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Grafton, the Irish owner of the Buildbase builders' merchants chain in the UK, is to shed up to 1,000 jobs this year. 09-Sep-2008 Grafton is planning to acquire Heiton, the Irish building materials group, for £226m. 09-Aug-2004 Grafton Group has acquired Plumbline Supplies, the Scottish chain of 17 plumbing merchants, as well as the Telfords chain of three branches in Ireland. 07-Oct-2003 Grafton is to acquire Jackson Building Centres, the Lincoln-based chain of 18 builders' merchants, for £87m. 05-Feb-2003 Grafton Group has announced the recent acquisition of a further four builders merchants, including GA Day of Portsmouth, BSG of East London, Norman Rhead of Stoke and Hawkesford of Market Drayton. 13-Jun-2001 Grafton Group has acquired Essex Heating Supplies for £13m, and will merge the business with its Plumbase building supplies division. 16-May-2000 Grafton Group has expanded the Oxford-based headquarters of its Buildbase chain of builders merchants, following the acquisition of 12 Deben branches in London and two further companies in Ludlow and Stevenage. 06-Jan-2000 James Latham is to sell its timber and building supplies operation to Grafton for £8m, in order to focus on timber importing and distribution. 14-Oct-1999 Grafton Group of Ireland is in discussions to acquire Niall Bailey, the Birmingham-based builders merchant, for about £13m. 06-Apr-1999 Grafton has acquired Deben Builders Merchant of London for £6m. 12-Nov-1998 Grafton of Ireland is to acquire British Dredging, the builders merchant and dredging company, for £35m. 25-Apr-1998 British Dredging, the building materials concern, is said to be facing an imminent takeover approach, possibly from Grafton which already holds a stake of about 30%. 12-Feb-1998 Grafton Group has bought Abbey Rose, the builders merchant, for £1.75m. 14-Jun-1997 Grafton Group has acquired a 25% stake in British Dredging, the builders merchant and sand and gravel supplier, for £6.3m. 08-May-1997 Grafton Group has acquired Wessex Builders Merchants for £3.5m. 08-Apr-1997 Grafton Group of Dublin has bought RJ Johnson & Co, the Oxford builders merchant, and PPS Structural Services, the Scottish mortar business. 04-Jan-1996
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