The co-founder of one of Hull’s largest businesses has been recognised in the inaugural King’s Birthday Honours.
David Kilburn’s service to the construction industry, and to charity, has seen him made a CBE in the first list of the new reign.
Together with close pal Peter Murray he founded MKM Building Supplies back in 1995, taking it from a single city unit and a small team to what is now a £818 million turnover operation with more than 100 builders’ merchants branches nationwide. Still headquartered in Hull, and having been subject to two buy-outs, the success gave him a platform to help influence other businesses, playing a crucial role in the formation of local mentor organisation For Entrepreneurs Only, itself royally recognised in recent years.
