Makro remains locked in talks with staff and unions over plans to close three stores. 

Currys owner DSG International is set to expand and rebrand its portfolio of stores. 

The administrators of Waterford Wedgwood UK have sold most of the UK and Irish assets of the businesses. 

The Grafton Group announces its results for 2008 with profits down but an overall strong balance sheet on the back of its property portfolio. 

National newspaper details a selection of the top rated garden retail outlets in the UK. 

Out-of-town homewares retailer Dunelm Group plc announces its interim results for the 26 weeks to 27 December 2008. 

With so much uncertainty surrounding Plasplugs DIY Week visited its Burton on Trent facility to get the truth behind the rumours...and found an empty building and confused staff. 

B&Q has ranked sixth in a survey of the most accessible websites in the country. 

Chester-based garden centre receives prestigious Garden Centre of Excellence for the ninth consecutive year. 

Chairman of Akzo’s supervisory board resigns from his position due to ill health. 

Bank of Scotland, part of the Lloyds Group, has taken a majority share in Wyevale Goup after a re-financing deal. 

Some of the UK's top retailers are highlighting a potential increase in the Uniform Business Rate (UBR), which many retailers may be unaware of. 

The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, has reported a fiscal 2008 Q4 consolidated net loss of $54m. 

Detectives investigating the alleged £1m fraud at builders merchants chain Jewson, which saw the sales director sacked last year, have arrested two more men. 

The Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a furniture firm after an accident severed the top of an employee's finger. 

Reports this morning suggest Plasplugs may be in trouble after running into financial difficulties. 

Dutch chemicals company reports first annual loss in eight years following a €1.2bn writedown on British paint group ICI, which it acquired last year. 

A trade association is offering members the a new credit insurance scheme to help traders battling against the recession. 

Research by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health in Wales has found the potentially lethal E.coli in water used for ornamental fountains in garden centres. 

Former US president pays visit to Elliot’s Hardware in Dallas, Texas after the chain offered him a job as a greeter.