Kraig Seymour, yard sales manager of the new Weybridge Champion Timber branch is readying himself for his second and final charity fundraising challenge of the summer. 

THE GARDEN Centre Association (GCA) held a successful Plant Area Workshop at Ball Colegrave this summer. 

John Lewis has invested in its online services by opening two new distribution centres in Milton Keynes, expanding its Magna Park location, the Retail Gazette reports. 

Retail giant Marks & Spencer is set to cut up to 500 jobs at its head office in London as part of efforts to reduce costs, it has been widely reported over the weekend. 

Sainsbury's is to more than double the number of Argos outlets in its supermarkets by Christmas and introduce home furnishings retailer Habitat into its stores for the first time, reports the Belfast Telegraph. 

Orkla House Care has doubled the size of its operations with the now completed acquisition of DIY painting tools supplier L.G. Harris & Co (Harris). 

Bunnings UK and Ireland managing director PJ Davis will make the first public presentation of the UK Bunnings business since its acquisition of Homebase, in the next in the series of British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) networking forums. 

With just weeks to go until the doors to Glee 2016 are thrown open at the Birmingham NEC from September 12-14, what can visitors expect from this year's exhibition? 

After 88 years on high streets all over the UK, the last BHS store closed for good over the bank holiday weekend. 

B&Q is reportedly trialing the use of avatars, controlled in real time by in-customer assistants, to answer customer queries. 

A new consolidated supply chain service, tailored to the needs of garden centres and garden retail suppliers has been launched by a partnership including specialist in product sourcing, development and distribution, Highgrove and BRC-accredited supply chain infrastructure provider, Oakland International. 

Garden gloves brand Briers is the latest garden supplier to join BHETA. 

Next week will see Ikea opening the doors of its new Westfield Stratford city order and collection point. 

Welsh home retailer Leekes has created 25 new jobs with the completion of a major expansion at its Pontyclun-based warehouse. 

In its latest financial report, Homebase's new parent group Wesfarmers has reported sales of £512m at the former HRG-owned retailer during the four months of its ownership. On a like-for-like trading basis for the period from completion to the end of June, transactions were up 7.5%. 

A Habitat store in Bath, which has been operating from a Homebase warehouse for less than a year, is set to close in early September. 

A three-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after being crushed by an MDF wall in Frank's The Flooring Store in Darlington on Sunday. 

A new report by AMA Research has revealed that the UK lighting market reached more than £2bn in worth last year, an increase of 13% on 2014. 

Now in its sixth year, the Big Brands Trade Shows looks set to be the biggest in Stax history, with more than 150 brands already signed up to attend the two shows this September and October. 

B&Q and Screwfix's parent company Kingfisher has seen total sales rise 8.4% in the three months to July 31, with like-for-likes in Britain and Ireland up 7.2%.