B&Q B&Q B&Q plc is a British multinational DIY and home improvement retailing company, headquartered in Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc. Founded by Richard Block and David Quayle in 1969 originally as Block & Quayle, the retail chain offers over 40,000 products across three hundred physical shops and online shops. Since 2015, B&Q has been closing a number of shops, in favour of converting some to outlets of Screwfix. The company also has some outlets in Ireland. Shops in Taiwan and China were unsuccessful, and closed down in 2007 and 2015 respectively. B&Q
Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle, (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was an English actor and theatre director. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the 1969 film "Anne of the Thousand Days", and played important roles in such major studio productions as "The Guns of Navarone" (1961), "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964), "Operation Crossbow" (1965), "QB VII" (1974), and "The Eagle Has Landed" (1976). Quayle was knighted in 1985. Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, to a Manx family.