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
Silvan Byggemarked conditions. Silvan Byggemarked Silvan is a Danish retail DIY store with headquarters in Århus, Denmark. In July 2017, Silvan was bought by Aurelius Equity Group. It had been part of DT Group, owned by the British building materials supplier company Wolseley plc. Silvan opened its first DIY store in Slagelse in 1968, and today operates 40 do-it-yourself retail stores in Denmark, as well as 11 stores in the southern part of Sweden. Besides retailing, Silvan also offers DIY schools. In 2008 Silvan and its sister company Stark were widely criticized due to the selling of granite from India, produced under