Customers and staff at Fryers Garden Centre in Knutsford had to be evacuated this week after a fire started in an electrical cupboard. 

Business has boomed at Robert Dyas following its July 2012 takeover by former Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis, with operating profits up to £4.89m for the year to March 30, 2013 - an uptake of 353% since last year's £1.08m. 

West London builders merchant Lords took up a unique opportunity to impress its name on millions of potential customers when it was invited to take a prime banner site on the Lord's cricket ground for the second Ashes test match in June. 

A south London woman who works for Homebase goes to court today accused of stealing over £100,000-worth of gift vouchers from the retailer. 

Bubba Brands, whose products include the Hero bottle, has joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association. 

"Oh I do like to be beside the seaside" is the second clue released by the GCA in its competition to guess the 2014 venue of its annual conference. 

An Irish hardware store/builders merchant has successfully defended itself against a demand to pay music royalties because its employees listened to a radio. 

Following the success of last year's event, Stanley is once again hosting its Big Hit Challenge at the upcoming British MotoGP at Silverstone. 

Germany's Max Bahr DIY chain has filed for insolvency, dashing hopes that it might be able to survive the collapse two weeks ago of parent Praktiker, the country's third-largest home improvement retailer. 

B&Q has come together with some of the UK's other leading retail names to sue Visa over excessive debit and credit card processing costs. 

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Turnover has shot up 43% at family-run North Wales retailer Ruthin Décor ever since it turned its back on its former out-of-town location and returned to the high street. 

Despite the ONS signalling a 0.6% rise in GDP, new research from the British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) shows that independent traders logged a year-on-year quarterly decline of 1.9% in the three months to June. 

Con artist posing as a garden retailer targets supplier, placing bogus orders worth thousands of pounds. 

Sales were largely flat during Wickes' first half, with like-for-likes dropping 1.1%, levelling sales at £586.6m for the six months to June 30. 

Geoff Cooper, the chief executive officer of Wickes' parent company Travis Perkins Plc, will retire as a director and full time employee on his 60th birthday next March, and step down as ceo in January, after nine years at the helm of the business. 

Sales decreased by 3.3% during the 12 weeks to July 20 at Carpetright, with like-for-likes dropping 1.9% due to warm weather impacting footfall. 

An enjoyable evening was had by all at last week's annual GIMA awards. 

Friday, March 14, 2014 is the date for the next official Garden Re-Leaf Day, after a wildly successful 2013 event which saw £61,379 raised for Greenfingers. 

Total sales were up 5.2% across the Kingfisher group during the 10 weeks to July 13, up 2.5% like-for-like, with both B&Q and Screwfix seeing positive gains.