During the Meet the Merchants event at the buying group’s two-day conference, 2,000 meeting were held between Fortis merchant members and suppliers.
“This conference is about business and business opportunites,” said David Hebdon, operations director for Fortis’ timber and building group, told the 430 delegates.
“It’s a forum to maximise the deals that have been done and work together for our mutual benefit.”
Fortis is the UK’s newest and largest building products buyers’ group, formed last year by a merger of the CEMCO buying group and the Combined Buying Association.
Members’ combined turnover is more than £1bn. A full report on the conference will feature in the April 19/26 issue of TTJ.
