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In August 2001, B&Q opened its first shop in Shanghai, when it hoped to increase outlets from four to 58 by 2005. [14] [15] B&Q opened its first shop in Hong Kong on 1 June 2007, [16] but was scheduled to close it on 13 September 2009. [17] In December 2007, Kingfisher sold its 50 per cent stake in B&Q Taiwan to its joint venture partner.
Causeway Bay Books (銅鑼灣書店), located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, was founded in 1994 by Lam Wing-kee. [11] It was one of about 110 independent Hong Kong bookshops that rent out space in upstairs locations to avoid high rents at street level. [12]
Kingfisher currently operates over 1,300 stores in eight countries in Europe and in Turkey. Its main retail brands are B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [28] The companies now part of the Kingfisher group are: B&Q; operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland; Brico Dépôt; in France, Spain, Portugal and Romania; Castorama; in France ...
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With 19 stories and a floor area of 100,000 m 2 (1,100,000 sq ft), MegaBox is the largest shopping centre in Eastern Kowloon. In addition MegaBox houses an ice rink, MegaIce, which is the largest in Hong Kong at 26 metres x 57 metres. [2] MegaBox's UA theatre is the first commercial theatre in Hong Kong to have the IMAX film display system. [3]
Quayle was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire and went to school at Brighton College in 1950. He returned to the school to be a governor in the 1990s. [3]Quayle worked in the Marley Tile company in the 1960s and together with his brother-in-law Richard Block started the B&Q retail chain in 1969 in Southampton.
This was the 10th death recorded in a B&Q store. [2] Subsequently B&Q Ireland Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to ensure a safe workplace and were fined €250,000 at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in July 2011. [3] During 2010 in Exeter at the Sowton B&Q store, they were found guilty of breaking health and safety laws.
Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc, which also owns B&Q, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.