Our Group AI Director, Mohsen Ghasempour, recently spoke to Google Cloud UK & Ireland about how we're leveraging data and AI to build customer-centric tools and solutions🛒 - from Spirit, our in-house personalisation recommendation engine, to Hello Casto, our AI powered virtual assistant.

This morning, we announced our Q1 results, showing trading in line with our expectations.

Read the full results statement, including reflections from our CEO Thierry Garnier below👏

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Last week Screwfix hosted their Trade Apprentice 2024 final in London. Matthew Rutherford, an Apprentice in carpentry and joinery from Northern Ireland was crowned as this year’s champion! 🛠

Congratulations to all of the finalists and to the Screwfix team! 🎉

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Congratulations to Brico Dépôt on the opening of its 3rd compact format store!🎉

The new store is less than 1000m2, significantly smaller than other Brico Dépôt stores, but customers are still able to choose from almost the entire product range found in a classic Brico Dépôt 🛠

Last week Brico Dépôt officially launched its 2024 catalogue! 📕

It provides DIY customers and trade professionals with a convenient and quick way to browse more than 10,000 products, helping them to start their projects easily.

Watch the catalogue drop into stores below 🏗️

Have you seen the latest Screwfix TV advert? 📽

The new ad celebrates Screwfix's mobile app and Click & Collect working in collaboration. Customers can now check in, making it easier to collect their products so that they can get their jobs done quicker and more efficiently.

Congratulations to Castorama Polska on the opening of its new Smart store, bringing its total to 103 stores! 🎉

Located in Grójec, the new 2000m2 compact store includes an outdoor garden area, Click & Collect lockers and offers 15,000 products to DIY and trade customers⚒️

Informed by major businesses from across the UK economy, our new Programme for Government sets out priorities in eight key sectors. Crucially, it demonstrates the clear business consensus in favour of ambitious action on climate and nature.

Read more 👇

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The Gardener of the Year competition is back! 🌻 B&Q

With a panel of expert judges and influencers, gardeners will be able to enter categories that reflect current gardening trends - from most sustainable garden to best use of small space🌳

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Currently on the World Retail Congress Main Stage, hear from Thierry Garnier, CEO at Kingfisher plc, in this exclusive keynote interview.

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On the Main Stage at World retail Congress 2024, the panel discussion - 'Investing in the Future: How Retailers Use Innovation to Gain an Edge'.

On stage we have; Jenny Aylwin, Boston Consulting Group; Andreas Roedl, Zalando; Marc Vicente, Kingfisher plc and Danni Peirce, 7-ELEVEn.

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DIY projects start with a tape measure!📏

In Brico Dépôt Romania's latest advert, the power of the ‘ruleta’ is shown even in the garden. The advert brings to life how customers can keep their gardens looking beautiful and under control on a budget when they come to Brico Dépôt!

A huge thank you to the staff from Kingfisher plc for giving up their time on Friday to do a 'Big Clean & Decorate' volunteer day!

The communal areas in this supported accommodation looked amazing when you left and the staff and clients were so happy with the result.

Have you seen the famous Castorama beaver (le castor in French)? 🦫📽

Castorama France recently shared its latest advert, encouraging customers to roll up their sleeves and get stuck into their DIY projects to help improve their homes. Just like beavers do!

Watch below 👇

📢 Last week, B&Q released its latest insights report, ‘The Way We Live Now: 2024’, revealing the year’s top insights into how the relationship with our homes is changing.

Read the full report here 👇

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After first opening its doors in 1969, B&Q is celebrating its 55th anniversary 🎉

B&Q’s first ever employee, Avril de Klerk, joined Paul Haylock and his team at the Taunton store to celebrate this special milestone.

Congratulations to all of our B&Q colleagues! 🧡

This year we’ve continued to make progress at pace against our strategy and position ourselves for growth.

Find out more below 👇

This morning, we have released our Full Year Results for 2023/24. We have continued to deliver for our customers and driven our long-term strategy at pace, despite macroeconomic and consumer challenges in our markets.

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On Monday morning, we will be announcing our Full Year Results 2023/24.

Register below for the live webcast with our CEO Thierry Garnier and CFO Bernard Bot 👇

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During my visit to Newcastle, an interesting meeting with the teams from B&Q North Shields, a company in the Kingfisher plc group, one of the leading 🇬🇧 investors in 🇫🇷, its main market outside the UK.