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Newey and Eyre 
Industry Trade, Maintenance & electrical Headquarters Birmingham, West Midlands Key people John Hogan – Managing Director Products Wiring, cable, HVAC, cable management, luminaries, circuit protection, sockets, Hand Tools, Fixings and Accessories, Lighting, Safety and Workwear, Revenue GBP (2007) Employees 2,000 (2007) Website Neweys Online Newey and Eyre is the UK's largest electrical wholesaler. Founded in 1927, the company is now part of Rexel UK Limited which also owns WF Electrical, Parker Merchanting, Senate and Denmans.
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History
Established in 1926, Newey & Eyre has celebrated over 80 years of service to the electrical wholesale market. Over the years the business has been acquired by a number of different holding company but has remained relatively unchanged by the corporate mergers.
In 1993 Investor Group Hagemeyer acquired Newey & Eyre Group Ltd from Invensys PLC and in 2008 Newey and Eyre was acquired by Rexel.
In 2009 Newey and Eyre launched an online store, Neweys Online.
Newey & Eyre operates in the UK through a national network of nearly 160 branches with a profiled stock range of more than 32,000 different lines. Another 140,000 products are available either from stock or to special order. Newey and Eyre also hold a range of over 3.500 own branded products called Newlec. The company currently operates through nine Regional Distribution Centre's directly to their 160 branches.
Newey and Eyre's head office is based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The main head office building has been named after the former Newey & Eyre managing director and a well-known figure within the Midland electrical wholesaling industry, Gordon Yardley, who died aged 74, December 12, 2005.
In 2008 Newey & Eyre opened the capital’s first dedicated facilities management centre.
Management
John Hogan (Managing Director)
Chris Gibson (Sales Director)
Lesley Henderson(Financial Director)
Mark Fiddy (Commercial Director)References
External links
Categories:- Companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands
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