Veronique Laury

Shares slumped after company said like-for-like sales dipped 3.7% in third quarter

Shares in home improvement retailer Kingfisher have fallen 31% over the last year

The last thing a successor needs is CEO’s ghost hanging around to act as lightning rod for disaffected opponents of change

Exit of Véronique Laury means only five FTSE100 firms have female chief executives

B&Q owner reports weak quarterly sales in French chains Castorama and Brico Depot

But company says it is on track to grow gross margin in the full year

Group trading as B&Q in Ireland sees sales fall 2.5% on back of ‘Beast from the East’

In Europe financials contributed the most to losses with banking sector down 0.9 per cent

Company made £440m pretax profit in first half of this year