Kidderminster builders merchants supplies West Midlands Safari Park

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Nicky Godding

One of the best known and longest established builders’ merchants in Kidderminster is delighted to be supplying building materials to the West Midland Safari Park.

Working with the park’s project development team, Thompson & Parkes has sourced a wide range of materials for the park’s latest development including timber, plywood, insulation, building blocks, aggregates and drainage.

Trading and supplying the building trade and DIY market throughout Worcestershire and Shropshire for more than 80-years, Thompson & Parkes employs more than 20 people locally and invests in the community through partnerships with schools and nurseries and supports local charities and community initiatives.

Thompson & Parkes Andy Lowndes, said: “This last year has been challenging for everyone so as a local business and employer we are delighted to be supplying such a well-known local attraction as the West Midland Safari Park.”

Andy added: “Providing materials for the project, together with so many other local businesses, is fantastic as it’s all helping to support our local economy. West Midland Safari Park is a much loved and popular local attraction, and we can’t wait until it’s open.”

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.