An internal 40 ft wall crushed two men at the Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre in Longford, Co. Galway on Tuesday. 

QD Stores has further expanded its Cherry Lane Garden Centre portfolio with the acquisition of Bradmore Garden Centre in Nottinghamshire. 

Kingfisher-owned B&Q Ireland is seeking examinership after filing a petition with the High Court in Dublin today (January 31). 

Dimplex has successfully defended four statements in a leaflet about its electric storage heaters after someone complained to the advertising watchdog that they were misleading. 

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) are celebrating this week after a large number received prizes at the organisation's annual conference. 

Sales at Haskins' four garden centres in southern England fell by 11% to £21.8m in the year to February 26 2012, according to new accounts filed at Companies House. 

People eating hot food out of melamine tableware have been found to have raised levels of the toxic chemical in their bodies. 

DIY Week and diyweek.net are giving almost £600 to charity, thanks to suppliers who entered the 2012 DIY Week Awards. 

Dragon's Den entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, who took over DIY chain Robert Dyas last year, is reportedly in the running to purchase failed retailers HMV, Jessops and Blockbuster. 

Garden centre chain Squires achieved substantial growth in the 12 months to July 31 2012, according to accounts filed at Companies House recently. 

Carpet and flooring retailer Carpetright has released results for the 13 weeks to January 26, 2013, revealing sales up 1.6%, a LfL boost of 3.2%. 

Poppyfield Garden Centre in Snettisham, Norfolk, fell victim to fish thieves last week - 46 valuable koi carp were snatched from a covered pond. 

Providing "warmth, reassurance and comfort", Indigo Night has been chosen as 2013's Colour of the Year by Dulux. 

Independent electrical specialist Hughes Electrical has expanded its presence in Cambridge by relocating its store in the city. 

Discount retailer B&M Homestores is hoping to get a planning application approved to take over a former Shepton Mallet Focus DIY store - but conditions placed on the site 10 years ago restrict its trade to DIY products, which means the venture could be unviable, according to B&M. 

Wesco, the German supplier of household accessories, has appointed a new sole distributor for the UK. 

Shop vacancies went down in December - but 2013 could usher in twice the number of closures of last year. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association has come together with British Jewellery & Giftware International and UK Trade & Investment to produce a mobile website to promote UK companies at next month's Ambiente show. 

Phenomenal growth in retail searches on tablets at the end of last year show that "online retail really came of age this Christmas". 

Despite retail employment growing by 0.6% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2012, new findings by the BRC have revealed half of the retailers they questioned plan to decrease staffing levels during the first three months of 2013.