Monday, July 21, 2025
The Pallet LOOP, a leading circular economy pallet provider for the UK construction sector, has announced the promotion of Andy Williamson to Managing Director. Williamson, who previously held the role of Commercial Director at The Pallet LOOP (a part of BSW Group), will now take on this new leadership position.
Andy joined The Pallet LOOP in February 2024, initially serving as a Non-Executive Director. After six months, he was appointed Director of Business Development, tasked with encouraging more material manufacturers to adopt The Pallet LOOP’s reusable, eco-friendly pallets. He was later promoted to Commercial Director in November 2024. Prior to joining The Pallet LOOP, Andy served as Commercial Director at SIG PLC and held senior leadership roles, including Group Managing Director of IKO Group and board-level positions in a range of construction trade associations.
Commenting on his appointment, Andy said: “I am incredibly excited to step into the Managing Director role at such a pivotal time for The Pallet LOOP. After twelve 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. Over the last five years, the team has worked exceptionally hard to bring LOOP to market and demonstrate the environmental and financial value of our approach. 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 transporting building materials for companies such as British Gypsum, Isover, Wienerberger, and Superglass. The business utilizes a PayBack model for its pallets, offering registered returners—typically principal contractors, builders’ merchants, and large housebuilding companies—up to £4 for each green LOOP pallet returned. These pallets are collected at hubs nationwide, inspected, and then reintroduced into the supply chain, continuing the cycle.
About Pallet Loop
The Pallet Loop is a team of eco-innovators. Challenging the status quo, they have repositioned the humble construction industry pallet as a valuable reusable packaging solution that can be used again and again. Their vision is simple. Pallet Loop sees a future with no pallet waste. A future where discarded pallets are a thing of the past, and every pallet is circulated and collected for reuse, multiple times.
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