For quite some time in the aftermath of the pandemic, Cashbuild’s quarterly updates were a depressing story of revenue decreasing year on year as interest rates took their toll and people emerged from their newly renovated caves and spent money on other things.

Volumes were even worse, as inflation put people under pressure and caused them to do smaller DIY projects — when such projects were even happening...

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