Woodies owner Grafton Group said revenues rose by more than 10 per cent last year, boosted by growth in its Irish and Iberian businesses. But a weaker home improvement and maintenance market in Britain weighed on revenues there, while Grafton’s Northern Europe division also reported weaker revenue year on year. The final two months of the year saw average daily like-for-like sales growth turn broadly flat. There was brighter news from Grafton’s Iberia sector, where Salvador Escoda’s average daily like-for-like revenue rose 6.1 per cent for the year on a pro forma basis, and 4.4 per cent for the two-month period. Despite slowing growth in the latter half of the year, the group said the outlook remained favourable.

Source: The Irish Times January 13, 2026 13:16 UTC