American firm Mocap LLC, of Park Hills, Missouri, through its subsidiary of Mocap Ltd., has successfully completed the acquisition of Sheffield-based William Beckett Plastic Packaging. 

Patients at a Northamptonshire hospice now have rooms with a view after volunteers transformed their garden with help from Gardman. 

Chronic undersupply in the logistics market sparked a 16m sq ft 'big shed' development boom in the first half of 2015, including 7.6m sq ft of speculative development - the highest total since since 2007. 

The fourth annual Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day on March 27 was the most successful ever, raising in excess of £95,000. 

Housewares retailer Lords - which has rebranded from Lords of Notting Hill - has opened its latest store in London's affluent NW8 postcode, St Johns Wood. 

A garden centre director has been put behind bars after she was found to have stolen thousands of pounds from the business. 

Small shops will have to cut jobs or hours or both as a result of the new National Living Wage announced in this month's Budget. 

Fashion and homewares retailer Matalan is going head on with B&Q and Homebase with a launch into the home improvement market. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has won the Commercial Initiative of the Year accolade in the TAF Best Practice Awards for its Innovation Zone at the Totally DIY Exhibition, supporting new product development. 

Representatives from across the garden retail industry came together for the GIMA Awards at the Celtic Manor resort last night, with winners crowned in 16 categories. 

The latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor revealed that UK retail sales in June showed the strongest growth since January 2014, with furniture and outdoor ranges seeing a boost. 

Travis Perkins plc has been named as an official partner of the event, along with a number of other major brands. 

Sunny days in June delivered great results for outdoor plant sales - up 15.4% over the same time last year. 

Former B&Q boss Martyn Phillips has been named as Welsh Rugby Union's (WRU) new chief executive. 

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) was awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Award at the 2015 Trade Association Forum Excellence Awards (TAF) in London on July 9. 

The garden products market increased by around 8% last year to £5bn and is poised for further steady growth up until 2019. 

A DIY chain has paid out £200,000 in damages after three Legionnaires' Disease fatalities caused by one of its stores' hot tubs. 

A Wiltshire garden centre has set out plans to triple in size and double its number of employees to over 300. 

Mouldable glue Sugru has smashed two equity crowd-funding records, achieving the largest single investment of £1m and having the widest reach, with stakeholders in 68 countries. 

Neil Grant of Ferndale Garden Centre and Graham Spencer of Plants for Europe are the latest speakers to join the line-up for a free Horticultural Trades Association (HTA)/Ball Colegrave workshop event.