The sales lines B&Q in Great Britain and Ireland made 3.3 per cent less sales with GBP 900 million. This was caused by the further seven store closures; of the 65 planned closures, 59 have now been completed. Like-for-like sales have increased by 3.5 per cent. The sales line Screwfix increased its sales by 23.1 per cent, like-for-like by 12.7 per cent.
There was a drop of 2.6 per cent in constant currency in France. Like-for-like sales were even 3.6 per cent below the corresponding previous year's level. In Poland, the British corporation grew by 9.5 per cent after adjusting for exchange rate effects, like-for-like by 6.7 per cent. In Russia it was 0.2 per cent less after adjusting for exchange rate effects, like-for-like was 1.0 per cent more than the same period in the previous year.







