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Wickes is planning to double its chain of 185 DIY stores over the next seven years, including between 15 and 20 new outlets this year. 17-Mar-2008 Wickes is looking to expand its chain of 179 DIY stores with up to 140 new sites. 23-Oct-2006 Wickes has accepted a £289m takeover offer from Focus Do It All, creating a combined group with a 10.7% market share in DIY retailing. 01-Sep-2000 Wickes, the DIY retailer, has received a £285m hostile takeover bid from FDIA Finance, owner of the Focus Do It All chain. 31-Mar-2000 Wickes is investing £50m in its DIY outlets and distribution system this year, and similar amounts in 2000 and 2001. 06-Aug-1999 Wickes Home Improvement Centres and Blockbuster Video have announced plans to set up stores at a new retail park in Blackburn, and other interested retailers are said to include Argos, Staples, PC World, Pets at Home and Boots. 29-Apr-1999 Wickes is to invest £50m this year in the expansion and refurbishment of its chain of DIY stores, in order to give higher priority to kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms and increase the range of decorative products. 25-Feb-1999 Wickes, the DIY retailer, is considering plans to offer architectural and surveying services in order to assist customers with large-scale home improvement projects. 22-Feb-1999 Wickes is to refit 36 of its DIY stores to offer more decorative products next year, and all the remaining stores will be converted to the new format by 2002. 04-Sep-1998 Wickes is planning to refurbish all of its 122 DIY stores over the next three years by increasing the number of products by 500 to 4,500 and by improving customer service. 26-Feb-1998 Wickes is planning to expand its chain of DIY stores by 40 to 122 and significantly extend its product range over the next few years. 19-Sep-1997 Wickes is to sell Wickes Continental, the chain of 39 DIY stores in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, to Bricorama of France for £7.5m, which will reduce Wickes' group debt by £12.5m. 01-May-1997 Wickes is in discussions with an unnamed company to sell its 39 DIY stores in continental Europe. 15-Mar-1997 Wickes is to withdraw from its South African joint venture with Federated Blaikie, in order to concentrate on its UK business. 18-Feb-1997 Wickes, the troubled DIY chain, has seen its shares resume trading following a six-month suspension, and there is now speculation over a possible takeover bid from companies such as CRH or RMC. 08-Jan-1997 Wickes, the DIY retailer, has announced a £53m rights issue and capital reconstruction in an attempt to revive its fortunes following the discovery of accounting irregularities in June. 13-Dec-1996 Wickes, the do-it-yourself retailer, is now said to have overstated its profits by about £50m over the past four years, due to the way it treated suppliers' rebates in its accounts. 10-Sep-1996 Wickes, the DIY retailer, has seen its shares suspended following the discovery of major accounting problems concerning "the timing of recognition of profit from supplier contributions". 26-Jun-1996 RMC is buying 23 Builders' Mate outlets from Wickes for £13m, while Wickes is buying six Bay 6 DIY stores from RMC. 07-Oct-1995 Meyer's Jewson subsidiary has bought 20 Builders' Mate branches from Wickes for £1.9m. 03-Oct-1995
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