The History of B&Q

s.b.f —

1969 - B&Q was founded by Richard Block and David Quayle and the first store opened in Portswood, Southampton.

1995 - First 'true' B&Q Warehouse opened in Aberdeen.

2001 - www.diy.com, B&Q's transactional website launched. Largest B&Q store worldwide opened in Shanghai, China, on the traditionally lucky date for the Chinese - the eighth day of the eighth month. The Yangpu store was B&Q's third store in Shanghai and fourth in China.

2004 - B&Q announced a four-year partnership (until 31 December 2008) with the British Olympic Association to sponsor Team GB to the Turin Winter and Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

2005 - B&Q sponsored Ellen MacArthur to become the fastest solo sailor non-stop around the world.

2009 - B&Q begins one year sponsorship of 4homes, Channel 4's property strand including established programmes Grand Designs, Property Ladder, Location Location Location and Relocation Relocation. B&Q opened its most eco store in New Malden, London.

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/corporate/content/about/history.jsp

s.b.f — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 16:36

[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]can i ask why u blogged this? :S[/quote]

Of course you can ask. 🙂

I found it genuinely an interesting read.

Did you too?

LookingToSee — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 16:40

my eyes have gone B&Q shaped like that --> B&Q_B&Q

i need to go B&Q, i'd like to have known the history of Asda or Tesco better =D

s.b.f — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 16:45

[quote=You]What interested you and why?[/quote]

Someone had an interview there.

She asked if I knew about the history.

I looked it up.

And I ended up reading about it.

And thought: wow.

I am going to make a blog.

Anyway, today's thought of the day: Why would you get someone else to wipe your face for you when you have your own capable working hands in front of you?

LookingToSee — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 16:51

[quote=s.b.f]Anyway, today's thought of the day: Why would you get someone else to wipe your face for you when you have your own capable working hands in front of you?[/quote]

YES! you're better served by yourself, they might not clean your feet the way you like it, or they might miss a spot, you never know!

s.b.f — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 21:38

[quote=Exception][quote=You]I keep reading it as BBQ[/quote]

lol wierdly enough so do i :S confusism[/quote]

And there was me imagining this whole deep conversation on B&Q.

But not to be.

Everyone wants to discuss BBQ.

three letters — Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 12:10

So it's a store...hm..

I find this sentence weird:

The environment and ethical behaviour is
important to us. It always has been and
we know it is important to you. B&Q

Oh okay, so the working lady won't throw at me a cushion, even after annoying her.

But seriously, they've a really good website and a neat history..