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Leicester, Nottingham and Derby shop closures slowing

Sector partly helped by a bounce-back in businesses such as takeaways, convenience stores, DIY and pet stores

Birmingham Post · Mar 2, 2023

Scots couple turn old caravan into 'luxury hotel on wheels' for £3k by watching YouTube videos

Joanna Adamson, from Falkirk, says she shocked herself with her first-ever DIY project after previously being unable to use a screwdriver.

Daily Record · Mar 1, 2023

Post-punk legend Kate Fagan on her hipster-baiting classic: ‘Studio 54 was based on status and money’

As her catalogue is reissued, the Chicago club kid dishes on why Windy City’s DIY scene outshone NYC, and how she hit out against Reagan and hustled for the spotlight

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

How Martha Stewart reuses vodka bottles

Rather than staring at the vodka on her bar cart, the queen of DIY finds new ways to put those bottles to use

Salon · Jan 6, 2023

B&Q launch probe after sick tweet sent about death of three boys in frozen lake

The DIY giant was alerted to a tweet from an account which allegedly posted an offensive caption beneath a picture of the emergency operation at the scene

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

B&Q eyes up plans to open up to 50 more smaller stores on UK high streets

DIY retailer B&Q is opening two smaller B&Q Local stores in London next year, and if the mini stores are a hit with customers then there could be around 50 more too

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Sales boost for B&Q and Screwfix owner amid rush for energy-saving products

Kingfisher says sales of loft insulation roll more than double while smart thermostats rose by nearly a third

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

B&Q owner boosted by sales of energy saving products

Kingfisher said the DIY market also continued to do well as the trend for working from home continued

Birmingham Post · Nov 24, 2022

People are only just learning what the holes in the back of extension cords are for

One DIY lover left people gobsmacked after revealing the little-known use for the holes often found in the back of electric extension cords - and many can't wait to try out the trick

Daily Mirror · Nov 23, 2022

Energy saving: what can we learn from Delia Smith and ads of the past?

The UK government is reluctant to run ads on how to cut costs. We look back at past campaigns to see how they measure up

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022