The Builders Merchants Federation has appointed Rachel Fryers, Director of Merritt & Fryers in Skipton, as a Board Advisor with effect from 1 April 2021.
The Builders Merchants Federation Ltd (BMF) is the only trade association that represents and protects the interests of builders’ merchants and suppliers to the building materials industry in the UK and Ireland. It represents 190,000 people in the building materials industry.
Richard Hill, BMF Chairman said: “We are delighted to welcome Rachel as a Board Advisor. She brings a wealth of valuable experience from the independent merchant sector that will help inform BMF activities as the construction industry steps up to help rebuild the post-COVID-19 economy.”
Rachel is motivated by a desire to help the building industry embrace environmentally sustainable practices and is recognised in the industry as a champion of workplace training and education.
Before taking her position in the family firm, Rachel spent almost 20 years as a landscape architect, gaining a breadth of experience within large multidisciplinary infrastructure and construction teams, delivering a wide range of projects from new towns to schools, hospitals and prisons. Since her return to Skipton, she has overseen the expansion of Merritt & Fryers, winning industry accolades at the Builders Merchants Awards and spearheading the recent acquisition of Barnoldswick firm Briggs & Duxbury.