Home furnishings retailer Paul Simon has gone into administration after the recent flooding impacted on sales at its stores. 

West Country DIY and discount chain Proper Job has opened its tenth store, in Frome, Somerset. 

B&Q's new 'Unleash the B&Q in you' campaign aims to motivate customers to tackle home improvement projects this Easter. 

Ned Yates Garden Centre in Moor Lane, Wilmslow, will close as owner Trevor Jacques and his son concentrate on growing their landscape gardening business. 

Just days after the news broke that negotiations between Scotts and Solus about joining forces had broken down, Solus has announced that it has engaged business advisory firm Grant Thornton to look at strategic options for the business. 

Amber Windows has been served a £50,000 fine from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after making nuisance phone calls. 

Analysis of data collected by the Local Data Company on nearly 5,900 shops found that only 20% of high street shops affected by 27 administrations since 2009 remain empty. 

In its third quarter of the current financial year, Dunelm reports that sales grew by 9.9% to £195.4m, with like-for-like sales up 5%. 

Europe's leading home improvement retailer, Kingfisher, has entered into exclusive negotiations with Mr Bricolage, in an attempt to grow its French retail operations. 

Rapidly-growing online bathroom retailer Victoria Plumb has sold a majority stake in the business to US private equity firm TPG Capital. 

A growing confidence amongst retailers is suggested by positive new figures from shopfittings and display companies. 

The unique dogs only pet store called Barkers, is a new brand from the Pets at Home group and it has opened in Wilmslow, Cheshire. 

Builders merchant Wolseley UK has bought Fusion Provida and Utility Power Systems (UPS), two trading businesses of Fusion Group. 

New legislation under the Sustainable Use Directive requires garden retailers with a turnover of £1.6m to have a sufficient number of trained and certified staff to sell garden plant protection products. 

In a restructure of business The Garden Centre Group has moved from 12 geographical groups to six, each with a regional operations director in bid to centralise retail operations. 

Argos has been taken to task by the ad watchdog for failing to make a delivery charge clear on its website. 

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced that it is no longer in negotiations to join forces with Solus Garden & Leisure and has confirmed it will no longer supply the wholesaler. 

UK shower designer and manufacturer Roman has achieved further success in its efforts to reduce its impact on the environment. 

Among eight winners across eight categories, The Color Run took home the Colour Moment of the Year award. 

Notcutts will celebrate the opening of its redeveloped Pembury garden centre, near Tunbridge Wells, on April 11.