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Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
Its main retail brands are B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [28] The companies now part of the Kingfisher group are: B&Q; operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland; Brico Dépôt; in France, Spain, Portugal and Romania; Castorama; in France and Poland; Koçtaş; 50% joint venture in Turkey; Screwfix; in the United Kingdom and Ireland
B&Q was founded in March 1969 in Southampton, England, by Richard Block and David Quayle, following the purchase and fitting out of a former furniture warehouse in the Southampton suburb of Portswood. [4]
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A location in Edinburgh, Scotland was chosen to be the first Big W location. Construction started in September 1998, with the large 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2 ) store opened in June 1999, proving to be a massive success for the Kingfisher Group as it attracted 30,000 shoppers in its first three days.