Increased kitchen sales helped B&Q boost like for like sales by 7.9% in the past quarter.
The chain says it saw ‘positive performance in big-ticket categories’ such as kitchens, bathrooms and storage products in the quarter to 30 April, with sales 3.9% higher.
Sales rose by 7.4% to £1.056bn.
Its conversion of the eight former Homebase stores it acquired following the rival’s collapse will be completed by the end of this month when the final two stores reopen.
