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'''Payless DIY''' was a chain of [[Do it yourself]] stores in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. The name was later changed to [[Woodie's DIY]]. Before it was a Payless DIY store, the site on the greenhills road was an outlet of the Chadwick’s company, also a DIY chain. The last store to have its name changed form Payless DIY to Woodies DIY in the Republic of Ireland was the store on the Greenhill’s road in [[Tallaght]], [[Dublin]], Ireland. When |
'''Payless DIY''' was a chain of [[Do it yourself]] stores in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. The name was later changed to [[Woodie's DIY]]. Before it was a Payless DIY store, the site on the greenhills road was an outlet of the Chadwick’s company, also a DIY chain. Chadwicks, Atlantic Homecare and Woodies in Ireland are operated by an Irish DIY group called Grafton Group PLC with there registered offices in sandyford Dublin Ireland, they also have some manufacturing and additional bases in Ireland and the UK. (http://www.graftonplc.ie) The last store to have its name changed form Payless DIY to Woodies DIY in the Republic of Ireland was the store on the Greenhill’s road in [[Tallaght]], [[Dublin]], Ireland. When the store on the greenhills road finally closed down a store in Tallaght had been operating in tandem. Eventually the store on the greenhills road was closed and all operations moved to the belgard road under the Woodies name and customers where advised of the move. Later after the store on the Greenhills road was closed it became a wholesale paints warehouse under the name of Circle Paints, the site has since been sold and is now the home of a [[Lidl]] store with none of original building remaining. One final note of intrest would be that whilst all these changes were going on a branch of Chadwicks operated beside the woodies on the greenhills road, this however over the past year due to the demise of the building sector in Ireland has also closed and the site has been cleared of all buildings. The woodies store on the Belgard road in the meantime has also been moved and now exists beside the [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers Football Club]], just off the N81 in Dublin. |
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'''Payless DIY''' was also the name of a chain of DIY stores in the UK during the 1980s. It was part of the Ward White Group, which included [[Halfords]]. Payless then became part of Focus DIY, which also included groups like Do-It-All. The Focus group then successfully bought up [[Wickes]] and then later sold them at a substantial profit <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/31/focus-diy-possible-sale "Focus DIY history:Guardian"]</ref> to Travis Perkins. Now, in June 2011, '''Payless''' has come back to bite Halfords, to the tune of £7.5m who, back in the Ward White days, had guaranteed the lease of a number of Focus/Payless stores.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/marketforceslive/2011/jun/03/halfords-takes-focus-charge "Halfords takes Focus charge:Guardian"]</ref> |
'''Payless DIY''' was also the name of a chain of DIY stores in the UK during the 1980s. It was part of the Ward White Group, which included [[Halfords]]. Payless then became part of Focus DIY, which also included groups like Do-It-All. The Focus group then successfully bought up [[Wickes]] and then later sold them at a substantial profit <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/31/focus-diy-possible-sale "Focus DIY history:Guardian"]</ref> to Travis Perkins. Now, in June 2011, '''Payless''' has come back to bite Halfords, to the tune of £7.5m who, back in the Ward White days, had guaranteed the lease of a number of Focus/Payless stores.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/marketforceslive/2011/jun/03/halfords-takes-focus-charge "Halfords takes Focus charge:Guardian"]</ref> |
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Payless DIY was a chain of Do it yourself stores in the Republic of Ireland. The name was later changed to Woodie's DIY. Before it was a Payless DIY store, the site on the greenhills road was an outlet of the Chadwick’s company, also a DIY chain. Chadwicks, Atlantic Homecare and Woodies in Ireland are operated by an Irish DIY group called Grafton Group PLC with there registered offices in sandyford Dublin Ireland, they also have some manufacturing and additional bases in Ireland and the UK. (http://www.graftonplc.ie) The last store to have its name changed form Payless DIY to Woodies DIY in the Republic of Ireland was the store on the Greenhill’s road in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. When the store on the greenhills road finally closed down a store in Tallaght had been operating in tandem. Eventually the store on the greenhills road was closed and all operations moved to the belgard road under the Woodies name and customers where advised of the move. Later after the store on the Greenhills road was closed it became a wholesale paints warehouse under the name of Circle Paints, the site has since been sold and is now the home of a Lidl store with none of original building remaining. One final note of intrest would be that whilst all these changes were going on a branch of Chadwicks operated beside the woodies on the greenhills road, this however over the past year due to the demise of the building sector in Ireland has also closed and the site has been cleared of all buildings. The woodies store on the Belgard road in the meantime has also been moved and now exists beside the Shamrock Rovers Football Club, just off the N81 in Dublin.
Payless DIY was also the name of a chain of DIY stores in the UK during the 1980s. It was part of the Ward White Group, which included Halfords. Payless then became part of Focus DIY, which also included groups like Do-It-All. The Focus group then successfully bought up Wickes and then later sold them at a substantial profit [1] to Travis Perkins. Now, in June 2011, Payless has come back to bite Halfords, to the tune of £7.5m who, back in the Ward White days, had guaranteed the lease of a number of Focus/Payless stores.[2]
A final twist is that the Wickes and Travis Perkins group has bought up to 13 of the former Focus DIY stores.[3]