A Dunelm Mill store on Orchard Retail Park in Coventry has been destroyed by a large fire which broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning. 

Garden Centre Group pays tribute to Mr Dixon, who had worked at the Croydon Purley Way Garden Centre for more than 20 years before recently passing away. 

More than 80 fire fighters are battling a large fire which broke out at the Dunelm Mill store on Orchard Retail Park in Coventry in the early hours of this morning. 

On Sunday, September 25, the company unveiled the record-breaking torch at the Night of Lights Festival in Soligen, Germany. 

Homewares retailer Dunelm has reported a 2% dip in like-for-like sales for the first quarter of its current financial year. 

Plumbers and builders merchant group Wolseley has reported a rise in revenue and profit for the year to July 31, 2011, despite its Bathstore business suffering a 15% decline in revenue. 

While overall shop price inflation held fast at 2.7% last month, non-food declined from 1.4% in August to 1.3% in September, with electrical items in particular, cheaper than the same period last year. 

More than 8,000 people visited Fermoys Garden Centre in Newton Abbot over the weekend of September 24-25 for the annual Abbfest - which turned out to be Fermoys' most successful event ever. 

Homebase is making the move into social media today, launching pages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. 

The 2.5% National Minimum Wage increase which came into affect on Saturday will make it harder for retailers to maintain and create jobs, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned. 

Grocer named as one of several interested parties who have requested sale documents for the former Wyevale chain after it was put up for sale by Lloyds last month. 

Reisser Limited has become the latest company to sign up to the Rainy Day Trust's Partnership scheme. 

South-west superstore retailer Trago Mills has been fined almost £200,000 for illegally dumping and burning waste at two of its out-of-town stores in 2009. 

DIY giant will offer around 15,000 lines for sale on new mobile specific site, with the ability to reserve and collect any product from the full B&Q range within half a day. 

Demand for small centre has dropped off following the opening of Dobbies' state-of-the-art Garden World just three miles down the road in Braehead, Glasgow. 

While the overall rate of insolvencies has increased 12%, the number of firms in the non-food sector, including DIY, home and garden retailers, that failed in August, remained relatively unchanged from last year. 

Fresh@Burcot Garden Centre and Little Heath Garden Centre broken into over the weekend, with offenders escaping with a substantial amount of cash, say police. 

The trade association has issued a warning after three Midlands garden centres were targeted by thieves at the weekend. 

Scheme designed to help ambitious young people develop their boardroom and business skills, as B&Q hopes to encourage the country's "future leaders". 

DIY sector director Peter Stone says new members are flooding in to join the trade organisation, as it introduces a host of new services aimed at driving member sales.