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Grafton's portfolio of brands includes Chadwicks and Woodie's in Ireland

Grafton Group begins £100m share buyback programme

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton Group has today started a share buyback programme worth up to £100m.

Grafton said the performance at its Chadwicks business was exceptionally strong despite building materials price inflation

Grafton Group's Q1 revenue grows by 17.5%

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton Group said it had made a positive start to the year with total revenue up by 17.5% on a constant currency basis and average daily like-for-like revenue growth of 7.2%.

Business • 28 Apr 22

Grafton said its Chadwicks business saw the highest levels of activity since 2008 last year

Grafton reports record profits and revenues for 2021

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton Group has reported big jumps in both profits and revenues for 2021 as it saw a record contribution from its businesses in Ireland.

Business • 24 Feb 22

Grafton Group said the positive revenue growth trends reported for the four months to the end of October continued to the end of the year

Grafton Group's 2021 revenues rise by 25.7%

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton Group said that total revenue from continuing operations rose by 25.7% to £2.11 billion in 2021 from £1.68 billion in 2020 and by 28.4% from £1.64 billion in 2019.

Business • 12 Jan 22

Sitetech trades from two locations in Dublin and Cork and reported revenues of €16.9m in 2020

Grafton Group buys Sitetech Building Products

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton Group has agreed a deal to buy Sitetech Building Products, which distributes specialist construction accessories in Ireland.

Business • 22 Dec 21

Grafton said it saw strong trading momentum in its Chadwicks business after the phased reopening of the sector in April

Grafton Group expecting higher full year profits

Builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton Group said its group total revenue from continuing operations rose by 28.3% to £1.76 billion in the ten months to the end of October from £1.37 billion the same time in 2020 and by 27.1% from £1.39 billion in 2019.

Business • 09 Nov 21

Grafton has reported a record profit contribution from its Woodie's DIY, Home and Garden retail business here

Grafton Group posts record H1 operating profits

Shares in builders merchanting and DIY group Grafton rose today after it reported record operating profits and margins as well as record cash generation for the six months to the end of June.

Business • 25 Aug 21

Grafton said the strong revenue growth trends that developed in March and April were sustained in May and June led by Woodie's in Ireland and Selco in the UK

Grafton Group's half year revenues up 46%

Building materials supplier and DIY company Grafton Group said its group revenue for the six months to the end of June came in at £1.55 billion.

Business • 08 Jul 21

Grafton Group's chief executive Gavin Slark

Grafton to sell UK traditional merchanting business

Building materials distributor Grafton Group is to sell its traditional merchanting business in Britain to builder merchant Huws Gray for an enterprise value of £520m.

Business • 01 Jul 21

IKH is one of the largest workwear and personal protective equipment wholesalers and distributors in Finland

Grafton Group to buy PPE maker IKH in Finland for €199m

Building materials distributor Grafton Group has agreed a deal to buy workwear and personal protective equipment maker IKH in Finland for €199.3m.

Business • 22 Jun 21

Grafton Group said revenue from January to April 18 jumped by 32.9% to £846.8m

Grafton Group's revenues up 33% so far this year

Shares in building materials supplier and DIY company Grafton Group jumped today after it said that its revenue growth was ahead of expectations in March and April.

Business • 28 Apr 21

Grafton Group appoints Rothschild & Co to review some of its traditional merchanting businesses in the UK

Grafton to review six merchanting businesses in the UK

Building material distributor Grafton Group said today it has appointed Rothschild & Co to review some of its traditional merchanting businesses in Britain.

Business • 16 Apr 21

Grafton said its Woodie's DIY, Home and Garden business saw an 'exceptional performance' last year

Covid closures hit Grafton's 2020 profits, revenues

Grafton Group has reported a drop in profits and revenues for the year to the end of December but said today it is a "stronger, more resilient, more digitally and sustainability savvy business" than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 25 Feb 21

Grafton, which owns Chadwicks and Woodies, is to pay its second interim dividend next month

Grafton reinstates payment of second interim dividend

The owner of DIY and building retailers Woodies and Chadwicks has announced the reinstatement of its second interim dividend for 2019.

Business • 20 Jan 21

Grafton Group said demand was strongest in the Woodie's and Chadwicks businesses in Ireland and in Selco in the UK in the last two months of 2020

Grafton Group's revenues ahead of expectations

The owner of the Woodie's DIY, Home and Garden business said that trading in the two months to the end of December was ahead of expectations with group average daily like-for-like revenue up by 7.2% and total revenue ahead by 10.8% to £439.4m.

Business • 12 Jan 21

Grafton Group buys Dublin-based Proline

Grafton Group has agreed a deal to buy Proline Architectural Hardware, a Dublin-based distributor of architectural ironmongery products for doors.

Business • 22 Dec 20

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

Grafton Group has reported an 'exceptional performance' by Woodie's after 51 days of suspended trading

Grafton's H1 profits and revenues slump due to Covid-19

Building materials supplier and DIY company Grafton Group said its profit before tax for the six months to the end of June sank by 76% while its revenues dropped by 19% due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 27 Aug 20

Grafton's Woodie's business fully reopened on May 18 to a 'surge' in demand

Grafton says June trading more resilient than expected

The group behind DIY brands Woodies and Chadwicks has reported a drop of 19.4% in group revenue for the first six months of the year to £1.06 billion due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 09 Jul 20

Grafton Group said that group revenue fell by 26% to £810.9m in the five months to the end of May

Grafton's revenues sink 80% in April due to Covid-19

Building and DIY merchants Grafton Group has said that group revenue fell by 26% to £810.9m in the five months to the end of May from £1.09 billion the same time last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 11 Jun 20

Trading in the Woodie's DIY, Home and Garden business was suspended except for on-line sales in March

Grafton set to reopen many UK branches next week

Building materials supplier Grafton Group said today it planned to reopen many UK distribution branches on May 4 and was availing of government support for about 80% of its staff in Ireland and the UK.

Business • 29 Apr 20

Grafton's CEO and CFO request 20% cut due to Covid-19

Building and DIY merchants Grafton Group has said its chief executive Gavin Slark and chief financial officer David Arnold have voluntarily asked that their salaries and pension contributions be temporarily reduced by 20% with immediate effect.

Business • 08 Apr 20

Grafton saw evidence of stronger demand in Woodie's and a number of its distribution businesses due to forward buying

Grafton closes UK branches, suspends interim dividend

Building and DIY merchants Grafton Group has said it is closing all of its distribution branches and manufacturing plants in the UK for the next three weeks.

Business • 24 Mar 20

Grafton Group CEO Gavin Slark said the company was not immune to weakness in the UK economy

Grafton Group cautious on UK recovery

Operating profits at building and DIY merchants Grafton Group rose last year, despite softer trading in its UK business.

Business • 27 Feb 20

Grafton's recent trading better than expected

Builders merchant and DIY group Grafton has said that trading in November and December was better than anticipated.

Business • 14 Jan 20