Homebase's performance has taken a severe blow over the past year, results released later this week are expected to show. 

The economic downturn has generated "an extreme unwillingness to spend on homes", with home and garden set to be one of the slowest areas of growth over the next few years. 

The former owner of Gardman, Paris Natar, has acquired a majority stake in Smart Solar for an undisclosed sum. 

Images of two women have been released by Herfordshire police following a theft from Carpenders Park Garden Centre in Little Oxhey Lane, Watford. 

B&Q has pulled out of negotiations to sponsor the Football League from the start of next season. 

Hillier Garden Centre Eastbourne has been granted seven brown tourist signs by East Sussex County Council, officially putting it on the map as a tourist destination. 

A new appeal called 'Rosy Cheeks' has been launched by Greenfingers, the industry charity dedicated to creating gardens in children's hospices, with the aim of raising £750,000 over the next two years. 

Leading North Devon business St John's Garden Centre has finally been given the go-ahead to relocate to a larger site. 

April got off to a poor start for retailers, according to the CBI's latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey. 

Carpetright proved itself one of the few members of the high street to benefit from the recent cold snap, as customers' increased focus on interiors saw sales rise 4.4% overall during the retailer's final quarter. 

Home Hardware retailers are set to distribute 760,000 Summer Leisure brochures and leaflets during May and June. 

The unexpectedly prolonged cold weather cost small businesses £174million this March according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). 

La Hacienda, the Gloucestershire-based supplier of outdoor heating products and lanterns, has become the latest member of LOFA. 

This year's poor weather has taken a toll of sales within independent retailers across a wide diversity of product categories. 

Annual online sales at John Lewis have passed the £1bn mark - a year ahead of the retailer's forecast. 

A co-founder of Gordale Nurseries, which was a joint Gold winner of DIY Week's Garden Retailer of the Year award last year, has died. 

The home and garden plastics manufacturer has further improved and expanded its manufacturing capabilities with plans to install a 3 axis Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) at its 178,000sq ft facility in Banbury. 

British manufacturer Monument Tools awarded long service certificates to 11 employees who have clocked up a staggering 340 years of service between them. 

Robin Arora, 28, who runs Liverpool-based discount home store B&M Bargains with his older brothers Simon and Bobby, topped the Sunday Times' Young Rich List, despite sharing his £1.1bn fortune with his brothers. 

Dobbies Garden World in Melville, Edinburgh, will reopen tomorrow (Friday, April 19) with a brand new retail village offering 13 concessions within the outdoor space.