We supply wooden plantation shutters to B&Q and I can say nothing but positive things about them as a company. For such a large company that can be tough to turn and move quickly, they do in my humble a opinion, a very good job.

Mark Carter
Directly
www.californiashutters.co.uk

B&Q are the holy grail for suppliers like me. I own a UK company (14 people) producing excellent quality diamond drills and holesaws for very hard tiles. We would love to have the chance to supply B&Q but many people have warned us off this path citing the fact the B&Q system of penalties and fines and rebates is harsh. We have a distributor in place that can soften the blow but it does seem B&Q have aggressive targets for suppliers. Reading this post the first thing I thought is (just like the post above) any price saving would be passed down the chain. But I'm probably listening to hearsay and gossip from people who dont have a product in B&Q. Here's a direct message to Euan Sutherland. Would you be willing to deal with a company based in the UK employing British employees in Sheffield. Could a small supplier like us compete to supply B&Q? Or would the system kill us? There's a challenge!

What do you want to bet it is the supplier who will pay! Not B & Q for sure!!!!