The Pallet LOOP has announced the promotion of Andy Williamson to Managing Director, from his previous role as Commercial Director.
Andy joined The Pallet LOOP, the circular economy pallet provider for the UK construction sector, in February 2024.
Prior to joining the business, Andy has held a number of construction industry leadership roles, including as Commercial Director at SIG PLC and Group Managing Director of IKO Group.
Andy said: “I am incredibly excited to step into the Managing Director role at such a pivotal time for The Pallet LOOP. After 12 months in operational mode, and with four material manufacturers now on board, this next phase will see us deepen partnerships across the industry and scale our innovative reuse model to ensure the collection of green LOOP pallets becomes the norm.”
Paul Lewis, Founder and CEO of The Pallet LOOP, said: “Andy’s knowledge of the construction industry and his commercial acumen will help lead The Pallet LOOP into its next chapter. The focus now is on driving widespread adoption across UK construction and maximising pallet returns to close the loop on avoidable timber waste, at every stage of the building materials supply chain.”
The Pallet LOOP is now moving building materials for British Gypsum, Isover, Wienerberger and Superglass. The business operates a PayBack model on its pallets that rewards registered returners – typically principal contractors, builders’ merchants, and large housebuilding companies – with up to £4 for every green LOOP pallet collected. Pallets are returned to collection hubs nationwide, before being checked and put back into the supply chain. The process then starts again.
The Pallet LOOP is part of BSW Group and Binderholz. In mainland UK, The Pallet LOOP works in close cooperation with Scott Pallets on the manufacture, distribution and collection of its pallets – as well as other third-party logistics providers. In Ireland, The Pallet LOOP works with CJ Sheeran.
