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Homebase benefitted from consumers opting to undertake DIY projects while stuck at home during national lockdowns

Pandemic DIY boom boosts Homebase's Irish profits

Customers "falling back in love with their homes and gardens" during the pandemic contributed to pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of Homebase last year almost doubling to €8.09m.

Business • 01 Dec 21

The company expects the Digital Hub store to fulfil over 80% of diy.ie orders

Brick & Clicks: B&Q launches diy.ie

B&Q has launched diy.ie, its first fully transactional website in Ireland which offers home delivery and click & collect services nationwide.

Business • 08 Nov 21

The Woodie's DIY, Home and Garden business experienced 'exceptional growth' for the four months to the end of October

Grafton Group raises full year guidance

The owner of the Woodie's DIY, Home and Garden business said the chain experienced "exceptional growth" for the four months to the end of October due to very high demand for home maintenance and improvement products.

Business • 12 Nov 20

Kingfisher's like-for-like sales moved from being down 74% in the first week of April to over 25% up since the second week of May

Kingfisher's sales jump 22% as stores reopen

Home improvement group Kingfisher said its underlying sales jumped 21.8% year-on-year in its second quarter to June 13 as its European stores emerged from coronavirus lockdowns, encouraging people to take on do-it-yourself projects.

Business • 17 Jun 20

Normality returns slowly as DIY stores set to open

From tomorrow, normality moves one step closer. Never will we have been happier to ramble through the garden centre or hardware store.

Coronavirus • 17 May 20

Grafton Group CEO Gavin Slark said the company's Irish businesses should benefit from favourable trading conditions

Grafton's group revenue up 9% so far this year

Grafton Group, the Irish headquartered builders merchant and DIY retailer, said that group revenue for the ten months to the end of October rose by 9.1% to £2.3 billion compared to the same time last year.

Business • 09 Nov 17

Grafton said that its revenue for the six months to the end of June was up over 13% to £1.23 billion

Grafton's H1 revenues up 13%, but Brexit a concern

Builders merchant and DIY retailer Grafton Group has noted "uncertainty about the near term outlook and prospects for the economy" in a trading statement published today.

Business • 12 Jul 16

Grafton's revenue for the first four months of the year up over 13% to £790m

Grafton revenues up 13%, seeing Brexit uncertainty

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton has reported a positive start to its trading year with group revenue for the first four months up 13.2% to £790m.

Business • 10 May 16

Grafton said that its merchanting operations - which accounts for over 90% of group revenue - performed strongly last year

Grafton's full year revenues rise by 6.3%

Builders merchanting and DIY group, Grafton, has announced a 6.3% increase in group revenue in its preliminary results for 2015.

Business • 12 Jan 16

Kingfisher Q3 profit falls on soft French market

Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvement retailer, missed forecasts with a 6.6% fall in third-quarter profit.

Business • 24 Nov 15

Grafton Group issues interim management statement

Grafton cuts full year operating profits forecast

Grafton is reducing its full year expectations for operating profit by 3-4% due to the competitive market and ongoing weakness in its operations in Belgium.

Business • 12 Nov 15

Kingfisher's group like-for-like sales rose by 2%

Kingfisher's H1 profits dip due to forex movements

Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvements retailer, said it could open 200 more of its strongly performing British Screwfix stores.

Business • 15 Sep 15

A pick up in building activity in Britain and Ireland has boosted Grafton Group's revenues

Grafton Group sees profits jump by 31%

Builders merchant Grafton Group has reported a £47m rise in its profit after tax for the first half of the year, up 31% on the same period of 2014.

Business • 27 Aug 15

Grafton Group issues interim management statement today

Irish and UK recovery boosting Grafton Group

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton has said its group revenue for the first four months rose by 6.5% to £698m on the same time last year.

Business • 12 May 15

Kingfisher operates B&Q in Ireland and Britain, and owns French brands Castorama and Brico Dépôt

Kingfisher acquisition of French rival collapses

Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvement retailer, has said its proposed €275m purchase of smaller French rival Mr Bricolage had collapsed.

Business • 30 Mar 15

Grafton boosted from economic recovery and a pick-up in building activity in both Ireland and the UK.

Grafton boosted by Irish and UK recoveries

Builders merchant and DIY retailer Grafton Group said it made a pre-tax profit of £101m on revenues of £2.1 billion for last year.

Business • 10 Mar 15

Grafton's revenue for the ten months to October rose by 10.1% to £1.76 billion

Grafton's trading conditions remain 'favourable'

Grafton has said that trading conditions remained "favourable" in the four months to the end of October on the back of increased demand in Ireland and the UK.

Business • 13 Nov 14

Economic improvements in both Britain and Ireland helped push profits higher at the building supply firm

Grafton Group sees sharp rise in H1 profit

Building and DIY materials specialist Grafton Group has announced an 88% rise in pre-tax profit in the first six months of the year, with the company earning £45.9m during the period.

Business • 27 Aug 14

Grafton issues interim management statement today

Grafton trading boosted by recovering economies

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton has said that its overall trading conditions were favourable in the six months to June.

Business • 10 Jul 14

Grafton says that demand in its main markets has generally improved

Grafton reports positive start to 2014

Grafton Group, the builders merchant and DIY retailer, has said that group revenue for the four months to the end of April increased by 13.5% to £654m.

Business • 09 May 14

Early indications that new housing market had returned to modest growth after six years of contraction, Grafton says

Grafton performance boosted by improved economy

Grafton Group has reported improved economic conditions both in Ireland and in the UK.

Business • 09 Jan 14

Kingfisher records 11.4% fall in annual profit

Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvements retailer, has seen a 11.4% fall in annual profit that reflected unfavourable foreign exchange movements, weak economies and unhelpful weather.

Business • 26 Mar 13

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