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.
- Office Sales
- Area Sales
- Marketing
Wendy Pearson
Sales Office Manager
Wendy joined Long Rake Spar in 2019. Previous to her role at Long Rake, Wendy was a Team Leader for Waitrose (John Lewis Partnership), previous to this she was an Independent Financial Adviser and previous to this a Bank Manager.
Wendy's favourite hobby is playing Hockey for Buxton Ladies 2nd team. Wendy has a 12 year old son, a cat and a dog which all keep her very busy at the weekends!
Sammy Bright
Senior Customer Service 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. An interesting fun fact about Sammy is that she has been taking Pole Fitness Classes for about 2 and a half years.
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!
Hannah Bailey
Sales Coordinator
Hannah joined Long Rake Spar in March 2021. Her previous role before joining Long Rake was as a Marketing and Sales Apprentice.
Hannah's favourite thing to do is going on holiday! She loves sea, sun, and sand! An interesting fun fact about Hannah is that she has been scuba diving in the ocean.
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.
Lee Bennett
Area Sales Manager
Lee joined Long Rake Spar in 2019. Prior to joining Long Rake Spar, Lee was a Sales Manager at Namgrass.
Lee's favourite hobby is Football and socialising. An interesting fun fact about Lee is that he is a fully qualified PE teacher.
Area covered - South East
Mike MacRae
Area Sales Manager
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
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
Area covered - South West
Megan Brooker
Area Sales Manager
Megan has many years of industry experience, previously working at IBC Buying Group, Tobermore and Brett Landscaping. She has a well-rounded knowledge of the industry and likes to be part of a Merchants ‘extended’ team.
Megan loves horses, which are her passion outside of work and she has two that she competes at British Show Jumping. She also has three Vizsla’s to keep her busy.
Area covered - Central England & Wales
Ben Summerhill
Commercial Director
Ben joined the business in 2020 following a number of appointments at a senior commercial level. With over 25 years of experience in sales, Ben provides a wealth of commercial knowledge to the team and the board.
As he gets older his hobby has changed from following England football all over the world to watching rugby when he can. Fun fact, he cycled John O'Groats to Lands End in 2012 and will tell anyone who asks about it over and over again!
Calvin Jackson
Marketing Manager
Calvin has worked in Technical, Product Development and Marketing roles in the hard landscaping market for over 25 years. He joined the company in 2020 and is responsible for the group's strategic marketing plan and delivery. This extends to Natural Selection to ensure the marketing plan complements the business's commercial aims and targets for the business and its customers. Calvin holds a bachelor of arts degree and a graduate diploma in Architecture and building studies.
Calvin has represented Derbyshire in three sports and is currently the chairman of the South Derbyshire Crown Green Bowling Association and is a Derbyshire County Team selector in the same game. He also has a Pug called Chopsey and a cat called Pudding.
Tammy Tidmarsh ACIM
Brand Manager
Tammy has worked in Marketing for over 20 years and joined the company in 2019. She previously worked for companies such as O2, Diageo, Nintendo and Porsche in tactical field marketing roles. Tammy is responsible for brand planning and development, as well as coordinating marketing activity within Natural Selection and Grantex Surfacing. Tammy holds ACIM status with the Chartered Institute of Marketing. To further enhance her knowledge and support her role, she is currently studying for her Diploma in Professional Marketing and is working towards achieving Chartered Marketer status.
Tammy has four young children to keep her busy when not at work. She enjoys horse riding and walking and keeps two horses, as well as a dog, three cats and a flock of chickens.
Annie Broadhurst
Marketing Executive
Annie has worked at Long Rake Spar since 2019. Her role previous to joining Long Rake was working in Recruitment in Leeds. She now is responsible for the marketing activity in Natural Selection and Grantex Surfacing. To further her career, Annie is studying for the Certificate in Professional Digital Marketing with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
Annie's favourite hobby is dancing and a fun fact about Annie is that she likes peanut butter and cottage cheese on toast!