Curtis
SightGRIP Sales Manager
Curtis joined the team at Long Rake Spar in April 2008, his main responsibilities include overseeing all SightGRIP related sales and handling individual customer requirements. Curtis deals with specialist pricing enquiries and due to his extensive dried product knowledge also advises customers on all aspects of the Grantex range. He works closely with our Operations and Purchasing teams to ensure all customers’ needs are fulfilled.
Annabel
Group Purchasing Manager
Annabel joined Long Rake Spar in 2010. Her role has developed considerably – from starting as an office junior to heading up the internal decorative sales team for 7 years, to now managing UK procurement. Her role involves overseeing all aspects of the supply chain, starting from our supplier’s sources; to the stock received in, to delivery of the goods to the end user. To further enhance her knowledge and support her in her role, Annabel is about to embark on Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply diploma.
Alice
Grantex Sales Manager
Alice has been with the company since 2012, she now manages our Grantex dried aggregates department. Her main roles include coordinating orders, specialist pricing enquiries and helping to ensure the smooth operation of all dried aggregate sales.
Wendy
Decorative Sales Coordinator
Wendy joined the company in January 2019 and works within the decorative sales team. Her main responsibilities include booking haulage for our southern depot in Rye, coordinating deliveries and processing orders.
Joe
Grantex Sales Coordinator
Joe has always dreamed of selling gravel. From a young age he’d pick up stones wherever he went, eager to find out their properties, examining them in first his hands and then his mouth. This continued until one day, aged 6, Joe swallowed a stray piece of basalt and had to be rushed to the hospital. Three days later, he woke with no sense of taste. Because of this, Joe isn’t allowed in the yard, but the smell of the stones still draws him into work every day.
Richard Maughan
Business Development Director
UK Sales Area: North East and Scotland
Dan Travis
Industrial Products Sales Director
Dan joined the team at Long Rake Spar back in April 2007 where he’s progressed in various roles involving purchasing and internal/external sales. His role as Special Products Manager made use of his extensive wealth of both product and customer knowledge which then lead to his promotion to Industrial Products Sales Director in 2019.UK Sales Area: North West
Tim Cleverley
Area Sales Manager
UK Sales Area: Midlands, South West & Wales
Chris Bourne
Sales Director
UK Sales Area: South East
Annabel
Group Purchasing Manager
Annabel joined Long Rake Spar in 2010. Her role has developed considerably – from starting as an office junior to heading up the internal decorative sales team for 7 years, to now managing UK procurement. Her role involves overseeing all aspects of the supply chain, starting from our supplier’s sources; to the stock received in, to delivery of the goods to the end user. To further enhance her knowledge and support her in her role, Annabel is about to embark on Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply diploma.
Carl
Buyer
Carl has been with Long Rake Spar since March 2009. His roles have progressed through production to office based roles as technical analyst and weighbridge co-ordinator. He is now the key buyer for the company and is responsible for the procurement of raw materials and co-ordinating haulage requirements.
Sarah Hill
Marketing Director
Since joining the company in 1996, Sarah has acquired strong product and industry knowledge enabling her to promote the company, and its many products to their maximum potential. Our high standard of product literature, packaging and point of sale is testament to Sarah’s ability to run a structured and contemporary marketing department.
Laura
Marketing Coordinator
Laura joined the company in 2014 to undertake a sales role for an affiliate company of Long Rake Spar. She has now progressed into a more creative role within the Marketing Department and is primarily responsible for content creation and scheduling across the 3 companies social media platforms.
Millie
Marketing Manager
Millie joined the company in 2014 after finishing university. She is responsible for the company’s strategic and tactical marketing; creating, implementing and analysing campaigns to help Long Rake Spar achieve its aims and support its customers. She is currently studying with the CIM for a Diploma in Professional Marketing and specialising in Digital Strategy.
Keith Newsome
Company Secretary
After training with Price Waterhouse in the 1970’s, Keith had a number of senior roles including Group Chief Accountant with Hepworth Building Products and Finance Director of Armitage Brothers PLC. He joined Long Rake Spar back in 2002 and says “The culture at Long Rake is to have fun and do our very best for customers. A happy culture has played a big part in the development of the business”.
