founded 1836 founder george jewson headquarters merchant house binley business park binley coventry area served united kingdom ireland key people peter hindle managing director 1999 2013 peter stringer managing director 2013 2015 mark rayfield managing director 2016 present products building materials plumbers electricians joiners merchants parent saint gobain building distribution group website jewson jewson is one of the largest chains of british general builders merchants selling to small and medium building contractors as well as to the general public . the chain comprises over 600 branches located all across the united kingdom . jewson as part of the meyer group was acquired by the french conglomerate saint gobain in april 2000 . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 foundation 1.2 jewson family 2 litigation 2.1 jewson ltd v jewson s drives ltd 3 sponsorship 3.1 hereford fc 4 see also 5 notes 6 references 7 external links 7.1 video clips history edit foundation edit george jewson bought a business in earith in 1836 to trade goods in the huntingdonshire fens of east anglia . 2 his son john wilson jewson b. 1817 had 13 children the eldest george at the time working with a timber merchant in norwich suggested expansion there . john jewson bought a house in colegate in norwich in 1868 and he moved there where he developed a successful timber coal and builders merchant business . the family played a role in civic service in norwich and norfolk . jewson family edit of john s eight sons frank became a partner in a solicitors cozens hardy & jewson . richard jewson 1867 1949 was lord mayor of norwich and the firm became the largest timber merchants between the thames and the humber . percy jewson was lord mayor in 1934 and liberal mp for great yarmouth during the second world war . his son charles jewson son of percy was a writer on the history of norwich and its buildings and lord mayor in 1965 . norman jewson was a distinguished cotswold arts and crafts movement architect . dorothy jewson the labour party politician and trade union organiser was one of the party s first female members of parliament who represented norwich . another richard jewson was managing director and chairman of the holding company for all the timber and merchants interests meyer international plc until the purchase by saint gobain . in 2001 worldwide business information and market reports stated that having undergone a period of major consolidation the builders merchants market is now dominated by jewson ltd owned by saint gobain building distribution ltd wolseley and travis perkins ... these top three companies each have total sales of over 1bn . 3 litigation edit jewson ltd v jewson s drives ltd edit on 15 may 2009 jewson ltd applied under s. 69 1 companies act 2006 for a change of name of jewson s drives ltd which had been registered since 18 march 2009 . jewson ltd argued that they enjoyed goodwill under the name jewson since 1836 and that they were the united kingdom s leading timber and builders merchant . jewson ltd alleged that jewson s drives ltd had been offering flagging paving fencing and related services and that their own customers had been misled by the respondent . however as long as jewson s drives ltd had actually been operating as a business and there was no evidence to show they only registered their name for the purpose of obtaining valuable consideration from jewson ltd or for the sake of obstructing their own registration of a name then they could have a defence to the application . jewson ltd s application was struck out by the adjudicator . 4 sponsorship edit hereford fc edit in june 2015 it was announced that jewson were to become the main shirt sponsor of newly formed phoenix club hereford f.c. for at least the upcoming 2015 16 football season . 5 see also edit dorothy jewson norman jewson richard jewson notes edit jewson case study http www.owlpen.com jewson.shtml norman jewson key note builders merchants . worldwide business information and market reports . october 2001 . archived from the original on 8 february 2012 . jewson ltd v jewson s drives ltd retrieved 21 september 2014 archived copy . archived from the original on 1 august 2015 . retrieved 5 february 2016 . references edit evening news website accessed 2 april 2008 external links edit official website parent company new 600 000 store in north east sponsors of gloucester rugby union club european commission press release jewson forum video clips edit jewson ltd youtube channel v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house defunct ashtons beazer broseley bryant homes comben homes george wimpey ideal homes mclean homes taylor woodrow westbury william leech wilson bowden integrated construction balfour beatty bam nuttall carillion cleveland bridge & engineering clugston costain galliford try gleeson interserve kier laing o rourke lend lease linford mace morgan sindall shepherd sir robert mcalpine volkerfitzpatrick wates willmott dixon suppliers current aggregate industries artex ashtead brogan cemex uk hanson london brick hss hire jewson kingspan kingspan off site mero schmidlin pilkington rmd kwikform sig speedy hire tarmac tarmac building products tata steel europe travis perkins wolseley defunct blue circle industries redland rmc group tarmac group government and regulatory bodies department for communities and local government department for business innovation and skills health & 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