Underfloor heating manufacturer and supplier Warmup has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system. 

Staff in DIY stores and garden centres emerge in a new survey as having the best product knowledge and being most effective in explaining product benefits to customers. 

The Garden Centre Group has confirmed it has banned pesticides containing neonicotinoids - chemicals which the EFSA have labelled harmful to bees - across its 129 stores. Dobbies, too, has also confirmed a ban. 

The Eco Technology Show, designed for a London and south-east audience, is promising to be a bigger event this year. 

Mica DIY members and suppliers gathered for the voluntary group's Annual General Meeting and Supplier Exchange at the Dalmahoy Marriott Hotel outside Edinburgh on March 3 - the first time the group has taken its annual event north of the border. 

Homebase has signed a sponsorship deal with Food on 4 television programmes that will allow it to showcase a range of home enhancement products. 

The Travis Perkins-owned retailer, known for its policy of stocking almost entirely own-brand ranges, will now carry the Dulux paint range in its stores. 

Newly-launched GreenPlantSwap will act as a new location-based online marketplace to help nurseries reach gardeners via the web without the hassle of setting up their own site. 

Partners will each walk away with a 17% bonus - almost nine weeks' pay - after John Lewis Partnership announced a 9.3% boost in annual gross sales, the retailer said today. 

Bed retailer dreams has entered a pre-pack administration, with 90 stores earmarked for closure and 400 jobs culled. 

Adhesive and sealants firm saw sales rise 5.8% to 16,510m Euros in 2012, with operating profit up 15% 

The second Global DIY Summit will be taking place in Rome this June, with guest speakers from the country's leading DIY and home improvement brands. 

The historic Devon-based manufacturer Axminster Carpets finally collapsed into administration yesterday, a move which the company described as unavoidable. 

Retailers have been given a welcome confidence boost this morning with the news that last month's retail sales enjoyed the strongest growth for three years. 

Waitrose is looking to extend its presence in the horticultural products market by trialling a small garden centre. 

Homewares department store Debenhams suffered a significant drop in like-for-like sales during the last two weeks of January as heavy snow kept shoppers from the high street. 

Next is to take its Home and Garden format into the south east for the first time when it opens its third store later this year in Camberley. 

German security products producer and distributor Burg-Wachter today announced the acquisition of Sterling Locks - a deal described by the Leeds-based company as "very positive and exciting". 

The dealer-owned wholesaler celebrated its 30th anniversary with its first ever members' conference at Airth Castle Hotel over the weekend of February 23-24. 

Just weeks after his contract ended with B&Q, celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh has joined forces with John Lewis Partnership supermarket Waitrose to help launch new horticulture and gardening ranges.