Braid & Co

Braid & Co Braid & Co distributes products for a number of manufactures, based in Townsville North Queensland w Supply and distribution of products

23/12/2025

Well as we finish up for 2025 it also means the end for Braid & Co!

I have pretty mixed emotions closing a business that I have put my heart and soul into for just over 9 years.
It has been a tough year and while I know this is the right decision it doesn’t make it any easier.
I would like to to thank all of the suppliers that we have worked with over the years. Some products worked some didn’t, at the height we had 14 suppliers covering a big range of products, I’m proud to say we helped some of those suppliers grow their market share quite considerably. We covered an area from Cairns out to Mt Isa and all the way down to Maryborough. We supplied over 50 electrical wholesalers, servicing the mining, commercial and domestic markets.
We grew from 100sqm in Gurney st to almost 500 in Bayswater Road and then for the last 5 years 1200sqm in Fleming st.
We had up to six staff working on the Braid & Co side alone.

I would like to thank the customers that have supported us on this journey, a lot of you I consider good friends and will stay in touch. Not just the wholesalers but contractors as well. Without your support we wouldn’t have survived as long as we did.

To our staff over the years, thanks for the hours of hard work put in and the help over the years, we couldn’t have done it without you.
A couple of people that have helped us over the years that I need to mention. Mary Stevenson, without your support and friendship over the last 5 years we would have never gotten to where we did or survived as long as we have. Mimi Yuen, your help, advice and support is appreciated immensely. Lots of others that have helped over the last 9 years.

To my family well you know how much your support means to me.

While the Braid & Co side of the business is closing it’s not the end for us.
Townsville Office & Safety Supplies, Townsville Office Furniture and Cartridge World Townsville will continue to operate and grow.

Please remember to support all local family owned businesses, we are the lifeblood of the community and as a local family owned business we will continue to support our fellow small businesses owners and the local community as long as we exist.

Have a great Christmas, enjoy your break if you have one and we will see you all in 2025

Regards Peter.

05/10/2025

Forgot with everything going on that this week marked our ninth birthday for the Braid & Co side of our business. Still struggling with the fact it won’t make it to its 10th birthday but we will now put all our focus into our Townsville Office & Safety Supplies, Townsville Office Furniture and Cartridge World Townsville businesses. Thanks for everyone’s support over the past 9 years.

15/08/2025

You will be a sadly missed part of our team, a good mate and just an all around good bloke.
RIP mate….

05/08/2025

After 9 years of running Braid & Co , we have made the tough decision to close down this side of our business.

This will be a phased closure over a number of months so we can do the right thing by our current group of suppliers.

ECD will be moving over to Powerhouse Distribution at the end of August,

Williams Mining will also be moving over to Powerhouse Distribution, they will be moving over at the end of September.

PSA at this stage will be with us until the end of September, they have as yet not confirmed what their plans are moving forward but we will advise as soon as we know.

Air Additions will be with us for another few months and possibly up to the end of December while they look at their options moving forward.

The decision to close has not been easy but with the need to find and train another staff member along with the changing nature of the industry and decisions by suppliers to withdraw from the services of supplier’s agents over the last few years, we feel the time has come to close and concentrate on our other businesses.

Townsville Office & Safety Supplies, Townsville Office Furniture, Cartridge World Townsville and Budget Colour Copies will continue to trade and grow.

We would like to take this time to thank all of the suppliers but in particular the 4 above that have remained loyal while we faced a number of challenges over the last 12 months.

To all our customers, we would like to thank you for your support and friendship over the last 9 years and for me even longer. We won’t be gone completely and hope that we can continue to do business through our other entities

Address

27 Fleming Street, Aitkenvale
Townsville, QLD
4814

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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