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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 .
Toolstation was formed in February 2003 by Mark Goddard-Watts, one of the founding family members of Screwfix Direct. [3] In 2012 Goddard-Watts sold his shares to Travis Perkins plc. [4] [5] [6] A distribution centre in Middleton, Greater Manchester opened in August 2018. [7] In 2019 Toolstation opened their 400th store, in Balham. [8]
Screwfix Direct Ltd (trading as Screwfix) — is a company that operates a retail store chain, retail website, and mail order catalogue offering building trade tools, accessories, and hardware, DIY and home improvement products, and garden supplies. It is headquartered in Yeovil, Somerset. It was founded in 1979 by Jon Goddard-Watts as the ...
It has over 1,300 stores in nine countries, and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [7] Kingfisher is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. [8]
Nearby is a 3D map of 1940s Hemel. In 2008, an abstract stone sculpture by Timothy Shutter, entitled A Point for Reflection, was unveiled outside the Riverside Shopping Centre. [69] [70] A series of 33-feet-high blue steel arches, called the Phoenix Gateway, is located on the roundabout closest to the Hemel Hempstead junction of the M1 motorway.
What3words (stylized as what3words) is a proprietary geocode system designed to identify any location on the surface of Earth with a resolution of about 3 metres (9.8 ft). It is owned by What3words Limited, based in London, England.
Technically, the first Screwfix 'trade counter' in Yeovil was the old shop tacked on the side of the Houndstone warehouse. The shop was moved to the present site at Oxford Road (Pen Mill) in 2005 before the warehouse was demolished and was referred to thereafter as a Trade Counter. Perhaps someone could Wikify that info and edit the page ...
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