Focus DIY Focus DIY Focus DIY was a privately owned chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom. It served the consumer DIY market sector, and most stores had some form of garden centre. At its peak in 2002, it was the second largest DIY retailer in the United Kingdom, although by 2011, it was the fourth. The main competitors were B&Q, Homebase and Wickes. The company operated 178 stores in the United Kingdom with 3,000 employees, but had been running losses every year since 2007. In the year up to 2011, the company had a loss of £25 million. On 4
Do It All Do It All Do It All was a British DIY and home improvement retailing company. It went through a number of changes of ownership. In August 1998, the business was sold to Focus DIY, which entered administration in May 2011, with all stores closing by July 2011. WHSmith acquired the business of "LCP Home Improvements Limited" on 31 December 1978. The acquired company, which had been formed in December 1963, was renamed "W.H. Smith Do It All Limited" on the same date, and traded thereafter as "WHSmith Do It All". LCP Homecentres, as the trading company was branded, was itself