Peter McDermott, managing director of online garden centre, YouGarden, will share his top tips on multi-channel marketing at the HTA Seasonal Plants Focus Conference 2013. 

A brand new B&Q store has opened in Bedford, as local residents queued up in anticipation of winning a £100 voucher to spend inside. 

The Forum of Private Business has found that 94% of members it surveyed have seen an increase in business costs and 87% reported an increase in energy costs. 

The Garden Centre Association will finalise and announce its choice of chief executive on November 28. 

Garden machinery was the stand-out performer amongst independent retailers in the third quarter of this year, but the DIY and hardware sector barely managed to hold its own. 

Seedy Sunday, the UK's largest community seed swap event, will return to Brighton for its 13th annual event on February 2, 2014. 

The Range has launched a new multi million pound Christmas marketing campaign that sees TV adverts hitting our screens today. 

John Lewis has reported that furniture items have been getting smaller as the public maximise their "shrinking living spaces", while they have also been making the most of their outside space. 

87% of Britons believe that their favourite retailers fail to support good causes, and DIY was one of the worst named sectors. 

The move means that the UK firm Westland remains the only bird food manufacturer to achieve accreditation from The British Retail Consortium. 

Axminster Tools has launched a new website - a complete revamp of its existing site with a more contemporary style and new features to help the user. 

An award-winning Gwynedd garden centre is hoping to gain permission for a significant expansion. 

Today saw the launch in the Houses of Parliament of a powerful new coalition called Target200 that aims to get many more independent retailers trading online. 

Smoke alarms that send a text to your mobile, dishwasher-proof barbecues and sheds that can be constructed in an hour - these are just some of the innovations newly unveiled by B&Q and its French sister company. 

A new guide has been published to help retailers stay within the law when it comes to asbestos on their premises 

Home improvement retailers can expect a new influx of mature customers after the publication of research that finds DIY and gardening is good for you - possibly adding years to older people's lives. 

French DIY retail giants Leroy Merlin and Kingfisher-owned Castorama have won a partial victory in a bitter quarrel over Sunday opening. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has signed up yet another big home improvement name as a member, Crown Paints. 

All purpose adhesive brand, Gorilla Glue, has embarked on its first national marketing campaign with a £500,000 investment supporting its UK growth. 

Ralph Morten, founder of the Ilkley, West Yorkshire hardware independent RW Morten, has passed away at the age of 101.