More than £9,000 was raised for the home improvement industry charity, the Rainy Day Trust, by the 2016 DIY & Home Enhancement Charity Clay Shoot. 

Discount retail giant B&M opened its centenary garden centre store this week, taking the opportunity to outline plans for 10 more garden centres in 2016. 

Firefighters were called out to Wyevale's Windlesham Garden Centre last week when a man fell two metres between two metal shipping containers and became stuck. 

All-In-One Garden Centre has closed its Knutsford branch due to "unsustainable poor financial performance." 

Bowes Hardware & Gardening, which is the oldest shop on Cockfosters Road in North London, is to close its doors after 80 years. 

Family-owned Notcutts Garden Centre group has revealed a 20% rise in operating profits for its latest financial year. 

Sales picked up in July, according to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium, and retail grew at its fastest pace since January. 

A former Royal Marine has reportedly built a DIY breathing device for his ailing mother out of parts bought from B&Q and Halfords. 

A man from Walney has been fined after pleading guilty to defrauding B&Q in Barrow by exchanging goods he hadn't bought from there for store credit. 

Ryder has become the sole trailer supplier to Topps Tiles, the UK's largest tile specialist retailer. The contract has commenced with Ryder supplying 17 trailers, which herald the introduction of Topps Tiles' new livery. 

Burgon & Ball has been encouraging young garden design talent with support for Lilly Gomm, a finalist in the RHS Young Designer competition at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. 

Full price sales at Next for the second quarter to July 30 were up 0.3% on last year, and showed improvement on the first quarter. 

Travis Perkins, the parent group of Wickes and Toolstation, has reported a 6.5% like-for-like increase and 10.5% sales rise in its half-year trade results to June 30. 

To celebrate the business' 80th anniversary, Squire's challenged all their garden centres across the South East to design a floral display, which was wildlife friendly and referenced the company's 80 years in the horticulture industry. 

Wickes has confirmed that a new £3m, revolutionary store is being planned for Crawley. 

Bybrook Barn Garden Centre is being sold to Longacres, with owner Terry Burch shaking hands on the deal after 41 years at the helm of the Kent business. 

Shoppers in Ceredigion, Wales, have been told they must fly to the USA to find their nearest B&Q store due to a Welsh language translation gaffe, according to the BBC. 

Shareholders at Home Retail Group voted 99.95% in favour of the £1.4bn Sainsbury's takeover at its AGM this week. 

Bents Garden & Home is celebrating not only being awarded Best Show Feature at this year's RHS Tatton Flower Show, but being named Best Destination Garden Centre in the North West 2016 by the Garden Centre Association. 

Online tile retailer Tile Mountain has revealed a 60% year-on-year increase in turnover for its 2015 financial results, confirming it is the fasted growing online tile retailer.