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Number 1 in the UK for home and garden improvement.
Visit B&Q's online store for all your home and garden needs. B&Q customer favourites include kitchens, bathrooms, laminate flooring, bedroom furniture, fires and heaters, designer radiators, coving and dado, indoor lighting appliances, doors, garage doors, showers, power tools, garden power, sheds and buildings. Features extensive DIY advice section, planning, room ideas, design service, calculators, quick order form, brochure request and store finder.
About B&Q
B&Q is the number one DIY retailer in Europe and the third largest in the world, with more than 65 stores opened internationally, including B&Q Yangpu, in Shanghai, China, which is now the largest B&Q store in the world.
B&Q has been in the DIY business for more than 30 years and is the UK's most successful and innovative home improvement retailer. B&Q employs over 35,000 people in over 320 UK stores.
B&Q operates two different kinds of stores - the larger B&Q Warehouses which cater for the needs of the keen DIY'er and trade with their wide range of products and staff expertise, and B&Q Supercentres which are convenient for most people to pop into for their everyday needs
B&Q Beginnings
Founded in 1969, B&Q has grown over the years to become the UK's leading DIY retailer. When Richard Block and David Quayle founded the first B&Q store in Southampton in March 1969, they had little idea they were starting a business that was to become the UK's first national and most successful and innovative DIY retailer. In the 1960s DIY was a hobby of the few. Professional building supplies were mainly found at builder's merchants and the service in these large stores could be intimidating to the average DIY'er. Block and Quayle wanted to bring value, longer opening hours and a broader product range to everyone, so they opened the first B&Q store in Portswood Road, Southampton, Hampshire. Although initially called Block and Quayle, the name was soon shortened to B&Q.
B&Q Today
B&Q have a Social Responsibility programme which is all about the environment, diversity, ethical issues and the community. With a store in virtually every town or city in the UK, B&Q is an integral part of hundreds of communities throughout the country. They have an important role to play in contributing to more sustainable communities for people to live and work in.
One of the ways B&Q aim to make a difference in the community is their You Can Do It Community Awards Scheme. Find out how they help local charity and community organisations. Enter the B&Q website.