Plumbers merchant chain Wolseley UK has released a statement clarifying reports about the sale of its North Yorkshire regional distribution centre. 

Carl Kammerling International has launched a refreshed corporate website, incorporating new developments and additions designed to provide greater ease of use for customers. 

Screwfix is poised to expand into Europe with the launch of four trial stores in Germany. 

Latest full-year figures from Wilko Retail reveal that the variety retailer has had a tough 12 months, with sales and profits sliding. 

Shoppers in Cambridge have come to know and love Dickie, the mannequin who stands outside their local hardware shop - but now it seems there's a whole lot more to Dickie than anyone realised. 

The Steamer Trading Cookshop chain is opening a new store in Kent's Bluewater shopping centre - the first that is not in a town centre location. 

A 30-year-old Nottinghamshire garden centre and aquatic business has gone into administration. 

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is calling on government to exempt garden centres from what it calls the "outdated" 1994 Sunday Trading Act. 

EnviroProducts, the company behind the E-cloth no-chemicals cleaning range, has joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). 

A joint venture aimed at revitalising the retail grow-your-own (GYO) propagation market has been launched by Desch Plantpak and Crest Garden - the new company created by former Solus managing director Nick Davies. 

Grafton Group, which operates builder's merchants and DIY businesses, has acquired Direct Builders Merchants. 

BIRA Direct, the buying arm of the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), significantly increased sales for the trading months of June and July. 

The Garden Industry Manufacturers' Association (GIMA) will announce the winner of its £5,000 Innovators' Seed Corn Fund at next week's Glee. 

The total washout that much of the country suffered on last week's Bank Holiday generated a big boost in householders looking to carry out home improvements. 

Organisers confirm that the 2015 Totally Shows have already sold nearly 60% of their exhibition space to new and returning exhibitors. 

Private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners is considering selling Wyevale, formerly the Garden Centre Group, just two years after buying the business, it has been reported today. 

Grafton Group, the builders merchanting and DIY business, achieved higher sales and profit in the six months to June 30 2014, helped by an improved performance from the Irish Woodie's DIY. 

Argos has unveiled Heart of House, its first homewares and furniture own brand, with a multi-million pound campaign, kicking off with TV advertising yesterday, Bank Holiday Monday, and running across press, digital, social and PR. 

The new series of The Great British Bake Off is sending sales of baking equipment soaring as home bakers try to recreate the popular television show's creations. 

Companies in the gift industry, particularly those in festive and garden sectors, are already gearing up for Harrogate Christmas & Gift, with the show reporting very little space left for the January 2015 event.