Mica retailers will gather for their annual mix of business and pleasure in the Channel Islands next week for the Mica Gala Dinner & Awards evening. Mica has announced exclusively to DIY Week the nominees in four of the categories. 

One of the UK’s leading nurseries has announced that it has seen a 45% increase in sales year-on-year this month (September, 2016) from the garden design sector. 

B&Q owner Kingfisher has posted strong results for the first six months of its financial year and said there is "no clear evidence" the EU referendum result impacted its performance. 

Argos is to close its outlet in Hessle near Hull, reports the Hull Daily Mail. 

Plymouth could be set to get a massive new Bunnings Warehouse store by the end of the year – with the Aussie chain poised to move into the city, reports the Plymouth Herald. 

The 300 year-old historic Sunbury Walled Garden, in Surrey, has been declared the overall winner in the Small Park category for the fourth year running in the South & South East in Bloom Awards. 

DIYweek.net readers will have noticed our website has been given a makeover with a fresh look and design. 

Home retail specialist Dunelm has reported another  strong year, maintaining its record of growing sales and profit every year since IPO in 2006 

The winners of the 2016 Glee Buyers Power List have been announced during an awards ceremony at the heart of Glee 2016 within the Inside Retail Theatre. 

The winners of the 2016 Glee New Product awards have been announced at the show this week. They are as follows: 

Following its recent acquisition of Home Retail Group plc, owner of Argos and Habitat, Sainsbury's has unveiled plans for customers to shop whenever and wherever they like, by launching up to 200 newly-designed digital Click & Collect points in stores across the UK. 

The DIY & garden sector boasts a host of outstanding examples of great products; retailers and people but who or what will be named winners at the DIY Week Awards 2017? 

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) revealed its Scottish and Northern Irish regional winners at a presentation recently at Creative Gardens Galgorm Castle. 

THE GARDEN Centre Association (GCA) is this month stepping up its hunt for three new inspectors to help its members retain the highest of standards in service and expertise. 

Thirty 24-hour Tesco stores are to have their opening hours cut, it has been widely reported this week. 

Kraig Seymour, yard sales manager of the new Weybridge Champion Timber branch is readying himself for his second and final charity fundraising challenge of the summer. 

THE GARDEN Centre Association (GCA) held a successful Plant Area Workshop at Ball Colegrave this summer. 

John Lewis has invested in its online services by opening two new distribution centres in Milton Keynes, expanding its Magna Park location, the Retail Gazette reports. 

Retail giant Marks & Spencer is set to cut up to 500 jobs at its head office in London as part of efforts to reduce costs, it has been widely reported over the weekend. 

Sainsbury's is to more than double the number of Argos outlets in its supermarkets by Christmas and introduce home furnishings retailer Habitat into its stores for the first time, reports the Belfast Telegraph.