The board of Robert Dyas Holdings Limited has announced that the retailer's chief executive Steve McVey has resigned from the company, less than five months after he was appointed to the role. 

Abus has secured a national distribution agreement with Aldridge Security with effect from January 2012. 

Footfall on UK high streets fell by 2.6% year-on-year last week, according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall Monitor. 

Sixty employees have been handed redundancy notices at Beverley Garden Centre in Woodmansey, part of the Garden Centre Group. 

Employee bound and held at gunpoint, while assailant stole cash from the safe at Woburn Sands garden centre on Monday morning. 

Mary Portas unveiled her independent review of the UK's high streets yesterday, with a set of 28 recommendations aimed at reviving our flagging town centres. 

Award was presented to Akzo independent business manager Nick Andrews in recognition of the paint firm's service to Home Hardware's distribution business at Pottington and Bedford. 

Carpetright has reported an £800,000 profit loss in the first half of its financial year, as it continues to navigate a "very challenging trading environment". 

Wickes has reported a 6.8% decline in like-for-like sales for the past eight weeks, according to a trading update released by parent company Travis Perkins today. 

Wickes has opened its first high street store in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, as part of its growing multichannel offer. 

Home and fashion retailer teams up with The Less Packaging Company to launch Packspec as part of its Plan A commitment to reduce packaging on its general merchandise ranges. 

Supermarket giant Tesco has launched a new boiler installation service in partnership with heating company Enact Energy. 

Garden furniture company Hartman UK is set to put two new designs into production created by student designers from Birmingham City University. 

Window coverings and architectural products manufacturer Hunter Douglas has acquired British company Integra for an undisclosed sum. 

Planters Garden Centre has announced that Matthew Ingram, who is sponsored by the company, has been named the Junior Indoor National Champion for under 16s compound archery. 

Independent builders merchant EH Smith was the star in this year's Toolbank Christmas display competition. 

Dog Rocks has announced a distribution agreement with garden products supplier Solus Garden & Leisure. 

Retailers will be hit by additional costs of £350m next year, says the BRC, after the Government confirmed a 5.6% uplift in business rates. 

Glass fibre insulation manufacturer announces it will commence a £6.5m capital expenditure programme at its Stirling manufacturing plant in March next year with completion scheduled for March 2013. 

Homebase stores across the country are hoping to raise hundreds of pounds each for Teenage Cancer Trust in a national Christmas collection fundraiser this weekend.