A four by four feet glass box, suspended 20 ft over a car park in Aylesbury was where a director from Wickes spent a gruelling 34 hours of his bank holiday weekend last week. 

Autumn Fair International 2012 got under way yesterday, and, as is usual for the show's Sunday, saw an influx of independents. 

Sales of artificial flowers are enjoying a significant uplift on the back of the longest hay fever season experienced in two decades. 

The former gardening home shopping retailer has posted financial results for the 26 weeks ending June 29, 2012, rounding off a half year which saw much of the group's operations sold. 

A lack of skilled workers has helped put one of Scotland's leading independent landscaping businesses into liquidation. 

Almost half of Britons admit to buying DIY tools that hardly ever emerge from the toolbox, a new study has found. 

Gardman has appointed McLoughlins as its distributor in the Republic of Ireland. 

The Insight Retail Group has launched kitchen-compare.com to help enable consumers to better navigate the different kitchen-buying options from the country's largest home improvement retailers. 

Students from Solent University recently got the chance to design four new looks to celebrate the launch of B&Q's new homes range as part of a décor competition. 

New figures have revealed that card turnover at UK DIY stores was 10% higher in Q2 2012 than the same period last year, despite an 18% drop in card turnover at small businesses in general. 

Councils should look at raising rates on out of town retailers to help high streets, according to the Association of Convenience Stores. 

Home Hardware will unveil its new logo this autumn and rolling out the look to posters, shop fronts and staff uniforms. 

Sales at Grafton Group's retail operations fell 12.4% to €98.2m in the first half of the year. Operating loss at the Irish DIY and kitchens businesses soared from €0.4m to €3.5m. 

The Southampton retailer was open for business on time last Sunday, a matter of hours after a fire that required two fire engines to extinguish hit the building. 

A local shop report by the Association of Convenience Stores has revealed that small shopkeepers are among the hardest working professionals in Britain, with 60% working more than 50 hours in an average week. 

A new generation M&S store, featuring the biggest home department in the UK with 18,000 sq ft dedicated to the category, has opened at Cheshire Oaks, near Liverpool. 

A new social media page which will enable tradesmen to interact directly with their local building suppliers about new products as well as the latest hints and tips from trade experts is being rolled out by TradePoint. 

Chartham Garden Centre in Kent is the latest Garden Centre Group businesses to add a charity shop concession in aid of Pilgrims Hospices. 

Paint brand creates new commercial, featuring realflow fluid simulation technology - the first animation of its kind to break into the home improvement sector - in a bid to inspire homeowners to be bolder with colour. 

The seasonal homewares market saw a 357% increase in value and 554% in volume year-on-year for July 2012, according to GfK.