WIGAN: IKO continues to invest and has appointed two new employees for its retail/merchant divisions.

Tony Doel has joined as national accounts manager.Mr Doel has had a successful career managing National Groups, major Merchant Groups, Buying Consortia and Buying Societies.

He has over 30 years in the builders merchant and DIY industries. His career began at Reckitt & Colman, Crown Paints, Mira Showers, Cementone Beaver, Evo-stick (Bostick) and Feb (BASF).

Paul Clayton joins as business manager for builders merchants within the Midlands area. Mr Clayton  has a wide range of experience in his career so far, starting as a management trainee in the merchant sector, to being business manager for companies within the wider construction industry.

Paul began his career with Travis Perkins, before moving to PD Edenhall (concrete products), Birtley Building Products (steel & GRP) , Brett Landscaping (CBP & garden) and M. Marcus (architectural hardware).