Huws Gray is a

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builders merchants chain based in the town of

Llangefni Llangefni (meaning "church on the River Cefni", ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, maki ...

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

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. Huws Gray has over 100 branches located across Wales, England and Scotland and most recently with the acquisition of the

Buildbase Buildbase is a builders’ merchants in the United Kingdom, and is approaching two hundred branches nationwide. Buildbase is part of Huws Gray having been bought from Grafton Group plc in a deal that saw Grafton sell its merchanting business in th ...

, PDM Scotland and Civils and lintels.

History

The business was founded in 1990 on Anglesey with 4 employees. Today, Huws Gray employs almost 800 employees across its branch network. In 2017 the company added its 60th branch In July 2021 the company agreed to purchase the merchanting business of

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in a deal worth £520m. The sale was completed in January 2022. In November 2021, backed by US private equity firm Blackstone, Huws Gray has acquired Swansea city center-based builders and timber merchant Exall & Jones Ltd.

Sponsorship

The company sponsor the

Cymru Alliance The Cymru Alliance League (known for sponsorship reasons as Huws Gray Alliance) was a football league in north and central Wales which formed the second level of the Welsh football league system. From the 2019/20 season onwards, it was replaced ...

league, the second tier of the Welsh football in north and mid Wales, and the league is now known as the Huws Gray Alliance. They were also the main sponsors of the

2019 Inter Games Football Tournament The 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament was an association football tournament which was held between 15 and 22 June 2019 in Anglesey, Wales. It was organised due to the hosts of the 2019 Island Games, Gibraltar being unable to run a tournament ...

held between the

Island Games The Island Games (currently known as the NatWest International Island Games for sponsorship reasons) are biennial international multi-sports events organised by the International Island Games Association (IIGA). Competitor teams each represent d ...

teams on Anglesey.Sponsorship announcement on the Ynys Mon Island Games Association website
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External links

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