The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) celebrated another positive 'Meet the Buyer' event with Homebase last month. 

Cheshire garden centre giant Bents Garden & Home has come under attack from an animal rights charity, which is accusing the business of cruelty to reindeer. 

Gardman is promoting its premium wild bird care brand The Ernest Charles Co with a consumer PR campaign that kicks off this week. 

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has named the national winners of its annual Christmas display competition. 

Radio and TV comedian, writer and actor Hal Cruttenden will be hosting the awards dinner at the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) conference next month. 

Salways of Burnham, which has been trading in the town for nearly 100 years, will close its doors at the end of January, as the owner says "it's just not paying its way" thanks to tough competition and stifling business rates. 

Topps Tiles confirmed that it had achieved record-breaking sales as it released its full-year results this week. 

B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher has unveiled plans to invest £50m in renewable energy as part of a plan to reduce its energy consumption from the national grid by 10% in the next two years. 

Seed and bulb supplier G Plants has incorporated the BeeMat collection into its product portfolio, offering retailers increased access to the seed mat range. 

Staff at Brutons Home Hardware in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, are celebrating having been announced as winners of this year's Home Hardware Christmas window dressing competition. 

Independent retailers are being warned that pain for the high street is set to continue after the Chancellor did away with the £1,500 business rates discount in last week's Autumn Statement. 

The word 'shoplifting' is under fire from the boss of a Cambridgeshire hardware independent, who says it is simply a euphemism for stealing. 

Travis Perkins (TP) has joined up with a charitable organisation to help distribute thousands of teddy bears and messages of hope from British school children to children living in refugee camps. 

A stronger economy helped combined sales at Kingfisher's UK B&Q and Screwfix businesses rise by 5.5%, and by 4.6% on a like-for-like basis, in the 13 weeks to October 31, the company said this morning. 

Pets at Home's ambitious expansion plans are on track, the retailer said today, as it released its half-year results. 

Bringing forward the Living Wage timetable in tomorrow's Autumn Statement would be "devastating for businesses", the Chancellor is being warned. 

Philip and Kate Wyatt of Somerset independent Ilminster Home Hardware are celebrating having been declared Home Hardware Retailer of the Year at the organisation's convention this month. 

Homebase and Argos parent company's share prices increase over rumours that it has caught the eye of private equity firms. 

The General Secretary of both the DIY-Retail Association (EDRA) and the Global Home Improvement Network (GHIN), John Herbert will fly in from Germany to speak at the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) golden jubilee event in January 

Bromsgrove independent Broad Street DIY has been awarded a highly-commended accolade at the Midlands Family Business of the Year.