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B&Q and Screwfix owner hails ‘rapid progress’ as profits jump

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Wickes to create more than 2,000 jobs under aims to expand to 300 stores

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Which high street brands closed stores in 2025?

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B&Q firm Kingfisher lifts profit target despite ‘softer’ UK market

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B&Q owner lifts targets as sales boosted by weather and Homebase closures

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Competition intensifies to buy UK supermarket stores despite uncertainty

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B&Q owner Kingfisher’s profit slides as ‘big-ticket’ spending remains squeezed

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Wickes profits slide after weak demand for big-ticket home improvements

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Select Fashion on verge of collapse as it shuts UK stores – reports

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Homebase shop closures: Full list of 33 stores closing this month

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Fall in company collapses last year but experts warn of ongoing ‘headwinds’

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B&Q to convert five Homebase stores after £2.5m deal

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More than 13,000 high street shops closed in 2024

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Almost 170,000 retail jobs axed in 2024 amid pain on high street

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Restructurings could rise next year as Budget cost rises loom, warn experts

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UK retailers on brink of collapse surges by a quarter, report warns

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Homebase’s £5m tax rebate delay revealed as 74 stores go up for sale

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Homebase bought out of administration securing up to 1,600 jobs

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Homebase ‘set for administration’ with thousands of jobs at risk

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First look at new Big Brother house and garden ahead of series launch

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Sainsbury’s to buy 10 Homebase stores to convert into supermarkets

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William ‘wants to bring England team’s self-belief to homelessness project’

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William to say rough sleeping ‘can be ended’ in homelessness project speech

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William hopes to ‘ease pressure’ on councils tackling homelessness

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Husband murdered wife after she began new relationship, court told

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Fintech firm Mode backtracks after Boots and Ocado deny partnership
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Mode tumbles as Ocado, Boots and Homebase deny bitcoin scheme

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JD Sports among worst online retailers for customer service, says Which?

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Homebase launches garden centres in Next stores
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