Branching Out
MKM, one of the UK’s leading independent builders’ merchants, is celebrating 30 years of trading and predicting annual turnover in excess of £1bn. But what is now a successful business began with the founder’s mid-life crisis. David Taylor reports
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MKM, one of the UK’s leading independent builders’ merchants, is celebrating 30 years of trading and predicting annual turnover in excess of £1bn. But what is now a successful business began with the founder’s mid-life crisis. David Taylor reports
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