Private | |
Industry | Construction |
Products | Building Material |
Number of employees
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3000+ (2016) |
Parent | Grafton Group Plc |
Website | www |
Buildbase is a builders merchant with over 290 branches in the UK, and is part of Grafton Group plc. It operates a specialist tool, plant and equipment hire business called Hirebase and is a member of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). Its head office is in Oxford.
The company was the main sponsor of Oxford United for nine seasons, culminating in the club's promotion back into the Football League, and as of 2015 had sponsored speedway team Coventry Bees for a number of seasons. Other sponsorships include the Buildbase BMW Motorrad team in British Superbikes, formerly the Kawasaki team, and TT rider Michael Dunlop.
On Monday, June 15th 2015, Tividale Football & Social Club announced that Buildbase would become their Principle Sponsor until the Summer of 2017.
Tividale play their football in the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League, Division One South and finished 8th in the 2014-15 campaign.
On August 16th 2016, the Football Association announced that Buildbase will be the main sponsors of the 2016-17 seasons FA Trophy and FA Vase. The finals of these competitions are held at Wembley Stadium