Claire
Sales Accounts Manager
Claire joined the Long Rake Spar Sales Team in March 2005 as Sales Assistant and managed all apsects of both Decorative and Grantex Sales. Since the company’s expansion she has digressed and has maintained her customer relations in the credit control department, resolving any problems and ensuring payment of outstanding invoices both for Long Rake Spar and Meadow View Stone.
Hannah
Senior Accounts Assistant
Hannah has been with Long Rake Spar since December 2011. Her key duties include maintaining the financial transactions on the Sales Ledger, whilst also handling some HR duties. She uses her experience in the workplace to support her learning towards the AAT Qualification, currently studying towards Level 3.
Kenny Dean
Group Operations Manager
Kenny joined Long Rake Spar from one of the major aggregate companies as Group Operations Manager in late 2013. He has gained over 30 years?experience in processing and manufacturing applications ranging from food to aggregates. Kenny is responsible for all operational activities within the group both in the UK and overseas.
Richard Salt
Works Manager
Richard’s responsibilities at Long Rake include the overseeing of the works, ensuring efficient and safe operations; monitoring the accurate despatch of customer requirements. He is also in charge of maintaining and adjusting raw material stock levels to co-ordinate with schedules production programmes whilst retaining a position of high flexibility.
Anthony
Weighbridge Operator / Samples Technician
Anthony has progressed from production to an office based role where he now analyses the technical specifications of products, whilst co-ordinating the weighbridge, transport activities and sample requests.
Martin
Yard Foreman
Martin has been with Long Rake Spar since the year 2000 and, due to his extensive experience in product dispatch, now oversees the continued smooth operation of our bagging plants – a crucial part of the business. Martin also helps to maintain stock levels for our dried aggregates, checks outgoing orders and coordinates incoming deliveries.
Trevor Broadhurst
Managing Director
Having acquired the company in 1985 Trevor’s strategic vision and enthusiasm is testament to the companies continued success and growth. His industry experience spans back many years to when he was extracting calcite from his own quarries. With strong values, particularly in supplying excellent levels of customer service, this benchmark is manifested down through the business through a friendly and valued team of staff.
Keith Newsome
Company Secretary
After training with Price Waterhouse in the 1970’s, Keith had a number of senior roles including Group Chief Accountant with Hepworth Building Products and Finance Director of Armitage Brothers PLC. He joined Long Rake Spar back in 2002 and says “The culture at Long Rake is to have fun and do our very best for customers. A happy culture has played a big part in the development of the business”.
Richard Maughan
Sales Director
Richard joined the team as Sales Manager in 2005, bringing a wealth of 20 years?experience in the decorative aggregate and industrial market sectors. His extensive technical knowledge has been instrumental in establishing and maintaining key accounts within a wide spectrum of industries whilst ensuring the continued long term growth of the company.
Kenny Dean
Group Operations Manager
Kenny joined Long Rake Spar from one of the major aggregate companies as Group Operations Manager in late 2013. He has gained over 30 years?experience in processing and manufacturing applications ranging from food to aggregates. Kenny is responsible for all operational activities within the group both in the UK and overseas.
Sarah Hill
Marketing Director
Since joining the company in 1996, Sarah has acquired strong product and industry knowledge enabling her to promote the company, and its many products to their maximum potential. Our high standard of product literature, packaging and point of sale is testament to Sarah’s ability to run a structured and contemporary marketing department.
Dan Travis
Special Products Manager
Dan joined the team at Long Rake Spar back in April 2007 where he’s progressed in various roles involving purchasing and internal/external sales. His current role as Special Products Manager not only makes use of his extensive wealth of both product and customer knowledge but will ensure he’ll continue to excel in this field.
Shane McCormick
National Sales Manager
07395 798523
Prior to becoming our newly appointed National Sales Manager at Long Rake Spar, Shane has worked in the landscape industry for over 20 years. His wealth of experience and expertise led Shane to holding senior roles at Marshalls, Namgrass and Talasey and recently being awarded a spot on the Top 100 influencers in the supply field. We are pleased to have him on board to share his knowledge with the team.
