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HPS are delighted to announce the opening of two branches in the latter part of July. The new branches are in Redhill, which opens on 23rd July and will be managed by Gavin White and Maidenhead, which opens on 30th July and will be managed by Wayne Jones. Both of these appointments are internal promotions and full branch details can be found by following these links.

Click here for the Redhill branch details or here for the Maidenhead branch details.

During July all 28 HPS branches will be fitted out with new technology to complement the launch of our fully refurbished website. Each branch will have FREE WiFi which will enable our customers to access the internet on their smartphones. In addition, an iPad will be accessible on every trade counter which will allow customers to use our online shop. Further details to follow in our monthly Update newsletter.....

Kerry Allsop from Ariston hands HPS MD Ron Walker a cheque for £560 for Great Ormond Street which they raised whilst in the HPS room at PHEX Chelsea in November. This has now taken the total raised in 2011 by the staff, customers and suppliers of HPS for the "Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity" to a magnificent £39,619.56. Thank you to everyone who supported us at the many different events around our branches in 2011.

We are delighted to advise that Heating Plumbing Supplies Limited has been successfully acquired by Heating Plumbing Supplies Group Limited in a £12.88M management buyout of the existing business. Heating Plumbing Supplies Limited is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Heating Plumbing Supplies Group Limited.

Heating Plumbing Supplies Group Limited is totally owned by the staff and management of the company with no outside shareholders.

The successful MBO follows the announcement of record sales and improved company profits for 2010. Sales were £39.6M in 2010 up from £33.3M in 2009. Profits were up over 50% from £1.2M in 2009 to £1.81M in 2010.

Managing Director Ron Walker says "we are delighted to announce such excellent results and to have completed a successful management buyout of the company, we are especially pleased that 50% of our staff have taken the opportunity to invest in the company which reflects the amazing support and dedication the company enjoys from all its staff. We look forward to continuing the successful development of the company following our MBO and will continue to expand our branch network in the coming years where we can find the right people and suitable opportunities. I would also like to thank all our previous shareholders for their magnificent support during the first ten years of HPS."

We are delighted to advise that with your very generous support we raised in 2010 a truly stunning total of £53,629.18 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital -another record- a huge thanks to all of you concerned who have contributed at our branch events and golf days. Amazingly we have now raised in excess of £100,000 since pledging our support for this worthy cause.

"I am delighted to advise we have had another record sales year in 2010 with sales up over 18% on 2009 figures. We are continuing to expand and open new branches where we find the right opportunities and opened branches in Ashford and Chichester during 2010. We anticipate further branch openings in 2011. The key to our continued growth is the fact we offer our customers a very high level of personal service which ensures we provide a real independent alternative to the national merchant groups"

Peter J. Wilson
Sales Director

HPS have now pledged to raise £66,000 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity to buy three highly specialist intensive care beds, already this year customers, suppliers and staff of HPS have raised over £28,000!!! All HPS managers and directors visited the charity office in July and held a managers meeting which was followed by a presentation and hospital tour.

Lindsey Burke of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Charity said "The customers, staff and suppliers of HPS have been magnificent in their support of the hospital and we are so grateful for the amazing amounts they have raised already, it was a pleasure to meet all the management team and thank them personally for their superb efforts to date."

HPS Chichester opens Monday 1st March 2010, branch details are: 

HPS CHICHESTER

Unit 6 Chichester Trade Centre,
Quarry Lane
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 8ET

Tel: 01243 785805
Fax: 01243 787266

Pictured from left to right are: Dave George, Jamie Watts,
Branch Manager Adrian Petch and Tim Cecil.

HPS is delighted to advise thanks to the generous support of our customers, suppliers and staff we raised a record £12,762.51 in 2009 for our chosen charity "Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital". This means we have now reached our target of £29,118.00 for the construction of new cardiac reception area to be located within the new hospital redevelopment. Pictured from left to right are: HPS Directors Peter Wilson, Ron Walker and Alec Meadows at Great Ormond Street

HPS Heating Plumbing Supplies Limited is delighted to announce another year of record sales for 2009. Sales were up on 2008 by 8% to £33,334,000, profits were slightly down (£1.2M) reflecting the tougher market conditions and that despite a difficult year HPS has continued to invest in branch expansion with another four branches opened during 2009 at Ashford, Christchurch, Lymington and Poole. A further branch has already been opened so far this year (2010) in Chichester, West Sussex. A full copy of our 2009 accounts can also be viewed here. "I am delighted to announce these results which confirm our growth at a time when many merchants have seen a reduction in turnover. This further strengthens our position as the main independent alternative to the national merchant groups across the South. I am confident we can expect to see growth in our sales and profits this year, In addition we will continue to invest in new branch expansion when we come across suitable opportunities as well as further developing our existing web sales. We also anticipate a rapid increase in sales of renewable products over the next eighteen months and are looking to position ourselves accordingly". Peter J. Wilson Sales Director

More details to follow shortly.

