The star-studded BMN Awards 2017 has taken place in order to celebrate excellence across the builder’s merchant sector, Martin & Partners Limited in Northampton were among those celebrated, as they took home the coveted award for Tool Showroom of the Year. This prestigious accolade was received by the managing director of the company, David Dickens, who is also a member of the NMBS management board and a part of the h&b Group lightside committee.
Martin & Partners is known for being the largest independent builders’ and plumbers’ merchant in Northampton and has been in operation for in excess of 80 years. The company was first established in 1935 and originally worked from high street premises, Regent Square in Northampton city centre. The Managing Director joined the company in 1965 at 15 and has worked his way up through the company to owning the business. David’s grandson is walking in his footsteps and working at the company as a Saturday boy.
As it has developed a great deal since 1935, Martin & Partners Limited now operates from a large out of town industrial unit on Gladstone Close. The family run business sees David’s wife Marguerite, daughter Rebecca and son-in-law Mark fellow directors. The business work hard to ensure that they offer the best customer service possible.
The builders’ and plumbers’ merchants only stocks the industry’s leading brands, with Makita as the brand of choice in their power tool sector. Martin & Partners have stocked other brands in the past such as Milwaukee, Bosch and Hitachi however the business has found that these brands simply do not measure up against Makita equipment. Customer demand also demonstrated a preference for Makita and offer the high quality equipment at competitive prices.
The showroom of Martin & Partners has been fitted with 15 meters of power toll racking and branded toolbars that has been supplied and installed by Makita, the company have expressed their delight at winning the BMN Award and has said that the achievement would not be possible without the support of their suppliers and the contributions that they have made to the company.
