Building supplier creates jobs with launch of 48th site

Hull-based MKM Building Supplies has opened a branch in Newent near Gloucester, its 48th site nationally, creating 14 jobs.
With a product portfolio catering to the public as well as trade, MKM Newent at Newant Business Park will offer the merchant’s usual array of landscaping, plumbing, roofing, heating, timber and building supplies.
MKM is headquartered at Stoneferry Road in Hull, and founded by David Kilburn and Peter Murray in 1995.
Other branches were also recently launched in Crewe, south Manchester and Galashiels.
Paul Donaldson, one of two branch directors at the Newent Business Park site, said: “We’ve put together a fantastic team of local people here at MKM Newent. We’ll be showing Newent and the surrounding areas what MKM’s brand is all about – fantastic product range, great prices and unbeatable customer service.”