Several concession businesses have been forced to move out of Twyford-based garden centre Hare Hatch Sheeplands after an injunction was granted to Wokingham Borough Council for the business to stop “illegal trading.” 

Members of the Garden Industry Manufacturer's Association (GIMA) team were delighted to be awarded silver at the inaugural Awards Awards ceremony last week. 

A recent survey conducted by Which? has ranked Toolstation as the top retailer in the country in terms of customer satisfaction and how likely they would be to recommend the retailer. 

 

James Parsons, 30, was recently sentenced to 10 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, at Reading Crown Court after pleadning guilty to stealing almost £10,000 by issuing fake refunds at Wickes in Newbury. 

The British Home Enhanacement Trade Association (BHETA) welcomed hundreds of delegates to its latest forum, with members keen to understand supplier opportunities of working with online retail giant Amazon and wholesaler Decco. 

Liverpool's Rapid Discount Outlet, which replaced Rapid Hardware back in 2013, has followed its predecessor into administration. 

Daventry garden centre Whilton Locks was recently the victim of a thief who broke into the store's tortoise enclosure and stole two baby tortoises, concealing them in his trouser pockets. 

British logistics company Wincanton has announced a new three-year contract with Wickes, which will see the logistics provider undertake home delivery of big and bulky items requiring specialist vehicles. 

Dutch decorative coatings giant, Akzo Nobel says it entered into discussions with US rival PPG International but that it has turned down its latest bid to buy the company because it still undervalues the company and could risk “thousands of jobs worldwide”. 

B&Q today announced its flowering plant range, available from February 2018, will be grown free from all neonicotinoid pesticides. 

The 61-year-old owner of Walsall DIY has been heralded a hero after tackling a bank robber wielding a hammer at Lloyds Bank in Wednesbury. 

A man who was caught wheeling eight wheelbarrows across the road in the early hours of the morning said that he found them abandoned by a canal and that he intended to sell them at a car boot sale. 

US hedge fund, Elliott Advisors – an activist shareholder with a 3.25% stake in Akzo Nobel – is pushing the Dutch firm to accept the stateside takeover and suggests that Akzo’s plans to remain independent will put more jobs at risk. 

Next has released results for the 13 weeks to April 29, with full price sales down 3% and total sales including markdowns down by 2.5%. 

Sainsbury's has announced preliminary results for the 52 weeks to March 11, 2017, with group sales at £29,112m, up 12.7% “mainly as a result of the Argos contribution.” 

The Handyman Centre in Brinsworth, Rotherham, shut up shop last weekend after 14 years, with boss Keith Foster blaming the closure on the rise of internet shopping and multiple DIY chains. 

According to new figures from the Local Data Company (LDC) and British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), traditional independent retailers opened more shops than they closed in 2016 across Great Britain. 

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced a binding offer from Exponent Private Equity LLP to acquire its international consumer business. 

American paint firm PPG has made a third attempt to buy Dulux parent Akzo Nobel, putting forward a revised cash-and-stocks offer worth €26.9 billion.