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Retail & leisure

Retail & leisure fit-outs

Drylining, suspended ceilings, tape & jointing and fire stopping for retail and leisure clients nationwide, including Matalan, Sports Direct, Flannels, Metro Bank, Loungers, Creature Comforts and many more. Three recent jobs are shown below: Matalan stores across the country, an Everlast Gyms unit in Birmingham (in progress) and a Creature Comforts store in Beaconsfield.

SectorRetail & leisure
LocationNationwide
ScopeDrylining, Suspended ceilings, Tape & jointing, Fire stopping

Matalan – national retail programme

LocationClacton-on-Sea, Hull, Beckton (London) and other stores
Year2026

The brief

Drylining, suspended ceilings, tape & jointing and fire stopping packages across multiple Matalan stores, including Clacton-on-Sea, Hull and Beckton in London.

What we did

At each store our teams installed the drylining and suspended ceilings, completed the tape & jointing ready for decoration, and carried out the fire stopping.

The result

Stores finished taped and jointed, ready for decoration – a quick turnaround, handed over on time.

Everlast Gyms, Birmingham

LocationBirmingham
Year2026 – ongoing

The brief

Drylining, suspended ceilings, tape & jointing and fire stopping for an Everlast Gyms unit in Birmingham.

What we did

We are building the drylining partitions – the teal-boarded walls shown here – installing the suspended ceilings, and carrying out the tape & jointing and fire stopping.

The result

Works currently in progress, with the project still on site.

Creature Comforts, Beaconsfield

LocationBeaconsfield
Year2025

The brief

Drylining, suspended ceilings, tape & jointing and fire stopping for a retail fit-out in Beaconsfield.

What we did

We carried out the drylining – including the formed arches and built-in shelving recesses – installed the suspended ceilings, completed the tape & jointing ready for decoration, and installed the fire stopping.

The result

Walls, arches and recesses finished taped and jointed, ready for decoration – a quick turnaround, handed over on time.

Gallery

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Matalan – Clacton-on-Sea

Board walls going up above the blockwork
Board walls going up above the blockwork
New partitions forming the back-of-house rooms
New partitions forming the back-of-house rooms
Tape and jointing complete, ready for decoration
Tape and jointing complete, ready for decoration
Jointed walls ready for the decorators
Jointed walls ready for the decorators

Matalan – Hull

Drylining and tape & jointing, with a door opening formed
Drylining and tape & jointing, with a door opening formed
Long run of boarded partition wall
Long run of boarded partition wall
Drylining and tape & jointing to the room walls
Drylining and tape & jointing to the room walls
Boarding beneath the mezzanine
Boarding beneath the mezzanine

Matalan – Beckton, London

Partitions on the mezzanine level
Partitions on the mezzanine level
Mezzanine partitions taking shape
Mezzanine partitions taking shape
Pink fire-rated board on the mezzanine
Pink fire-rated board on the mezzanine

Everlast Gyms, Birmingham

Partitions going up
Partitions going up
Drylining and tape & jointing under way, with the suspended ceiling grid going in
Drylining and tape & jointing under way, with the suspended ceiling grid going in
Taped and jointed partitions
Taped and jointed partitions
The unit during fit-out
The unit during fit-out

Creature Comforts, Beaconsfield

Taped drylining with formed arches and built-in shelving
Taped drylining with formed arches and built-in shelving
All projectsNext: The Ivy, Stratford-upon-Avon
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