| 1797 |
- The Benjamin Ingram company is founded at 33 Beech Street, City of London, trading as joiners and carpenters
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| 1800 - 1850 |
- Ingrams begins selling hardwoods to other joiners as the fashion for furniture timber moved from Oak and Elm to Mahogany
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| 1899 |
- Travis & Arnold formed as a partnership
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| 1904 |
- Travis & Arnold moves to Northampton and opens a number of branches in the Midlands as a merchant of timber and other wood products
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| 1964 |
- Travis & Arnold becomes a public company
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| 1970 |
- Sandell, Smythe & Drayson merges with Ingram Perkins to form Sandell Perkins offering a wide product range to service the construction industry
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| 1970 |
- Travis & Arnold began more than a decade of substantial acquisitions including Brown & Son of Chelmsford, Ellis & Everard Building Supplies, and Kennedys
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| 1986 |
- Sandell Perkins becomes a public company
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| 1988 |
- Travis & Arnold and Sandell Perkins merge to become Travis Perkins plc
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| 1994 |
- Travis Perkins acquires the 46 branches of AAH
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| 1995 |
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year
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| 1996 |
- BMSS is acquired with 26 branches
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year
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| 1997 |
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year
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| 1998 |
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year
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| 2000 |
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year
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| 2001 |
- Travis Perkins becomes the main sponsor of Rugby Union giants Northampton Saints RFC
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year
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| 2002 |
- Travis Perkins becomes the new title sponsor of the Senior Masters tournament — part of the European Seniors Tour at Wentworth Club
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| 2003 |
- Travis Perkins becomes the title sponsor of the UK Snooker Championship
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| 2004 |
- Donates snooker tables from the finals of the 2003 and 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championships to youth sports charities encouraging 'grass roots' sport
- Voted National Builders' Merchant of the Year and Best Builders' Merchant Website for it's Supplier Extranet at the Builders' Merchant Awards for Excellence
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| 2005 |
- Confirms its commitment to Rugby Union by extending its sponsorship of Premiership Rugby Team Northampton Saints for a further 3 years
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| 2006 |
- Travis Perkins added 30 new branches to its network, a combination of acquisitions and brownfield sites
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| 2007 |
- Added another 25 branches, including 2 specialist timber businesses, Four Oaks Timber and Shires Timber, ending the year with 581 locations
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| 2008 |
- Launched 7 new branches in the first 5 weeks of the year
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