In his personal life, Shane has recently become a grandparent and is preparing for his daughter’s wedding in the summer of 2024.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending weekends away in his campervan, football and his two Cockapoo’s, Buddy and Beau.
Area covered - National.
Mike MacRae
Area Sales Manager
07395 798523
Mike has worked at Long Rake Spar since February 2020. Previously Mike had been involved with construction material sales for over 32 years. Companies he worked for included Hanson, Marshalls and Formpave, after having started his career with Harcros Timber & Building Supplies back in the late 80’s.
Mike's favourite hobby is walking his dog, a six year old German Shepherd called Koda. An interesting fun fact about Mike is that he coached Youth Football for 16 years, with the highlight being winning the U19 Scottish Cup.
Area covered - Scotland and Northern England.
Cate Kennewell
Area Sales Manager
07720 087737
Cate joined Long Rake Spar in November 2019. Her previous role before she joined Long Rake was as a Sales Manager with a brick manufacturer.
Cate's favourite hobby is listening to live music and interior design. An interesting fun fact about Cate is that she auditioned to go to Drama School in London.
Area covered - East Midlands / Northern England.
Rachel Aiers
Area Sales Manager
07921 099669
Rachel has worked in the industry for over 20 years. She originally worked for a Brick factory, progressing to be an Account Manager selling into House Builders and Architects. For over 15 years Rachel has been dealing directly with builders merchants, which she really loves and feels very proud to have been part of the industry for the majority of her career.
In her spare time Rachel enjoys walking her 3 dogs and she's passionate about cleaning! Some may say OCD!! At Christmas Rachel volunteers at her local homeless shelter.
Area covered - South West
Wendy Pearson
Internal Sales Manager
Wendy joined Longrake Spar in January 2019. Prior to joining she worked part-time as a Team Leader for Waitrose (John Lewis Partnership) while her son was young. Her main career has been in finance, where she worked as an Independent Financial Adviser and a Bank Manager.
Her hobbies are playing Hockey for Buxton Ladies 2nd Team and Dog walking. Wendy loves going on holidays abroad, recently enjoying the Dominican Republic and Turkey with her family.
Sammy Bright
Senior Sales Coordinator
Sammy has worked at Long Rake since March 2017. In her role prior to joining Long Rake Spar Sammy was an Assistant Manager at the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop.
Sammy's favourite hobby is walking. She also enjoys watching documentaries and listening to podcasts about true crime.
Millie Wheatland
Sales Coordinator
Millie joined Long Rake Spar in February 2021. Millie started working at 15 in bars / pubs up until joining Long Rake.
Millie loves going on holiday abroad (somewhere hot). An interesting fun fact about Millie is that she has been dancing since the age of 3 years old!
Jessica Mallinson
Sales Coordinator
Jessica joined us in January 2022 and has hit the ground running, helping our customers schedule their deliveries and answering any queries. Previous to working for Long Rake, Jess was a care assistant in a residential home and also worked at the Old Original Pudding Shop in Bakewell as a waitress.
When she is not at work, Jess spends time with her 5-year-old son who keeps her very busy! She also loves a good Netflix series.
Emma Sheldon
Sales Coordinator
Emma joined Long Rake Spar in 2019. She has worked in customer-facing jobs since she left school at 16.
Emma has a 10 month old daughter and an 18 month old cocker spaniel to keep her busy when she’s not at work.
Tammy Tidmarsh DipM ACIM CMktr
Brand Manager
Tammy has worked in Marketing for over 20 years, joining Long Rake Spar in 2019. She previously worked for companies such as O2, Diageo, Nintendo and Porsche in field marketing roles. Tammy is responsible for brand planning and development, as well as coordinating marketing activity within Natural Selection and Grantex Surfacing. Tammy is a qualified Chartered Marketer with a Diploma in Professional Marketing.
Tammy has four children to keep her busy when not at work. She enjoys horse riding and walking and keeps a horse, three dogs, three cats and a flock of chickens.