Strong results in the second half of the year mean furniture retailer DFS will post record results for the full 12-month period, as gross sales exceed £1bn for the first time.

Arturi Garden Centre in Eastleigh has been acquired and re-branded by the owners of the on-site Orangery Tea Rooms.

Wood preservative and specialist paint manufacturer Rustins Limited purchased Clam-Brummer Limited last month and will be the custodian of the company’s brand and products.

This summer a team of celebrity gardeners, horticultural organisations and major garden retail groups are uniting to help raise awareness of melanoma, now the fifth most common cancer in the UK.

Tools and equipment shop The Stores Dept in Uckfield, Sussex, was targeted by burglars during the night of Sunday, March 26.

The owners of Green Pastures garden centre have spoken out after being caught up in the middle of last week's terror attack at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.

High street discount chain 99p Stores has been put into administration by its owner Poundland, with 60 stores across the country closing down.

Rumours are circulating that Amazon has big plans to open physical stores selling furniture and home appliances which customers may otherwise be reluctant to purchase without seeing first.

Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £129m by the Serious Fraud Office for an accounting error which saw it overstate its expected profits for the six months ending August 23, 2014.

Colchester-based wholesaler Wilsons has just been appointed by Glue Dots International as its UK distributor for the hardware and DIY trade sectors.

Kingfisher-owned retailer Screwfix has won an award for customer experience at the recent Retail Week Awards.

A five-year-old boy was so upset after hearing about the ten stolen Koi Carp from Squire's in Badshot Lea that he decided to draw 'missing' posters to try and help find the fish.

Value shoe retailer, which operates a number of concessions in garden centres across the country, has called in administrators this week,.

The Boutique garden event, now owned by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) will relocate to the Business Design Centre in London.

UK-based GoInStore, a real-time technology that enables customers to virtually visit and browse a retail store, has been named as a finalist in the “Retailing Technology of the Year” category of the National Technology Awards 2017.

Last Friday (March 17) saw more than 100 keen garden industry participants don their walking and running shoes to complete a 21 mile distance in honour of industry charity Greenfingers.

B&Q parent group Kingfisher has announced a significant rise in its underlying and adjusted pre-tax profits, up 14.7% and 8.3% respectively, for the year to January 31, 2017.

The owners of family-run hardware shop David Messam Ltd of Chichester have made the tough decision to close down due to rising Brexit-related costs, tough competition from the internet and out-of-town retailers as well as dwindling footfall.

Squire’s Garden Centre in Hersham celebrated the official launch of its newly extended and refurbished garden centre last Friday (March 17) – exactly 33 years to the day since it first opened in 1984.

The Gardenex export federation is organising the British group of exhibitors at Spoga+gafa 2017, and has secured Government grants of at least £1000 for eligible companies.

Leekes has been named Retailer of the Year at the prestigious Cardiff Life Awards after applying for the first time.

British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has reported a great response to an appeal it received looking for members to supply products for forthcoming primetime series: Love Your Home and Garden.

Parent company Sainsbury’s reports good like-for-like growth for Argos in fourth quarter.

The HTA Catering Conference and Dinner – A Piece of Cake? will have talks from garden centre operators, a chef at a five-star London hotel, as well as a look at the latest market information and a discussion on food psychology

The owner of Chanterlands DIY and Hardware in Hull has decided to recreate the famous Hull Dead Bod icon on the shutters of his shop as part of a scheme to tidy up the local area.

Ten extra large koi carp and one sturgeon were stolen from the display pond at Squire's Garden Centre in Badshot Lea near Farnham last Friday (March 10).

Construction well underway on Trago Mills’ new dedicated building materials outlet, set to open in May.

The Garden Re-Leaf Day Plant-athons this year will look to bring an added element of excitement to garden centres when they begin towards the end of next week.

BHETA’s next networking forum covers a number of e-commerce topics and will feature Amazon category leaders, as guest speakers.

Kingfisher retailer B&Q, famous for its warehouse-style, out-of-town outlets, has opened its first high street store, at 482, Holloway Road, London.

Gorilla Tape will be the focus of a new TV advertising campaign, which is set to air across mainstream channels, including Sky Sports, ITV Breakfast, Channel 5 and Sky 1, throughout 2017.

Retailers visited two nurseries in Hereford last week to attend PlantFest and to see new product developments for the coming year.

Former Wyevale boss replaces John Cleland as CEO of the garden centre chain with immediate effect

European countries have found a way around the ban on so-called bee-harming chemicals in pesticides, taking advantage of a legal loophole that allows “emergency authorisations”

The 2017 Spring Budget was announced this week, with chancellor Philip Hammond outlining measures including £435m set aside for firms affected by increases in business rates, but retail industry representatives have described this amount as "inadequate" and "a drop in the ocean" compared with the £25bn the tax raises.

Retailers interested in attending this year's Global DIY Summit in Berlin have just days to register for an Early Bird discount, which expires on March 15.

UK retail sales fell by 0.4% on a like-for-like basis in February compared with the same month last year, when they had increased by 0.1% from the previous year.

Water features, ornaments and an ornate five-foot bronze stag have been stolen from Dobbies in Mancetter, near Atherstone.

The owner of Ravenshead Plant Centre near Nottingham has been jailed for eight years following an investigation into money laundering and the production of drugs at the business.

Staff at Wyevale Nurseries’ Transplant Division recently celebrated the 30^th anniversary of the company’s opening.

Squire’s chairman, deputy chairman and the Mayor of Runnymede councillor Alan Alderson officially opened the new Squire’s Garden Centre in Chertsey on Wednesday, March 1.

Travis Perkin’s latest annual results reveal a strong year for its consumer division - which includes Wickes, Toolstation, bathrooms.com and Tile Giant - with a 6.5% like-for-like growth in revenue

Family-run Woodborough Garden Centre in Wiltshire was advised on the sale of its business to Whitehall by property consultantcy firm Gilbert Evans

Home security device Patlock has joined the ranks of home improvement products reporting a spike in sales after an apperance on BBC Two's Dragon's Den.

In just under a month, a new pound coin will be introduced into circulation and the 30-year-old current coin will begin to be phased out.

Energetic team members of the Elho UK team are putting on their running (and walking) shoes to raise money for Garden Re-Leaf Day. On March 17, 2017 UK sales manager David Nicholson will be joined by team-members Craig, Louise, Bobby and Adam to complete a 20-mile circuit for the fundraising event, which raises money for industry charity Greenfingers.

The design has been revealed for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show industry showcase exhibit entitled “40 Sunbury Road” and the HTA is calling for its members to help contribute to the garden

Security supplier Yale has launched a new security awareness campaign as new figures have emerged revealing that UK homeowners have shared and subsequently lost track of nearly 20 million spare keys.