Agile, entrepreneurial and passionate are the hallmarks of many great companies, like Lords Group Trading. A rapidly expanding, UK specialist builders merchant and heating/plumbing distributor.
In this top quality interview, CEO Shanker Patel takes me through:
Lords’ USPs vs rivals. Start
Key synergies (re cost, x-selling, etc) across the 2 divisions. 03:15
Plans to improve profit margins. 06:10
Current state of end markets, with associated growth drivers. 07:50
How Lords is managing the industry’s well publicised input cost inflation. 12:50
Next day delivery & order tracking solutions. 18:05
Are supply chain pressures easing? 20:50
M&A strategy. 22:05
Multi-brand approach. 27:05
Current trading. 33:25
How big could Lords ultimately become? 34:45
Indicative valuation. 37:20
Future possible newsflow. 38:05
Q&A with Lords Group Trading CEO, Shanker Patel
Apr 8, 2022Disclaimer & Declaration of Interest
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