'Wallpaper' and 'DIY' were the most popular keywords used for online searches on Google UK in August, within the furniture, garden products, decorating products and homewares categories. 

Garden centre customers have started preparing for Christmas early, with sales of festive products in September showing double-digit growth on last year. 

This year's Home Hardware Scotland Christmas brochure is offering more to its customers - a giveaway of a kitchen timer (worth £10) and the chance to win a six foot Christmas tree (worth £40). 

The British Home Enhancement Trade has signed up another big-name member in the form of DIY adhesives and sealants producer Bostik. 

Rainy Day Trust, the DIY and housewares industry charity, is appealing for more old mobile phones and printer cartridges for recycling to raise funds for its beneficiaries. 

Having reached a settlement with its creditors, Homebase Ireland has successfully exited examinership and secured almost 500 jobs. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) says this month's Meet the Buyer initiative, the second Screwfix Innovation Day, was another winner for all parties. 

THS Tools Group, the national network of local industrial distributors, has committed to becoming an event partner at next year's Totally Tools show. 

Glee's organiser has admitted that "there is still work to be done to engage with a wider audience" as it released figures showing another slump in visitor numbers. 

A free workshop, called 'Going Global', will run alongside the next meet-the-buyer event organised by Gardenex and PetQuip on November 14. 

Gardeners could soon be seeking the best in slug-killing products as an invasion of Spanish 'killer slugs' has taken over the UK. 

B&Q has confirmed its support for Grown in Britain, as it continues to sell British-grown timber products in 356 stores across the country. 

B&Q's website has hit rock bottom in Which?'s annual survey of online shops, with one user reporting how they suffered "a truly terrible experience". 

The line-up of the HTA Seasonal Plants Focus Conference has been added to, as Nicky Roeber from The Garden Centre Group joins the list of speakers. 

Squires Garden Centre in Stanmore has announced that its new chosen charity will be Disability Recreation Unity Movement (DRUM). 

Wickes and Tile Giant were the poor relations within the Travis Perkins stable in the third quarter, the merchanting and retail giant said today. 

B&Q has put out a product recall on several of its blinds because they pose a risk to children. 

Retailers can look forward to a bumper Christmas this year, with sales set to enjoy the strongest growth since pre-recession 2007. 

High demand for stands has led to the British Hardware Federation (BHF) Village at next February's Totally shows being expanded. 

Axminster Tools & Machinery has opened a new store in Basingstoke - the company's sixth.