GE Robinson has announced its first acquisition in Yorkshire having recently completed the purchase of Craven Timber (Batley) Ltd, based in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire. GE Robinson, part of the Haldane Shiells Group, is one of the UK’s leading timber importers supplying timber to the trade since 1914; importing from locations across the globe to their sites in Salford and Walsall. Going forward the new business will trade as ‘Craven Timber’. Craven Timber is a well-respected and successful business which has grown since 1995 under the leadership of Ian Farmer and Patrick Bingham, both of whom will continue to work in…