B&M’S £3.9bn EMPIRE

B&M was founded in 1978 by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman

It was bought by Simon and Bobby Arora in 2004

B&M sells everything from barbecues and wallpaper to frozen pizzas

It employs 30,000 people across its 937 stores

B&M also owns Jawoll in Germany and frozen food chain Heron Foods

The Arora brothers are worth £2.3bn and recently overtook Sir Philip Green in the Sunday Times Rich List

Its shares have increased 33pc since it listed in 2014 and it is now worth £3.9bn.