Greenfingers, the national charity dedicated to creating gardens and outdoor spaces for hospices, have announced a major new appeal. 

The Swedish retailer has opened its first ever smaller-format store in the outskirts of London in St Albans, offering a more visible interaction between and e-commerce for the customer as part of its omni-channel strategy. 

Argos challenges the market by becoming the first retailer to offer same day delivery across the UK, up to 10pm, seven days a week, 364 days a year. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) is delighted that its latest Meet The Buyer day with brand new retail partner, Wickes, hit the mark and hopes it will become a regular event. 

Twenty-two petcare companies have been honoured in the PetQuip Awards, which took place in association with the recent PATS Telford show. 

Cycle retailer Wiggle is unexpectedly closing all its Wiggle Workshop concessions in Homebase stores this month. 

A court has ordered a shoplifter to pay out over £1,000 after he went to the police complaining about his treatment by the hardware shop he targeted. 

The Home and Garden Group has grown its number of garden centres to nine with the acquisition of Floralands Garden Centre in Nottingham. 

The department store chain insist the new opening last week signals its commitment to the British High Street and the importance of investing in physical shops as part of its growth strategy. 

B&Q has revealed that it will be closing nine stores in Wales as part of its plan to shut 60 stores across the UK over the next two years. 

Screwfix is celebrating after being awarded the title of Supply Chain Team of the Year at the Retail Week Supply Chain Awards 2015 this month. 

Kingfisher is one of over 60 other timber-related businesses and seven trade federations urging the European Commission to get tougher over illegal timber sourcing. 

Topps Tiles predicts record-breaking full-year revenue and continued growth in market share, it said today in a trading update. 

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has revealed the winners of its Scotland and Northern Ireland area awards. 

Gardeners who indulge in grow-your-own are increasingly looking to the Mediterranean for further challenges. 

Two garden centres have this month joined seven others as part of the Great Western Buying Group. 

A team of daredevil supporters undertook a parachute jump for the garden charity to raise money for a garden at Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in Sheffield. 

The Lily Bowl from Urbis Design has been named as the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Product of the Year 2015. 

Globus (Shetland) is extending its presence in the personal protective equipment (PPE) industry with the acquisition of Alpha Solway. 

This month's Glee exhibition successfully built on its 2014 reinvention, attracting more retailers and a particularly high penetration of UK garden centres, the organisers have reported.