Highbridge’s branch of a national builders’ merchants has closed down permanently.
Jewson in Tylers End on the Isleport Business Park in Highbridge shut its doors for the final time on Frday (January 26th).
A large banner installed on the front gate of the Highbridge site, pictured below, states: “Thank you very much for your custom. Jewson Highbridge is now closed.”
It adds: “The team at Jewson Weston-super-Mare are ready to welcome you.”
Jewson’s Highbridge outlet was a timber specialist branch with a large stock of timber supplies and specially trained timber experts on-hand.
The company has moved all business-related matters from its Highbridge store to the nearest branch in Winterstoke Road, Weston-super-Mare.
Jewson is a chain of builders merchants supplying tools, materials and construction equipment.
It was founded by George Jewson in 1836 and was based in Cambridgeshire and East Anglia. It is one of the leading suppliers of building materials in the UK with around 600 stores.
Burnham-On-Sea.com invited the company to comment further on the Highbridge closure and the impact on staff.
A spokesperson for STARK Building Materials UK said: “Our STARK Building Materials UK businesses, including Jewson, are household names in the industry, and they’ve evolved over the years to ensure we continue to meet the needs of our customers – small and medium builders.”
“We’re constantly responding to market conditions and what our customers are looking for from their local builder’s merchant. This is why we’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to downscale our operations in Highbridge. Where colleagues are impacted, we’re supporting them to find alternative roles within the business or to pursue opportunities elsewhere.”
“We remain committed to providing our customers with the high-quality building materials and support they need and want, wherever they’re based in the UK. We’re still very much open for business in the north Somerset area, and look forward to welcoming and helping customers at our Jewson branch in Weston-Super-Mare and via our nationwide online service.”
