More than 80 suppliers braved the recent floods of the Westcountry to attend BHETA's latest Meet the Buyer/Screwfix Innovation Day at the aptly-chosen Yeovil Innovation Centre this week. 

Bentley Brushware has been highly commended in the Manufacturing Excellence category of this year's Midlands Family Business Awards. 

Over 90% of surveyors believe that charges placed on shops and offices are significantly detrimental to the recovery of the nation's town centres. 

Just weeks after selling part of its business to builders merchant Wolseley, the utility and civil engineering products supplier Burdens has gone into administration. 

Another 125 Comet stores are set to face the axe next month, administrators of the electrical chain announced today. 

A hammer has been compulsorily withdrawn from the market after it was found that parts can fly off when it is being used. 

Management at Haskins raised a glass this month to the first-year success of a new restaurant at one of its garden centres. 

Flooring specialist Topps Tiles has announced a £2.2m increase in revenue, delivering a pre-tax profit of £12.5m for the 52 weeks ending October 1. 

A manager who stole from the garden centre where she worked and who kept quiet about being sacked for a previous theft has been given a suspended prison sentence. 

A buyer is being sought for West Yorkshire garden centre Whiteleys, which was placed into the hands of administrator Begbies Traynor last week. 

Wickes has dropped prices on more than 1,000 trade products as a result of a £7.4m investment aimed at benefitting small UK tradesmen. 

The wall, roof and landscaping solutions specialist Wienerberger is celebrating after scooping four awards at this month's Brick Development Association awards. 

Gardman is advising retailers to stock up on bird food as studies show that more birds than usual are turning up in gardens this autumn. 

Duck Tape has invested in pitch-side advertising during this autumn's Rugby Internationals as well as the Six Nations home matches at Murrayfield in 2013. 

Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre is celebrating after being named as Somerset's best family-run business at the annual Somerset Business Awards. 

Garden centre chain Notcutts has launched an own-brand range of wild bird care products this autumn. 

The star of John Lewis' 2012 Christmas advert 'The Journey' has embarked on a UK-wide tour, sparking a massive Twitter following as users post sightings of the now-famous snowman. 

The owner of The Secret Garden Centre in London has gained Twitter fame after appearing in an episode of the BBC's Young Apprentice last week, during which he refused to give young contestants a discount on an olive tree. 

According to concession company First Franchise, "an alarming number" of UK garden centres have concession tenants on site that either have no official agreement in place, are trading after an agreement has expired or have not reviewed their tenants' agreement terms since they installed. 

A member of the family that operates a Kent garden centre has been given a suspended prison sentence after he performed indecent acts in a room on the premises.