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B&Q Limited (short for Block & Quayle after the company's two founders) is a British multinational DIY and home improvement retailing company, with headquarters in Eastleigh, England. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc .
Kingfisher plc – is a multinational retail company with subsidiaries including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. It was established in 1982 as Paternoster Stores in order to buyout the British Woolworths chain after which it became Woolworth Holdings. Its acquisition of Woolworths Ltd included B&Q.
The company was led by Gerry Murphy from December 2002 to November 2007. [18] In January 2008, Kingfisher appointed Ian Cheshire as group chief executive. [18] Cheshire was formerly B&Q's chief executive; his B&Q role was taken over in April 2009, by Euan Sutherland, who also headed up the United Kingdom division of Kingfisher. [19]