Independent builders merchant JT Atkinson and Sons Ltd has completed the takeover of timber merchant Hathaway & Hoyle in Stockton-on-Tees.

Hathaway & Hoyle becomes JT Atkinson’s eighth site across the north-east, with other branches in Cockermouth, Penrith, Middlesbrough and Northallerton, and Littlefairs branches in Kirby Stephen, Appleby and Hawes.

JT Atkinson said the decision to purchase Hathaway & Hoyle was driven by its desire to develop its share of the timber and timber engineering market.

It intends to supply its existing branches with timber from Hathaway & Hoyle, as well as develop sales from the latter’s Stockton site.