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Green Gate celebrates 10 years in business

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. 
12 May 2016

PetQuip to return to Glee 2016

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. 
11 May 2016

May Bank Holiday delivers patchy sales

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. 
11 May 2016

Darts champ takes on Stax customers

Customers and staff at Stax Trade Centres were challenged to step up to the oche and face one of the biggest names in darts. 
10 May 2016

Burgon & Ball supports new cancer centre

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. 
10 May 2016

Squire's donates plastic bag charge to charity

Squire's Garden Centres has given £1,829.08 to the charity Greenfingers from the carrier bag charge. 
10 May 2016

Retail flat in April, but home stores 'fare well'

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." 
10 May 2016

BHS inquiry kicks off as owner cries witch hunt

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. 
9 May 2016

One in three households struggle to find a good plumber

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. 
9 May 2016

Garden suppliers join BHETA

Three more garden market suppliers have joined the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) - Paroh, Bonnington Plastics and Globus. 
6 May 2016

Squires celebrates 80 years

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. 
6 May 2016

Greenfingers Chelsea garden relocation nears completion

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. 
5 May 2016

Howarth Timber acquires Maltings Timber Merchants

Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has strengthened its presence in Doncaster with the acquisition of Maltings Timber Merchants. 
5 May 2016

Austens HH celebrates re-launch and five year anniversary

Billingshurst-based Austens Home Hardware recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with a huge refit throughout the store. 
5 May 2016

Bunnings heads up next BHETA forum

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. 
4 May 2016

The Range owner considering selling shares

According to reports, the rags-to-riches owner of The Range is considering selling shares of his discount store chain in a deal which is estimated to earn him £1bn. 
3 May 2016

Disgruntled Homebase worker: "We're paid less than B&Q"

A dissatisfied Homebase employee has approached DIYWeek.net with allegations of unfairness against the retailer. 
3 May 2016

Independents return to growth but confidence is knocked

New figures released by the British Independent Retail Association (bira) shows trading growth returned to just the right side of zero in the January to March period compared to the same months in 2015. 
29 April 2016

Former BHS boss in talks to buy back retailer

Dominic Chappell, the former owner of BHS, is reportedly in talks with administrators Duff & Phelps to buy back the beleaguered retailer. 
28 April 2016

Bents smashes fundraising target with £25k total

Bents Garden and Home has smashed its own fundraising target by more than £10,000 for its 2015 charity of the year, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, which recently received a £25,907 cheque from the retailer. 
28 April 2016
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