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. 

Negotiating specialist ReSharpen has entered into a new partnership with the HTA to help cut operational costs for HTA members. 

Lords Builders Merchants held its annual golf day and charity auction with customers and suppliers making generous donations. 

London chain Capital Gardens is embroiled in a row with the National Trust that could see it lose another of its garden centres. 

Bathrooms.com has announced the launch of the first augmented reality app for bathrooms. 

The ad watchdog has upheld a complaint by Homebase that B&Q extended the date of two promotions without a good enough reason. 

Ryton Gardens in Coventry, where organic growing charity Garden Organic is based, is closing its garden centre and café following the withdrawal of their operator, Webbs Garden Centres. 

As The Range climbed 63 places in The Sunday Times 250 Top Track, it also announced that it will be opening seven new superstores in November, creating 1050 jobs. 

The new Dobbies Garden Centre in Inverness opened on Friday, marking the company's 15th centre in Scotland. 

Glazebury-based Bents Garden & Home has created its own customer loyalty scheme, the 'be inspired' club, which will reward members and help build a picture of the centre's customer base. 

The owner of Comet, which spectacularly collapsed last November with the loss of over 6,000 jobs, is to walk away with £117m. 

Kingfisher has announced that B&Q's chief executive Martyn Phillips is leaving the business after 19 years, with Kevin O'Byrne assuming direct leadership.