Toolstation, one of Britain's fastest growing suppliers to the trade, home improvers and self-builders, has revealed that almost a third of property owners find it hard to hire good plumbers. 

Three more garden market suppliers have joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) - Paroh, Bonnington Plastics and Globus. 

To celebrate the business' 80th anniversary, Squire's Garden Centres have donated plants from their '80th Celebration Collection', a range of their favourite plants over the last 80 years, to make a beautiful flowerbed in Gostrey Meadow Park in Farnham. 

Greenfingers, the charity dedicated to creating gardens for children in hospices, is close to completing the relocation of the Royal Bank of Canada 2015 Chelsea Flower Show garden to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight. 

Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has strengthened its presence in Doncaster with the acquisition of Maltings Timber Merchants. 

Billingshurst-based Austens Home Hardware recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with a huge refit throughout the store. 

Bunnings CEO John Gillam and CFO for nine years Michael Wedgwood are to deliver a frank and open fifty minute recorded interview with BHETA members at BHETA's next forum event on Thursday, May 19. 

According to reports, the rags-to-riches owner of The Range is considering selling shares of his discount store chain in a deal which is estimated to earn him £1bn. 

A dissatisfied Homebase employee has approached DIYWeek.net with allegations of unfairness against the retailer. 

New figures released by the British Independent Retail Association (bira) shows trading growth returned to just the right side of zero in the January to March period compared to the same months in 2015. 

Dominic Chappell, the former owner of BHS, is reportedly in talks with administrators Duff & Phelps to buy back the beleaguered retailer. 

Bents Garden and Home has smashed its own fundraising target by more than £10,000 for its 2015 charity of the year, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, which recently received a £25,907 cheque from the retailer. 

Home Retail Group has reported full year pre-tax losses of £804m following a £852m exceptional goodwill impairment charge in connection with Sainsbury's purchase of Argos. 

More than a quarter of independent retailers haven't yet made up their minds whether to vote to Brexit or to Bremain, according to a new survey among the 6,000 members of the British Independent Retailers Association (bira). 

The fourth Global DIY Summit, to be held in Stockholm on June 8 - 9, will feature keynote speakers from Kingfisher, Google and eBay. 

According to research released by eBay Advertising, this weekend marks the start of a potentially lucrative month for home and garden brands as consumers take advantage of May's warmer weather and double Bank Holidays to move and improve their homes. 

Sales in food halls and farm shops out performed traditional and non-traditional categories at Garden Centre Association (GCA) member garden centres during March. 

Tembe DIY and Building Products managing director Guy Malam completed the Virgin Money London Marathon for the first time alongside fiancee Victoria Nicholson, raising £4000 for Children with Cancer. 

Two million households will experience a DIY disaster this Bank Holiday weekend, as people dust off their to-do lists and get set to spend an average of five and a half hours each on DIY, according to new research from Privilege Insurance. 

British Home Stores (BHS) has called in administrators Duff & Phelps after plans for a last minute deal to keep the business running fell through.