Buttle’s is one of the UK’s longest-established timber and builders’ merchants. Our roots are in timber – we’ve been selling it since 1919 How Buttle’s Builders Merchants started Around 125 years ago, George James Buttle left his Essex farming life to start afresh as a sawyer in St Pancras and established a tradition of craftsmanship […]

Winter for the construction industry, that means keeping employees as warm and safe as possible during cold-weather construction operations. Most workers in the building trade don’t have the luxury of shutting down for the winter season. Safety mandates as well as considerations and procedures can mean the difference between a safe winter job site and […]

The Buttle’s team had their annual fishing day at Alders Farm Fishery near Leighton Buzzard on Wednesday 5th September. A huge thank you Brett Martin who co- sponsored this event for the 15th year! The day started with a hearty, full English breakfast before fishing commenced at 9.30am.  5 hours later the keep nets were […]

Buttle’s Leighton Buzzard regular branch visitors were delighted to see our brand new decking and landscape display this month. Not only does this display showcase our products on offer but gives our visitors an up close and personal view of how to expertly design and execute a landscaped garden. We’ve opted for low maintenance garden […]

Buttle’s regular trade customers who pay by cash or card can now share the many benefits enjoyed by our account customers with the relaunch of our NEW Premier Card.  It’s free to join and once you are all signed up, you will receive your card, which you can use immediately to access all the latest […]

Railway Sleepers and new garden projects   Spring has well and truly sprung, and garden projects are on the cards. Using reclaimed, or new sleepers within your garden project can add a rustic or contemporary look depending on how you use them.   We stock a range of railway sleepers both new and reclaimed. Our […]

BRIAN PEDRO JOINS AS NEW BRANCH MANAGER   Brian Pedro has been appointed as the new branch manager at our Enfield branch. With over 30 years in the industry, Brian is keen to get to know our loyal customers and ensure you get the service and products you need, when you need them. Formerly of […]

Joining the fleet of delivery vehicles is our third 12 tonne DAF with a Fassi rear-mounted crane. Laurence Edwards will be making deliveries around St Albans area in the vehicle with our distinctive “bee” logo, registration plate BU17 TLS. Give him a wave if you see him around town! The new lorry is part of […]

Nick Sims has been appointed Managing Director of St Albans-based builder’s merchant Buttle plc. He succeeds William Naylor, who is retiring after 3 years in the post. Sims has 30 years’ experience running multi-site sales & operational businesses within the Building Materials, Timber, Plumbing & Heating and Mechanical Services sectors. Most recently he was Managing […]

Buttle’s has been identified by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies. The company has been included in the FT 1000: the 1000 companies in Europe that have achieved the highest percentage growth in revenues between 2012 and 2015. Through research in company databases and other public sources, the FT identified tens of […]