Earlier this year we acquired some ex-Homebase stores, and in a quick turn-a-round, remodeling, repurposing and transforming the buildings into B&Q-branded stores, we've embedded ourselves into more local communities. We’ve caught up with Christine, Unit Manager at the recently opened Royal Lemington Spa store, to get her behind the scenes insight into the work behind the opening and the success so far. We’re making a difference to customers and communities alike, and helping people build a home they love bit.ly/48c2zqh #TogetherWeCan #Careers #RoyalLemingtonSpa
About us
We are the UK’s leading home improvement and garden living retailer with over 311 stores throughout the UK and Ireland, offering great prices, with over 100,000 products available to order at diy.com for home delivery or click and collect. We launched the UK’s first home improvement marketplace in March 2022, adding additional choice for consumers. The marketplace offers a unique, integrated experience with in-store returns for many products and Click + Collect options being explored. Our team of more than 21,000 colleagues of all ages are respected nationwide for providing great home improvement help to customers. They’re the beating heart of B&Q and their iconic orange aprons are worn with pride. Every year, more than 20 million people improve their homes and make life better with B&Q, and every year the company achieves ever-higher standards for sustainable sourcing and supports our local communities, including funding B&Q Foundation grants and Shelter’s DIY Skills Advisors. For more information on our community initiatives visit diy.com/corporate/community To read our latest Build a Life project report visit diy.com/responsible-business. B&Q is part of Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company, operating 2000 stores in 8 countries across Europe.
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https://www.bandqcareers.com/
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- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Southampton
- Type
- Privately Held
- Specialties
- Home improvement, Garden centre, Customer Service, Retail, Finance, Human Resources, Management, Procurement, Purchasing & Supply Chain, Buying, Marketing & PR, Digital & ECommerce, Commercial, Data analysis, Diversity & Inclusion, Visual Merchandising, Social Media, and Customer insight
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There’s a great pride in working for a market leading brand that helps people create their happy homes. Here you'll find big ambitions for the future and a workplace culture that creates a home away from home for you. We asked our colleagues to describe the culture at B&Q in just three words. This is what they had to say. We're in it together https://bit.ly/48c2zqh #TogetherWeCan #WorkCulture
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With over 2,000 third-party sellers, B&Q’s Marketplace now offers customers the choice of over 2 million home improvement and garden products. Since its launch in March 2022, it has consistently seen strong growth year on year and recently launched Marketplace Click & Collect. So it’s a great time to come along to our B&Q Marketplace conference and find out more – registration info below to secure your seat.
🚀 4 Weeks to Go! The B&Q Marketplace Conference: Partnering for Growth is back, bigger, better, and packed with even more insights to supercharge your business! 🏢 Don't miss your chance to hear from B&Q's senior leaders & directors, sharing insights into the importance of B&Q Marketplace's future. 🎤 Gain exclusive insights from our guest Google speaker, and join panels full of actionable tips, insider strategies, and real-world seller success stories. 🤝 You'll also have the opportunity to network with top Sellers & Sponsors to uncover opportunities to grow your business with B&Q. 🎟️ This exclusive event has limited seats, register now to secure your place! https://lnkd.in/e2cV-Zhh This is the B&Q event you won't want to miss! ✨ #BandQMarketplace #sellonBandQ #PartneringForGrowth #MarketplaceConference
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We’re excited to of been shortlisted for this year’s Retail Gazette awards in the Best Retailer over £500m category for how we’ve enhanced efficiency and driven growth and Workplace Gamechanger category for our work on diversity and inclusion. A fantastic achievement for our teams and their hard work 🧡
Best Retailer Over £500m In association with STRATACACHE . Shortlist announced! We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the Best Retailer Over £500m category at the Retail Gazette Awards 2025. This award celebrates the retailers who’ve had an exceptional year of sales and profit growth, while simultaneously driving innovations that promote sustainability, employee engagement, and improves the shopping experience for consumers. Congratulations to all the shortlisted retailers for their outstanding achievements: B&Q Pets at Home Primark Selfridges TikTok Shop The winner will be announced on 15th October at Bounce, Old Street, Shoreditch. We look forward to celebrating the success and innovation of these retailers. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ecWfAq6V #RetailGazetteAwards #BestRetailerOver500m #RetailInnovation #RetailExcellence #RGA2025 #GameChanger2025 #RetailLeadership
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Our recent research that shows Gen Z people who are in a trade, see a trade career as a savvy business move with good career opportunities and a way to start their own business which is promising news for the trade industry. However, with 44% of Gen Z tradespeople holding a bachelor's degree or equivalent - more than in any previous generations, more needs to be done to expand other entry routes, such as apprenticeships, to support the demand for tradespeople. See link in comments for more research findings. #Genz #trade #apprenticeships #youcandoit #BandQ #Tradepoint