 HPS Ashford opens Monday 4th January 2010, branch details are:

HPS ASHFORD

Unit E4 Beaver Business Park
Beaver Road
Ashford
Kent
TN23 7SH

Tel: 01233 668660
Fax: 01233 664761
Pictured from left to right are: Guy Tinsley, branch manager Paul Hamilton and Chris Gale.

We are pleased to advise that a new branch in Ashford, Kent is to be opened on Monday 4th January. The branch manager will be Paul Hamilton who will be known to many in the area. Further details will follow shortly.

HPS is delighted to announce sales in 2008 were a record £30.881M up from £28.037M in 2007. Profits however were down from £2.100M in 2007 to £1.601M in 2008 reflecting the tougher trading conditions in the second half of the year and the opening of three new branches. A full copy of our accounts can be viewed here. Having already opened a branch in Lymington in Hampshire in January this year, we plan to open further new branches during May located at Poole and Christchurch, both in Dorset. Teams of local staff have been recruited and are well known in both towns which will ensure HPS offer customers in the area an unrivalled level of merchant service and a real independent alternative to the national merchant groups. These two new branches now bring the HPS network up to twenty-four branches opened in the seven and a half years that the company has been trading.

We are delighted to advise we raised a record £12,320.07 in 2008 for our chosen charity, "Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital".
We would like to thank all our customers, suppliers and staff for their help and assistance in raising this splendid total for such a worthy cause.

Despite the current climate, Sales Director Peter Wilson predicts 2008 sales will be in excess of £30M and continued expansion is planned with an additional branch due to open in Lymington, Hampshire, in early January 2009.

 

HPS Lymington
Unit 733 Ampress Lane,
Ampress Park,
Southampton Road,
Lymington, Hampshire
SO41 8LW

Tel: 01590 675589 - Fax: 01590 670610

HPS Managing Director: Ron Walker has won "ACHIEVER of the Year" at the recent 2008 Builders Merchant News "Awards for Excellence" event.

We are delighted to announce our 21st branch opened in Wandsworth, South London during November. The branch is located at:

HPS Wandsworth
Unit 3 Sergeant Industrial Estate,
102 Garratt Lane,
Wandsworth, London,
SW18 4DJ

Tel: 0208 871 3994 - Fax: 0208 874 8080 The branch is managed by Ernie Salter who will be well known in the local area

HPS is delighted to announce that a new branch, HPS Sittingbourne will open on Monday 14th July. The branch will be managed by Tony West (left) and the assistant manager is Melvyn Holland (right). 

HPS Sittingbourne

Unit D8 Trinity Trading Estate
Mill Way, Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 2PD

Tel: 01795 518560
Fax: 01795 430300

HPS are delighted to announce record results for 2007. Turnover exceeded £28M in 2007 (up from £25.66M in 2006) and profits were up to £2.1M (from £1.88M in 2006). Click here for a link to our full audited 2007 accounts.

The branch will be managed by Nick Walker and the assistant manager is Gavin White (both pictured) who will be known to many of the local customers. Unit 3 Epsom Trade Park
Blenheim Road
Longmead Industrial Estate
Epsom
Surrey
KT19 9DU

Tel: 01372 730222
Fax: 01372 730333

HPS Would like to thank all our customers, suppliers and staff who have helped raise a massive £11,000 in 2007 for our chosen charity "Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity".

We are delighted to announce that Richard Pomeroy has joined HPS as Business Development Manager. Richard can be contacted on his mobile on 07817 201724

We are delighted to announce that we are planning to open two new branches.

HPS Portsmouth will open in late November 2007 and will be managed by Peter Aird (see right) who is promoted from assistant manager at HPS Fareham. The address is below:

HPS Portsmouth
Unit E12 Voyager Park
Portfield Road
Portsmouth
PO3 5FL

Branch Manager: Peter Aird

Tel: 02392 650600
Fax: 02392 653554

HPS Epsom will open in February 2008 and will be managed by Nick Walker currently assistant manager at HPS Croydon.