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Earlier this year Long Rake Spar conducted a customer survey within the Builders Merchant Sector to ascertain the company’s customer service levels and performance as

At the spring budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond allocated £270 million to help the UK stay at the forefront of ‘disruptive technologies’ such as driverless cars.

Grantex Surfacing are leading suppliers of dried aggregate granules, sands and powders suitable for use within resin bound and bonded flooring. Known for their innovation

The end of 2016 was a period of significant success for Long Rake Spar with the announcement that they had been selected as the preferred

At Long Rake Spar we like to do our bit for charity so ‘jumped’ at the chance to get involved with Christmas Jumper day, raising

Long Rake Spar recently had the pleasure of attending the Grand Designs exhibition at the Birmingham NEC. The products and services on display were, as

To complement the large range of decorative aggregate that we supply, we are delighted to introduce our new concrete sleepers with a truly authentic wood

Here at Long Rake Spar we are all fond of a cuppa so decided it was high time we had our own Long Rake Spar

The annual Southport Flower Show welcomed a new entrant in the featured show gardens this year, with C&W Berry Builders Merchants undertaking their first show

In preparation for the numerous shows we will be exhibiting at over the coming few months we have designed and printed our first ever coasters!

As associate members of the RSMA, Grantex understands the importance of supplying products that provide both high performance and visibility when being utilised for demarcation

Coming up to their 150th anniversary, Long Rake Spar are more determined than ever to continuously improve the service that it offers to customers. At

We have expanded our product selection of Scottish Pebbles and Cobbles to include a further 4 additional product sizes. The addition of the 8-14mm and

This week we were delighted to find out that one of the hauliers we use extensively have decided to name their new vehicle after one

Long Rake Spar are now approved suppliers to all 5 major buying groups within the Builders Merchant sector. With over 145 years’ experience in the

It has been a busy week for Long Rake Spar as we were exhibiting at both Futurescape and The Historic Buildings, Parks & Gardens Event

Grantex Surfacing were at the RSMAs’ Roadmarking Live Show this week on the 11th and 12th and thoroughly enjoyed catching up with some familiar faces.

Long Rake Spar had a fantastic time at the NBG Conference this week. We were there from the 3rd to the 5th enjoying both the

Long Rake Spar were delighted to be exhibiting with Addagrip at Grand Designs Live at the NEC in Birmingham from the 8th to 11th October.