British logistics company Wincanton has announced a new three-year contract with Wickes, which will see the logistics provider undertake home delivery of big and bulky items requiring specialist vehicles. 

Dutch decorative coatings giant, Akzo Nobel says it entered into discussions with US rival PPG International but that it has turned down its latest bid to buy the company because it still undervalues the company and could risk “thousands of jobs worldwide”. 

B&Q today announced its flowering plant range, available from February 2018, will be grown free from all neonicotinoid pesticides. 

The 61-year-old owner of Walsall DIY has been heralded a hero after tackling a bank robber wielding a hammer at Lloyds Bank in Wednesbury. 

A man who was caught wheeling eight wheelbarrows across the road in the early hours of the morning said that he found them abandoned by a canal and that he intended to sell them at a car boot sale. 

US hedge fund, Elliott Advisors – an activist shareholder with a 3.25% stake in Akzo Nobel – is pushing the Dutch firm to accept the stateside takeover and suggests that Akzo’s plans to remain independent will put more jobs at risk. 

Next has released results for the 13 weeks to April 29, with full price sales down 3% and total sales including markdowns down by 2.5%. 

Sainsbury's has announced preliminary results for the 52 weeks to March 11, 2017, with group sales at £29,112m, up 12.7% “mainly as a result of the Argos contribution.” 

The Handyman Centre in Brinsworth, Rotherham, shut up shop last weekend after 14 years, with boss Keith Foster blaming the closure on the rise of internet shopping and multiple DIY chains. 

According to new figures from the Local Data Company (LDC) and British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), traditional independent retailers opened more shops than they closed in 2016 across Great Britain. 

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced a binding offer from Exponent Private Equity LLP to acquire its international consumer business. 

American paint firm PPG has made a third attempt to buy Dulux parent Akzo Nobel, putting forward a revised cash-and-stocks offer worth €26.9 billion. 

Dobbies is reportedly looking to boost its online sales by offering UK-wide delivery supported by Ocado's technology, software and logistics as well as using the grocer's general merchandise warehouse. 

Kingfisher retailer Screwfix has issued an urgent recall on two of its heating products due to an issue involving heat build-up in the plug. 

The Glee show has updated its branding and website once again as it begins to gear up for its September outing at the NEC. 

Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries is celebrating this month after its March sales were up by 14% compared to the same month the year before. 

Travis Perkins’ Q1 results report a LFL sales growth of 2.9% for its consumer division, which includes Wickes, despite a slowdown in growth due to later Easter. 

There is still time to book your place at the annual British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) conference and awards, due to take place on May 8. 

Despite declines in kitchen and bathroom, Australian retail giant Wesfarmers posted positive sales for its operations in the UK and Ireland, which includes the Homebase chain and its first UK Bunnings store. 

Shoppers across the UK are set to splash out on home and garden essentials with the two bank holiday weekends coming up, according to new data from eBay Advertising. The week following each bank holiday will see consumers turn their attention to freshening up their homes ready for summer.