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2. B&Q - Wikipedia

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   B&Q Limited. 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. It was founded in March 1969 by Richard Block and David Quayle.

3. Payless DIY - Wikipedia

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   The High Street shops were gradually closed. In 1985, Marley decided to concentrate on their manufacturing businesses and sold Payless DIY to the Ward White Group. Ward White which also owned Halfords, injected extra funds for expansion and left the existing board in place. Ted Lansdowne M.D. who had started as a sales assistant in the ...

4. David Quayle - Wikipedia

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   Quayle was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire and went to school at Brighton College in 1950. He returned to the school to be a governor in the 1990s. [3] Quayle worked in the Marley Tile company in the 1960s and together with his brother-in-law Richard Block started the B&Q retail chain in 1969 in Southampton. Their idea of large warehouse-style DIY ...

5. Kingfisher plc - Wikipedia

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   Website. kingfisher.com. Kingfisher plc is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, England. [6] 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]

6. Focus DIY - Wikipedia

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   Focus DIY, Rawtenstall, Rossendale (2012) Focus was a British do-it-yourself and home improvement retailer, founded in 1987. By its peak in 2002, it was the second-largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom with 178 stores and over 3,000 employees, behind B&Q. [1] However, Focus would be overtaken by Homebase and Wickes in the mid ...

7. Great Mills (DIY) - Wikipedia

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   DIY Tools. Paint & decor. Outdoor living. Gardening. Parent. RMC Group plc (1979–2000) Great Mills was a large DIY chain, consisting of around 98 stores across the United Kingdom. The business was bought by Focus DIY in December 2000 for £285m, which in turn entered administration in May 2011, with all stores closing by the end of July 2011 ...