The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has welcomed new member Henry Squire, the only independent family owned lock makers in the UK. 

Lords, with shops in and around the capital, has been voted Independent Retail Business of the Year and received its prize during an awards ceremony at the bira High Street Conference on 11 May. 

Consumer spending online increased by 2.5% year-on-year in April, according to the latest report from Visa Europe. 

British suppliers will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with garden and pet buyers from the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland at a special 'Meet the Buyer' hosted by the Gardenex and PetQuip export associations. 

Independent retailers bestowed prizes on star suppliers in the latest bira direct awards, presented at the bira High Street Conference on 11 May. 

Green Gate Security Access Systems has established itself as one of the UK's leading companies in its sector during its first decade in business - and is looking forward to more success in the years ahead. 

Introduced in 2015, the PetQuip Business Village is designed to offer pet suppliers wanting to build their presence within garden retailers, a platform to launch and showcase their latest ranges. Well-received in its inaugural year, the area is set to return at Glee 2016. 

DIY, hardware and garden retailers have given a mixed review of sales over the May Bank Holiday, with location playing a huge part in the dice roll of the British weather. 

Customers and staff at Stax Trade Centres were challenged to step up to the oche and face one of the biggest names in darts. 

Burgon & Ball is supporting a new cancer care centre in Manchester with garden tools for its spectacular glasshouse, a collaboration between architects Foster and Partners, and garden designers Dan Pearson and Lisa Rawley. 

Squire's Garden Centres has given £1,829.08 to the charity Greenfingers from the carrier bag charge. 

April saw a second month of flat sales for UK retailers, according to the BRC, but home accessories and furniture sales fared well "as retailers reaped the benefits of well-timed promotions." 

Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has asked MPs to call off a "witch hunt" against him as an inquiry about the downfall of BHS gets underway. 

Toolstation, one of Britain's fastest growing suppliers to the trade, home improvers and self-builders, has revealed that almost a third of property owners find it hard to hire good plumbers. 

Three more garden market suppliers have joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) - Paroh, Bonnington Plastics and Globus. 

To celebrate the business' 80th anniversary, Squire's Garden Centres have donated plants from their '80th Celebration Collection', a range of their favourite plants over the last 80 years, to make a beautiful flowerbed in Gostrey Meadow Park in Farnham. 

Greenfingers, the charity dedicated to creating gardens for children in hospices, is close to completing the relocation of the Royal Bank of Canada 2015 Chelsea Flower Show garden to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight. 

Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has strengthened its presence in Doncaster with the acquisition of Maltings Timber Merchants. 

Billingshurst-based Austens Home Hardware recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with a huge refit throughout the store. 

Bunnings CEO John Gillam and CFO for nine years Michael Wedgwood are to deliver a frank and open fifty minute recorded interview with BHETA members at BHETA's next forum event on Thursday, May 19.