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Bill Archer (businessman)
William Ernest Archer is a British businessman.
==Career==
In 1987 Archer and Greg Stanley of Fads DIY acquired Choice DIY, a small do it yourself (DIY) company with six stores in the Midlands and the north of England for £900,000. In 1988 the Focus DIY company was bought by Archer and all stores were re-branded Focus DIY. With the help of private equity the chain grew to 72 stores in the United Kingdom.
By 2002 the chain had grown to over 450 stores following several buyouts including the Wickes DIY chain. Archer and his partners received over £650 million from the sale of Wickes in 2005. When his core Focus business was in financial difficulty, US private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management bought Focus for £1 in June 2007. Cerberus, which also took on debts of £180m, brought in Bill Grimsey, former chief executive of Wickes. “When we came in, staff morale had been wiped out and the shelves had no stock because suppliers thought it was going bust. The business was still selling eight-year-old kitchens because there had been no investment,” said Grimsey.〔http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article5487963.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1〕
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