New insights from our recent research shows that Gen Z tradespeople see a career in trade as a savvy business move with over a third (39%) of young tradespeople choosing the profession for its good career opportunities. Additionally, 30% see it as a platform to channel their entrepreneurial spirit and start their own businesses. However, whilst 17% of Gen Z are in trade to some extent, even as a ‘side hustle’, fewer young people are coming into the workforce and opportunities to enter the trade are potentially reduced due to a lack of SME apprenticeship options. The data shows that 44% of Gen Z tradespeople hold a bachelor’s degree or equivalent higher education qualification - highlighting a career in trade to be an ambitious and rewarding one for university graduates compared to older generations who typically only went through the apprenticeship as a route into a trade. Despite positive signs, there is still some way to go to ensure the trade industry is future-proofed and the apparent 47% of young people who reportedly have not considered working in the trade, are made aware of its exciting prospects. B&Q and Trade Point are working to combat this by investing in initiatives to help support smaller businesses recruit and train trade apprentices, since the beginning of 2025/26 B&Q has donated over £1 million through the ‘Transfer to Transform’ scheme. In addition to this, B&Q has worked alongside Trade Point UK to launch ‘Do the Lift Thing’ – a campaign that showcases women trade professionals and provides a call to action for more girls and women to choose a trade profession. You can read more in the link in comments below. #Genz #trade #apprenticeships #youcandoit #BandQ #Tradepoint
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Following our acquisition of some ex-Homebase stores earlier this year, we’ve caught up with Stuart, Unit Manager at the recently opened Altrincham store to get his insight into the work behind the opening and the success so far. In an incredibly speedy turn-a-round, remodeling, repurposing and transforming the building into a B&Q branded store has been a team effort. We’re making a difference to customers and communities alike. It’s our teams rolling up their sleeves and helping people build a home they love bit.ly/48c2zqh #TogetherWeCan #Careers
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We know that our colleagues are our greatest strength, and our business is filled with friendly, caring, truly decent people. At B&Q, we’re a team of people that always seek to do right by one another and if you were to join, simply put, you’ll enjoy being here. Considering joining B&Q? Hear from our colleagues as to why they think you should join. Join a genuinely decent business and find big ambitions for the future at B&Q https://bit.ly/48c2zqh #TogetherWeCan #Career
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Exciting news! 🎉 We've just launched a pilot of a new Marketplace Click and Collect service, extending customer collections at B&Q stores to orders from third-party sellers at diy.com. The new instore collection service, makes it even easier for our customers to shop with our third-party sellers and further, seamlessly, integrates the online and in-store shopping experience for our customers. It also complements the return-to-store service, which is already available to customers to return purchases from third-party sellers at their local B&Q store. Our third-party sellers benefit too by having more delivery options to offer their customers as well as by gaining access to those customers who prefer to pick up their orders in store. The pilot of the new service has started in our Fareham store and will be followed by a wider, phased rollout across 300 B&Q stores by October. B&Q’s Marketplace now offers customers the choice of over 2 million home improvement and garden products from over 2,000 third-party sellers. Since its launch in March 2022, it has consistently seen strong growth year on year reaching 45% of B&Qs e-commerce sales in Q1 2025/26. #BandQClickAndCollect #BandQMarketplace #BandQ
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We established our charity, B&Q Foundation, because we’re passionate about improving homes and community spaces for those who need it most. We provide grants to local charities to support improvement projects and it’s our people that makes the B&Q Foundation what it is today B&Q colleagues and customers support the Foundation in several ways – through product sales, in-store donations, fundraising in-store and sponsored challenges. Jeannie Pitt, B&Q Foundation Manager, shares some insight into the Foundation and the great work we are doing in the communities we’re in. At B&Q, you’re not just improving your career, but the communities around you too. Fill your career with moments to be proud of https://bit.ly/4nXAz19 #TogetherWeCan #bandqfoundation #Careers
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This week saw the launch of Shelter's 'My Colour Speaks Before Me' report into the inequalities within the social housing system. B&Q helped fund the research and, as Geoff Bryant says, it is definitely worth reading. We will continue to work with Shelter to keep these important findings front of mind.
It was a privilege to be invited to the House of Lords earlier this week for the launch of Shelter's report ‘My Colour Speaks Before Me’: How Racism and discrimination affect Black and Mixed Race heritage people's access to social homes in England'. It was a powerful and inspiring event with speeches from Lord Simon Woolley and Florence Eshalomi MP. The report is definitely worth reading (see link in comments below). It’s findings are stark and demonstrate the need for change: 📌Only 10% of Black families in the statutory homelessness system gained access to social housing, compared to 24% of White families. 📌Pakistani-Bangladeshi households are over 7 times more likely and Black households 6 times more likely to be overcrowded than White households. 📌43% of Black-headed households in temporary accommodation have been there for more than 2 years, compared to 25% of White-headed households. 📌Nearly 1 in 5 (18%) Black-headed households in temporary accommodation have been there over 5 years, versus just 8% of White-headed households. I'm proud that B&Q has helped to fund this report and that we are standing with Shelter to shine a light on the racial inequalities in our social housing system.
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