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On 31 January 2013, B&Q Ireland Ltd filed for examinership in the Irish courts and PWC Ireland was appointed examiner, [43] though shops continued to trade while alternative financing arrangements were made. [44] B&Q Ireland had been making a loss since two years before, although the shops in the United Kingdom continued to stay in profit. [45]
This deal eventually made Focus Group the UK's second largest home improvement retailer, behind B&Q. [7] 36 Focus stores were rebranded to Focus DIY, growing Wickes from 131 stores in October 2000 to 172 in March 2004. [8] In December 2004, Focus Group sold Wickes to Travis Perkins. [9] The sale was completed in February 2005. [10]
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.
B&Q - DIY home improvement; United Kingdom Babies "R" Us - baby clothes, care products, furniture, toys (Defunct) Barnes & Noble - books, music, videos, magazines
In 1982 the English subsidiary Woolworths Ltd including B&Q was acquired by Paternoster which became Kingfisher plc and remains the owner of B&Q. In 2022 its revenue was £3.8 billion, with a net income of £603 million. Babcock International Group plc — is a defence and engineering company headquartered in London.
In the Republic of Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. [1] As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, [2] [1] with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned.
Laury had worked at Kingfisher for eleven years, including roles at B&Q. [20] [21] In June 2017, Andy Cosslett succeeded Daniel Bernard as chairman. [22] [23] In March 2019, it was announced that Laury would be leaving the business at a date to be announced, following the failure of her "One Kingfisher" plan, and a 52.8% collapse in pre tax ...
The company planned to use that store as a test model prior to fine-tuning and expanding in that region. In April 2017, they bought a former B&Q store in Folkestone to be the fifth Bunnings store in the UK. [47] On 25 May 2018, after mounting losses, Wesfarmers sold the UK and Ireland Bunnings/Homebase operation to Hilco for a nominal sum of £ ...