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DIY retailer Wickes avoids post-pandemic slowdown

Business has benefitting from sustained DIY interest and bursting trade order books

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Advance Auto Parts Stock Slips After Q1 Results

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP) reported first-quarter net sales growth of 1.3% year-over-year to $3.37 billion, missing the consensus of $3.38 billion.

Benzinga · May 23, 2022

High Street fears mount as B&Q reveals DIY sales slump

FRESH fears for the high street emerged today when Kingfisher reported a slump in sales that could indicate the lockdown DIY boom is over.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2022

RTE DIY SOS leaves fans 'emotional wrecks' as Baz Ashmawy and crew help out young family

Glen and Jen Parsons live with their two boys Ryan and Josh in the small village, with Jen, Ryan and Josh all requiring additional needs.

Irish Mirror · Apr 18, 2022

RTE DIY SOS viewers left 'blubbering' as Baz Ashmawy helps build Klikenny property for MND sufferer

Baz and his army of volunteers and designers got to work on the land - giving themselves a mammoth task of a new-build in the space of nine days.

Irish Mirror · Apr 4, 2022

Shaun Keaveny’s journey from the BBC to DIY radio: ‘It’s been a huge liberation’

Once a leading light at the BBC with his much-loved 6 Music show, Shaun Keaveny is now presenting from a cramped studio to a much smaller audience. But he wouldn’t have it any other way…

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Stunning DIY mouldy caravan makeover pulled off by couple in £7,000 project

The couple says their DIY project cost a third of what professionals would have charged.

Daily Record · Mar 23, 2022

Ofgem may be busy, but it must address Martin Lewis’s points

If the consumer champion is right, it seems many of the energy companies are trying it on

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022