Our promise is to be our customers’ No.1 choice by offering all the products, parts and specialist services they need. Welcome to the Wolseley Group Wolseley Group is a leading specialist provider of plumbing, heating, cooling, and utility products to trade customers. Trading under a number of leading brands, we have around 650 branches nationally, three centres of excellence in the utilities space, support centres in Warwick and Ripon, and four distribution centres We're made up of a number of Business Units, and brands, each of which are specialists in their sectors. This means that we are one of the most complete specialist providers with the widest range of trade, direct, and contract customers in the UK and Ireland. Helping our customers do more In each of the sectors we supply, we act as a trusted partner, providing a range of enhanced services and expertise to help customers to win more work, trade more efficiently and ultimately be more profitable. Customers benefit from the skills, knowledge and expertise of our people, the range of complimentary products and service offerings, its scale, its bespoke logistics network and a market leading digital suite of services. Our values Safety, Health & Wellbeing We put each other's safety, health, and wellbeing first. Exceptional Service We deliver exceptional service to our customers. Nurturing Potential We nurture each other's extraordinary potential. Fairness & Respect We treat each other with fairness and respect. Positive Impact We have a positive impact on global and local communities. A brief history of Wolseley 1887 Frederick York Wolseley launches the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company. 1899 The first Wolseley horseless carriage goes on sale in the UK at £120. 1901 Wolseley sells its car and machine tool business to Morris Motors, BMC, British Leyland and Rover Group. 1958 Wolseley merges with Geo H Hughes. 1960 Wolseley acquires a number of UK heating companies. 1974 Sales hit £27 million. 1979 The group repositions to focus solely on distribution. 1982 Wolseley acquires US firm Ferguson Enterprises Inc. 1986 Sales reach £739 million. 2017 Wolseley plc changes its name to Ferguson plc. 2021 Wolseley UK sold to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice LLC (CD&R). Wolseley UK acquires Jointing Technologies towards the end of the year. 2022 Wolseley Group acquires Bassetts, DHS, Neville Lumb, Ideal Bathrooms, and Cascade Pipeline. It also acquires Heat Merchants and Hevac Ltd in the Republic of Ireland. And a majority stake in C.P. Hart.