Buildbase

Buildbase
Private
Industry Construction
Products Building Material
Number of employees
 3000+ (2016)
Parent Grafton Group plc
Website www.buildbase.co.uk

Buildbase is a builders merchant with over 290 branches in the United Kingdom (UK), and is part of Grafton Group plc. It operates a specialist tool, plant, and equipment hire business called Hirebase, and is a member of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). Its head office is in Oxford.

The company was the main sponsor of Oxford United F.C. for nine seasons, culminating in the club's promotion back into the Football League,[1] and as of 2015, had sponsored speedway team Coventry Bees for a number of seasons.[2][3] Other sponsorships include the Buildbase BMW Motorrad team in the British Superbike Championship,[4] formerly the Kawasaki team,[5] and TT rider Michael Dunlop.[6]

On Monday 15 June 2015, Tividale Football & Social Club announced that Buildbase would become their Principle Sponsor until the Summer of 2017. Tividale play their football in the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League, Division One South, and finished 8th in the 2014-15 campaign.

On 16 August 2016, the Football Association announced that Buildbase will be the main sponsors of the 2016-17 seasons FA Trophy and FA Vase. The finals of these competitions are held at Wembley Stadium.

References

  1. ↑ "Buildbase backs the U's". Oxford United. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Buildbase Coventry Bees". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Coventry Bees agree new deal with Buildbase". Coventry Telegraph. 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Buildbase BMW - The Team". Buildbase BMW. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cup winner Laverty joins Hawk". Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  6. ↑ "TT Star Michael Dunlop in factory BMW Deal for 2014". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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