Bunnings UK has released details of the three remaining pilot stores, with a second earmarked for St Albans in April and the other two planned for Hemel Hempstead and Milton Keynes. 

Homebase's new parent group Wesfarmers has released figures for the six months ending December 31, 2016, revealing an operating revenue for Bunnings UK and Ireland of £612 million with a loss before tax and interest of £28 million. 

Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries has revealed that its tree sales were up 22% year-on-year from August 2016 until January 31, 2017. 

Profit before tax dropped by 11.3% at Dunelm Mill during the 26 weeks to December 31, 2016, despite a 2.8% upturn in sales – boosted, in part, by the retailer's acquisition of Worldstores. 

Kingfisher retailer Screwfix is celebrating its 500^th store milestone with the opening of its new Enfield branch, the second in the area, which will create 15 new jobs. 

Spring Fair closed what was, for DIY exhibitors at least, a long six day run today, with organisers and exhibitors alike heralding the show – and its new foray into DIY – a success. 

Other channels, says the show's organisers Fediyma and EDRA, are growing while big box stores are missing out, with e- and mobile-commerce, speciality and pop-up stores, small formats and showrooms all growing in appeal. 

The best products, businesses and individuals of DIY and gardening were celebrated on Tuesday, February 7 as the industry came together for the 2017 DIY Week Awards. 

Bunnings, which bought out Homebase from Home Retail Group in a £340m deal last year and opened its first pilot UK store last week, has scrapped zero-hour contracts for its British employees. 

The Glee show is to become a biannual event with the announcement that it will be opening a concession show at next year's Spring Fair show. 

Logistics firm DHL has revealed plans to relocate the Argos distribution centre in Stafford, putting 129 jobs at risk of redundancy. 

The Hillview Garden Centre group has bought out Shipley Garden Centre in Derbyshire, bringing its total number of centres to 11. 

Squire’s Garden Centre in Chertsey is now open after a complete re-build. 

DIY retailers could get a boost this year from the 27% of homeowners who have cancelled plans to move house in the wake of the Brexit vote, according to a new infographic released by Spring Fair. 

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed a 40% increase in violence and abuse against retail staff in the UK over the last year, and pointed out that 53% of retail fraud is now cyber-enabled. 

The first Hombease-Bunnings conversion is complete, with a brand new Bunnings Warehouse – the country's first – opening for business today. 

A group of retailers including B&Q, Argos, Next, Debenhams, House of Fraser and the Arcadia Group, recently lost a major court case against MasterCard regarding the fees they were charged for processing card payments. 

Go Banana, a building supplies e-commerce start-up, is taking on industry heavyweights B&Q, Travis Perkins, Selco, Wickes and Jewson to compare the prices of 50,000 searchable products. 

The Jones family, who have run F. A. Jones Ltd decorating supplies shop since 1951, have decided to close their business due to retirement and added pressure from multiple competitors. 

The UK's first ever Bunnings store is to officially open on Thursday, February 2, following a “pre-opening event” held this weekend.