Welcome & Company Introduction from our Managing Director

In 1976, John Haldane, son of Robert Haldane decided to expand the Company and opened a new branch in Newtownards to service customers in North Down. Further expansion in 1979 saw the first acquisition of another company. T A Shillington & Son Limited, of Portdown are one of Ulster’s oldest building supplies companies with a history dating back to 1835.

In 1990, the Group bought the assets of Newry Company J S Fisher Limited. In May of that year, Haldane Fisher was created, located at Carnbane, Newry.

Our purpose built modern fourteen-acre Newry complex now meets today’s demanding standards and provides an unrivalled range of products from within its Timber, Building Materials, Plumbing/Heating, Door Reprocessing and Bathroom Divisions.

In 2006 the Group made another acquisition with the purchase of the long-established business of GE Robinson and Co Ltd. This company operates from three branches in North West England, based at Salford, Aston-in-Makerfield and Garstang.

In January 2014 GE Robinson purchased West Midlands Merchant Trading Company based at Walsall in England. In 2016 this was rebranded as G E Robinson – Walsall.

In January 2017 G E Robinson purchased Craven Timber (Batley) Ltd based in Leeds.

In 2018 the branch network increased further with the Haldane Fisher acquisition of Robert Dickie & Sons and in May 2018, Plumbmaster opened its first standalone branch in Duncrue, Belfast.