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Abingdon Store
By Ash
it was quite sad, like going into Woolworths when it was in it's final days, good luck to any staff members that have lost out due to the closure


By david hartley
B&Q COURSES [D.I.Y]for the ladies, where is the nearest to BS49 4LH

One rule for one and one rule for the other
By Rip Off FSC
It is the responsibility of the buyer to check that their suppliers certificates are current. This is easily done on the FSC website. Any other company would have had their ...

Feedback - It's What Customers Look at First
By Neil Bruce
Well, maybe they look at the feedback after they find the price, but typically every buyer will check the feedback ratings of an online supplier before committing their hard ...

JOHN LEWIS
By JOV1TUKE
WELL DONE... THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY ALL THE RETAILERS..

NEXT GREAT STEP FOR THIS MARKET LEADERS SHOULD BE TO SEE HOW FOOD WASTAGE AT WAITROSE COULD BE RE...

Worcester
By Chris
Excellent news to start 2012 with. Now Worcester are in bed with Enact & Tesco the true local installer is now finally encouraged to look and offer alternatives. Having been forc...

Again?
By Wonderstuff
Regardless of the content (invariably lazy rubbish when this is the headline) surely it's time for a moratorium on the phrase 'RIP DIY?' being used in any context? It turns ...

Great for the market
By Tom
I am a local installer. What great news for the stale market place. It's about time we had some assistance in making consumers aware of the importance of heating and saving energy c...

Worcester Boiler -Time to change!
By sam
You can even buy a Worcester boiler a German brand from B & Q no wonder the independent shops are suffering.....Support the British company's such as Ravenheat


By Adam Shore
Interesting article and good statistics used well. Did you get your data from insolvency practitioners?

low price guarantee
By mr purdy
low price guarantee in my experience is absolutly worthless they refuse to honour it with my local screwfix which is part of the same group & within 1 mile of each other. usele...


By Simon of Aylesbury
WELL! Another blow to an already fragile market. My wife and I thought the Homestore offered a uniqe range of goods and bought loads of stuff from there. It was quite...

Pricing
By Alan Collins
If like me, you are a one man band, you do not get great discounts from your wholesalers. I am an electrician and if I were to walk into TP then I would pay probably at lea...

B & Q multicompost
By Gill
Bought three bags of this on offer last year and it was the worse I have ever bought. Full of twigs and rubbish. The plants I repotted will need redoing because of its poor quali...

Closing of Cambridge HomeStore and More
By Denise Nisbet
I'm deeply sorry and upset with the news. I could not believe it. It has not been long since the upstairs had been opened increasing the impressive range of goods at fair ...

Sad day
By Wai
As a Bosch installer I feel this is a stab in the back to a company I have pushed for 18 years maybe the straw that breaks this camels back

Surprised to hear
By Gasboiler-BUYability.co.uk
I am surprised to hear DIY and hardware stores were the hardest hit last year as normally in economic downturns people stay in and do DIY to increase the valu...

Avocet Insolvency
By A.Mason
Im sorry to hear of another British Co. having difficulties, however was the move away from supplying the independent trade a several years back a case of putting all the compan...

Closing of stores
By Paul Oxford
Such a shame a great shop and the cheapest retailer ive found anywhere (including online) of Yankee Jar Candles

1986
By chris
there was a great team then cal mike etc sorry to here the news gl all


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