Behind almost every building site in the UK, from the pipes beneath the foundations to the chimney pots on the roof, there is a good chance STARK Building Materials UK( STARK UK) has played a part. As the UK arm of STARK Group, Europe’ s largest distributor of heavy building materials, STARK UK was formed through an acquisition from construction leader Saint-Gobain in 2023 and reported a turnover of just under € 2.5 billion in 2025, representing over 32 per cent of the wider group’ s performance. With 7000 employees across 500 branches and hubs, and a heritage stretching back to 1814 through its Northern Ireland business JP Corry, STARK UK is a business built on expansion but shaped by something else- something Chief Logistics Officer Ranald Forbes describes as a fundamental responsibility to help solve the challenges facing British and Northern Irish construction. Stocking tens of thousands of specialist building products and services for professional builders and tradespeople, STARK UK is best known through its core brand and household name, Jewson. However, this is only one of the businesses in its portfolio.“ Normans, based in Jersey, and JP Corry, based in Northern Ireland, offer similar solutions to Jewson on the mainland, but in the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland respectively. We also have Jewson Partnership Solutions( JPS), which supports social housing providers, Major Build Solutions( MBS), which distributes material solutions to major house builders through a set of regional distribution hubs, and Frazer, which provides specialist civils infrastructure products and services to utilities customers, such as water boards.” Dry lining product manufacturer Minster, and specialist timber provider International Timber, are also trusted partners.