Kingfisher is Europe's leading home improvement retailer and the third largest in the world, with nearly 900 stores in 8 countries in Europe and Asia. We have market-leading positions in the UK, France, Poland, Turkey and China.We delivered improvements right across the group including excellent sales and profit growth in France. Our concerted efforts over the last few years to strengthen our balance sheet are paying off dividends, reducing our financing costs and creating the flexibility to take opportunities as they arise, such as our purchase of 29 great new sites for B&Q from the administrators of Focus DIY. We continued to progress with our successful 'Delivering Value' programme and work is well under way as we continue our transition to the next phase of our self-help growth plan, called 'Creating the Leader'.For more details, please refer to www.kingfisher.com