RMC has agreed the sale of its Great Mills DIY chain to Focus Do It All for £285m.
The expanded group will have 430 stores controlling 15% of the UK retail home improvement market.
Meanwhile, insiders deny suggestions that talks between Schroders Centres and J Sainsbury for the purchase of the supermarket chains Homebase business have ended without a deal.
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