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Who are GPH?

GPH Builders Merchants are Aberdeenshire’s leading independent builders’ merchants with branches in Inverurie, Westhill and Stonehaven. Having recently celebrated their 35th anniversary, the company is well known to their customers throughout Aberdeen and the surrounding areas.

GPH (Garioch Plant Hire) as the name suggests, started out as a plant hire company and has expanded into a builders merchants, targeting the DIY market as well as offering a bigger variety of products. The Westhill depot, which opened 12 years ago, has been followed more recently by the acquisition of the Macdougall and Masson business in Stonehaven, where over £500,000 has been invested in renovation and expansion over the past two years.

Success is a team effort

The success of the company can be largely attributed to the leadership, dedication and vision of the board and management team. This comprises of the Chairman and one of the founding directors of the company, Mike Macaulay, as well as the appointment of a new Managing Director, Grant Shewan in May this year. Kenny Findlay, Graeme Hay (Non-executive Director), Steven Park (Operations Manager), Brian Wallace (Accountant) and Steve Greig (IT Manager) complete the team.

GPH are proud of their mottos that they are ‘open to everyone’ and ‘have everything you need under one roof’ and with over 24,000 product lines they’re in a very strong position to deliver.