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MJ Stevens Ltd have bought P Besnard Drylining and Plastering, an extremely well estabished Drylining and Plastering business in North Devon. Besnard’s coming with a strong order book, fantastic reputation and vast labour force. ‘This will further strengthen our position in North Devon and continue to provide a great service to many house builders and contractors in the area, an acquisition I am very proud of’ said Managing Director, Louis Greenaway.

The hand over is fully operational allowing Peter Besnard to get his golf clubs out and start enjoying his retirement. Jason the supervisor for the area joins MJ Stevens and takes over the exisiting sites in the area. Currently working for Bovis, Barratt, Chichester, Elan, Halsall, Pearce and Wain amongst many others in the area.

We look forward to continue the growth in the area and make further additions to our other trades in North Devon.

Taylor Wimpey Exeter have awarded MJ Stevens the drylining contract at Wadbridge, an exciting new development with years of work. If you are CSCS Carded and wanting to work in this location please fill out your details on the contact us page.

2017 brings more expanstion for MJ Stevens, winning a second contract in the ever-popular town of Ottery St Mary, this time it is with Halsall. We are delighted to win our third site with Halsall, currently working at Roundswell – Barnstaple and Bovey Tracey.

Halsall are making big inroads in the South West and MJ Stevens are delighted to be partnering them on sites in the area.

MJ Stevens have just been awarded and Multi-trade, Multi-site contract from Persimmon Homes at the ever-growing and popular Cranbrook development and a brand new site at Ivybridge. If you are interested on working on these sites with us please fill out your details on the contact us page.

MJ Stevens are recruiting a new Customer Care Administrator. The role will involve speaking with our clients, booking in repair and maintenace work with customers in new-build homes and arranging the diary’s of our operatives. This will require excellent organisational skills, profession telephone and email manner including a competant use of Microsoft Excel and Word.

To apply, please send your CV and Covering letter to;

MJ Stevens Ltd
Clyst Works
Clyst Road
Topsham
Exeter
EX3 0DB

On a cold November evening Halsall took on MJ Stevens at Go Karing at Exeter’s Raceworld, A great evening was had by all who attended.

MJ Stevens are recruiting across all disciplines. With the lead up to Christmas already upon us, we are seeing a vast increase in work on sites from Bristol to Cornwall.

We are looking for;
Timber Framers
Carpenters, – 1st Fix, 2nd Fix and Finals
Dryliners –  Screw Boarders, Dot and Dabbers, Tape and Jointers, Renderers and Screeders
Painters –  Internal and External Painters
Tiler – Ceramic and Natural Stone Tilers

If you have a valid CSCS card and experince on new build developments please fill out your details on the contact us page.

On Friday 7th October we celebrated our 40th Year in Business. We held the celebration at Sandy Park, home of the Exeter Chiefs. The event was attended by over 200 staff, colleagues, clients, suppliers and friends of the business.

It was announced during the evening Mike Stevens would be retiring. Louis Greenaway, former Commercial Manager, will become the new Managing Director having bought the business in a MBO.

Both Mike and Louis talked fondly of the past 40 years and looked forward to the years to come. Both thanked staff, clients and suppliers for the support given to the business.

Linden Homes have awarded MJ Stevens’ drylining division with the next phase at their site in Okehampton. Meldon Fields offers a beautiful portfolio of spacious 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes, carefully designed to reflect the local architecture whilst complimenting the beautiful surroundings. Situated overlooking open countryside on the edge of Okehampton, Meldon Fields is firmly at the heart of rural Devon, yet only 25 miles from Exeter, making it the perfect location for first time buyers through to families looking to purchase their forever home.

If you would like to work with us on this development and hold a full CSCS Card please fill out your details on the contact us page of the website.

Bovey Castle hosted the 30th M J Stevens Golf Day on 9th September, with a day that started gloomy and with drizzle in the air during brunch, soon cleared when 36 golfers drove the buggies to the starting tees with a burst of sunshine for the shot-gun start.

A blowy but sunny day lead to some difficult and calculated golf with a few trick shots being played and some canny puts.

A fun and excellent day was had by all players and a fabulous eveing meal and drinks followed.

The team event was won by Golf Day regulars CG Fry and Sons. In the individual competition, The 30th Winner of the MJ Stevens Golf Day was Phil Coombes. Phil was delighted to have won the day on what he called a ‘fabulous course’ on a ‘most enjoyable day’. He was especially happy to be the last of the frontiers.