employees, creating a platform for further growth, new market entry and M&A.

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) Acquires Independent Roofing Supplies

May 31, 2022

Building Products

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), a Cairngorm Capital portfolio company, has acquired Independent Roofing Supplies (IRS), an independent roofing merchant with three branches in the South East of England. The add-on expands IBMG's geographic footprint and product range across London, Sussex and Kent and secures succession for IRS's management team.