Jewson
| Jewson | |
| Limited company | |
| Industry | Building materials |
| Founded | 1836 |
| Founder | George Jewson |
| Headquarters | Merchant House, Binley Business Park, Binley, Coventry |
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Area served
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United Kingdom, Ireland |
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Key people
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Peter Stringer |
| Products | Building materials Plumbers Electricians Joiners merchants |
| Parent | Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Group |
| Website | Jewson |
Jewson is one of the largest chains of British general builders' merchants, selling to small and medium building contractors, as well as the general public. Over 600 branches are located, all across the United Kingdom.
Jewson, as part of the Meyer group, was acquired by the French conglomerate Saint-Gobain in April 2000.[1]
Contents
History
Foundation
George Jewson bought a business in Earith in 1836 to trade goods in the Huntingdonshire Fens of East Anglia.[2] His son John Wilson Jewson (b. 1817) had 13 children: the eldest, George, at the time working with a timber merchant in Norwich, suggested expansion there.
John Jewson bought a house in Colegate in Norwich in 1868, and he moved there where he developed a successful timber, coal and builders' merchant business. The family played a role in civic service in Norwich and Norfolk.
Jewson family
Of John's eight sons:
Frank became a partner in a solicitors, Cozens-Hardy & Jewson.
Richard Jewson (1867–1949) was Lord Mayor of Norwich and the firm became the largest timber merchants between the Thames and the Humber.
Percy Jewson was Lord Mayor in 1934 and Liberal MP for Great Yarmouth during the Second World War. His son, Charles Jewson, son of Percy, was a writer on the history of Norwich and its buildings and Lord Mayor in 1965.
Litigation
Jewson Ltd -v- Jewson's Drives Ltd
On 15 May 2009 Jewson Ltd applied under s.69(1)Companies Act 2006 for a change of name of Jewson's Drives Ltd which had been registered since 18 March 2009.
Jewson Ltd argued that they enjoyed goodwill under the name "Jewson" since 1836 and that they were the United Kingdom's leading timber and builders' merchant. Jewson Ltd alleged that Jewson's Drives Ltd had been offering flagging, paving, fencing and related services and that their own customers had been misled by the respondent.
However, as long as Jewson's Drives Ltd had actually been operating as a business and there was no evidence to show they only registered their name for the purpose of obtaining (valuable) consideration from Jewson Ltd or for the sake of obstructing their own registration of a name, then they could have a defence to the application.
Jewson Ltd's application was struck out by the adjudicator.[3]
Sponsorship
Hereford FC
In June 2015, it was announced that Jewson were to become the main shirt sponsor of newly formed phoenix club Hereford F.C. for at least the upcoming 2015/16 football season.[4]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Jewson case study
- ↑ http://www.owlpen.com/jewson.shtml Norman Jewson
- ↑ Jewson Ltd -v- Jewson's Drives Ltd Retrieved 21 September 2014
- ↑ http://www.herefordfc.co.uk/2015/06/09/jewson-to-become-hereford-fcs-first-main-shirt-sponsor/
References
External links
- Official website
- New £600,000 store in North East
- Sponsors of Gloucester Rugby Union Club
- European Commission Press Release
- Jewson Forum
