It has been announced that Craig Castelino, general manager of merchandise at Bunnings, will be stepping down from Bunnings UK and Ireland.

Bunnings Group Managing Director, Mike Schneider said: “Craig has made a significant contribution to the UK and Irish business over the last couple of years, and I’m delighted he will be taking a new senior leadership team role back with Bunnings Australia and New Zealand.”

The news comes shortly after Bunnings UK managing director Peter (PJ) Davis had announced a three-month break to return to Australia.

Bunnings, the leading retailer of home improvement and garden products in Australia and New Zealand, acquired Homebase for £340million in February 2016 – and plans to invest a further £500million building a new Bunnings Warehouse business in the UK and Ireland over a five-year plus timeframe.