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. 

The Peterlee branch of builders' merchant MKM has donated a raft of materials to a project being undertaken by BBC television's DIY SOS: The Big Build series. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has signed up another four companies from within the housewares industry. 

Paint brand Dulux is launching a nationwide campaign to encourage hesitant homeowners to get back into decorating. 

Doff Portland has undergone a major rebrand as part of its strategy to grow its share of the lawn care and pest control market. 

Which? is telling consumers not to buy two FireAngel brand smoke alarms after they failed a fire test. 

Screwfix has opened its 300th trade counter - just eight years after it launched its first store, in Yeovil. 

FA Secrett has announced that it has sold its garden centre in Milford, Surrey, to Squire's Garden Centres for an undisclosed figure. 

Following news that the annual awards event has moved to a new time and place for next year, entry to both the retailer and product categories is now open. 

Like-for-like sales at Homebase for the first half of this year were up 5.9%, its best performance since acquisition in 2002.