1797
- The Benjamin Ingram company is founded at 33 Beech Street, City of London, trading as joiners and carpenters
1800 - 1850
- Ingrams begins selling hardwoods to other joiners as the fashion for furniture timber moved from oak and elm to mahogany
1899
- Travis & Arnold formed as a partnership
1904
- Travis & Arnold moves to Northampton and opens a number of branches in the Midlands as a merchant of timber and other wood products
1964
- Travis & Arnold becomes a public company
1970
- Sandell, Smythe & Drayson merges with Ingram Perkins to form Sandell Perkins offering a wide product range to service the construction industry
- Travis & Arnold began more than a decade of substantial acquisitions including Brown & Son of Chelmsford, Ellis & Everard Building Supplies, and Kennedys
1986
- Sandell Perkins becomes a public company
1988
- Travis & Arnold and Sandell Perkins merge to become Travis Perkins plc
1994
- Travis Perkins plc acquires AAH
1996
- Travis Perkins plc acquires BMSS
1999
- Travis Perkins plc acquires Keyline Builders Merchants and Sharpe & Fisher
2001
- Travis Perkins plc opens its 500th branch in Preston
2002
- Travis Perkins plc acquires City Plumbing Supplies Limited and CCF
2003
- Acquisition of Jayhard and B&G reinforces the group's presence in the supply and distribution of plumbing and heating materials
- Further brownfield site openings sees Travis Perkins plc hit a new milestone of 700 branches nationwide
- Travis Perkins plc is awarded FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody Certification in recognition of the strong commitment shown by the group to using responsibly managed timber resources
- First national builders merchant to be awarded ISO 14001 environmental accreditation
- Voted Business of the Year at the Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards
2004
- Achieves Chain of Custody accreditation for all timber-supplying branches - more than any other national merchant
- Football legend Sir Bobby Robson opens the group's 750th branch in Newcastle, signalling a new milestone in the group's history
2005
- Travis Perkins plc acquires Wickes Home Improvement Group
- Group colleagues raise more than £327,000 for the group's two nominated charities, the NSPCC and Macmillan Cancer Relief - a new group record
- Awarded Hire & Rental Catalogue of the Year by HAE (Hire Association Europe) - the hire industry''s premier awards
2006
- An historic occasion for Travis Perkins plc, as it opens its 1,000th branch in Hatfield, Hertfordshire
- Travis Perkins plc wins the Company Driver Safety Award (Commercial vehicle category) at the prestigious Fleet Safety Forum Awards for Excellence
- The Travis Perkins plc launches a new brand, Benchmarx Kitchens and Joinery - a trade-only one stop shop for the small specialist joiner
- Travis Perkins plc becomes a patron of CRASH, the construction and property industry charity for the homeless
2007
- Travis Perkins plc opens its first dedicated Merchanting Park in Loanhead, Edinburgh featuring three of the Group’s businesses, Travis Perkins, CCF and City Plumbing Supplies.
- CCF acquires SLBM Systems.
2008
- Travis Perkins opens its 600th branch in Epsom, Surrey.
- City Plumbing Supplies opens its first Renewable Energy Centre in Bournemouth.
- Tile Giant acquires the 17 branches of Tile Magic and the 16 branches of Tile It All UK Limited.
- Travis Perkins plc invests in mybuilder.com – a website designed to help consumers find suitable tradesmen for their project.
- Second dedicated eco–centre opens at Travis Perkins in Leamington Spa demonstrating the increasing range of renewable energy products.
- Wickes is voted Britain’s favourite place to shop for DIY (Verdict survey).
- Travis Perkins plc opens its first store in Ireland, a Wickes store in Limerick with partners Moritz.
2009
- Wickes is voted Britain’s favourite place to shop for DIY for the second year running (Verdict survey). Subscribers to Which? magazine also vote Wickes as the top DIY retailer.
- CCF is voted the best overall supplier by trade members of the FDPC (Federation of Plastering and Drywall Contractors).
- British consumers rank Travis Perkins 14th in the top 50 companies by reputation (Global Reputation Pulse Study 2009 by the Reputation Institute).
- Launched successful Rights Issue.