JML Direct has successfully defended its claim that its Twista Mop wrings out every last drop of water. 

CBI reports most positive growth rate in almost two years but DIY and hardware stores report fall in sales. 

Focus, Britain's fourth largest retail DIY chain, took a step closer back towards break-even – and perhaps towards profitability – in the year to February 22, according to latest results filed at Companies House. 

A drug supplier has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was arrested trying to smuggle amphetamines into Bolton in a delivery of conifer trees at Holland Nurseries. 

Homewares chain approached by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in takeover bid. 

Eliza Tinsley's Peter Stone will take up the role in the New Year. 

Malcolm Scott Consultants Ltd gains double planning permissions for ambitious development at 14-hectare joint Forest Lodge and Birdworld site. 

Parent company orders strategic review of loss-making homewares chain. 

Conversion of 53,000sq ft of sales space from concession to own-bought ranges pays off, as department store reports increase in sales and gross margin in 2009. 

Leading paints and coating specialist is the latest big name to come on board for Britain's Best Retailer Awards 2009. 

Essex-based Household2U offers top brands, including Delonghi, Morphy Richards and Panasonic and hopes to create a more user-friendly shopping experience. 

Garden machinery company fined £3,420 for failing to meet recycling obligations. 

Home enhancement retailer bucks the market trend as 'big ticket' sales boost its first half figures. 

Majority of firms believe insurers are not assessing risk accurately and that the Government's top-up scheme should be extended. 

City sales up 7.5% as milder weather encourages people out to the shops and the weakness of the pound attracts overseas visitors. 

Home shopping group recruits 22,000 customers to Gardening Direct in three months. 

Sheffield-based hand tools brand Footprint has recommenced production at its Sedgley Road site in Owlerton, Sheffield under the name Footprint Sheffield, the former holding company of Footprint Tools. 

DIY Week group ad manager Rachael Pearson closed her biggest deal yet when she welcomed her baby daughter Emily into the world last week. 

Jeremy Bird and team of fundraisers reach summit of Mount Kilimanjaro this morning, to raise money for Wickes's chosen charity Leukaemia Research. 

Garden centre manager threatened by two men in robbery at Great Gaddesdon store last Friday.