Eastbourne builders merchant staff get a day off for hard work through covid

The Independent Builders Merchant Group, which employs in excess of 750 employees, is closing all of its 39 branches, including Parker Building Supplies in Eastbourne for a day off on June 25.

This is so all staff across the business can have an extended break on the first weekend following lockdown easing on June 21.

Allun Pittingale, the managing director of Parker Building Supplies, said all branches of the builders merchants have remained open throughout the pandemic with staff ‘working relentlessly to serve the entire building trade’.