What is Homebase?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = HHGL Limited<ref>{{cite web|title=HHGL Limited|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00533033|publisher=Companies House|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref> | company_logo = Homebase.svg | company_slogan = | type = [[Limited company]]<br>[[Subsidiary]] | foundation = 1979 <small>(as Sainsbury's Homebase)</small> | location = [[Milton Keynes]]<br>[[Buckinghamshire]] | key_people = Peter Davis <br/>(Managing Director)<br>Rodney Boys<br>(Finance Director) | industry = Retail / [[Home improvement]] | products = {{ubl|[[DIY]] Tools|[[Paint]] & Decor|Outdoor Living|Kitchens|Bathrooms|Gardening}} | num_locations = 255 stores (United Kingdom)<br>15 stores (Ireland) | revenue = £1.4679&nbsp;billion (2013–14) | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = [[Wesfarmers]] | homepage = {{url|http://www.homebase.co.uk/}} | footnotes = }} '''Homebase''' is a British [[home improvement]] retailer and [[garden centre]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. Its main offices are in [[Milton Keynes]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England. As of December 2016, Homebase has 255 shops in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/static/customer-services/about-homebase |title=About Homebase|publisher=Homebase |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> ==History== It was founded by the supermarket chain [[Sainsbury's]] and Belgian retailer [[GB-Inno-BM]] in 1979, as '''Sainsbury's Homebase'''. In December 2000, Sainsbury's sold the Homebase chain. In November 2002, Homebase was sold again, to [[GUS (retailer)|GUS plc]], It became [[Argos Retail Group]] (later renamed as Home Retail Group).<ref>{{cite news|title=GUS snaps up Homebase|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2497923.stm|access-date=22 February 2015|work=BBC News|date=21 November 2002}}</ref> In February 2016, Australian retailer [[Wesfarmers]] bought Homebase.<ref>{{citation