Topps Tiles is growing its chain of small-format boutique stores with a new opening in St John's Wood High Street in north London. 

Prime Minister David Cameron paid a visit to Wyevale Garden Centres' Melbicks centre in Birmingham at the weekend, talking policies and plant pots with customers and staff. 

Window decoration specialist Sunflex, is the latest company to show its support for industry charity, the Rainy Day Trust, by signing up as a partner of the Trust. 

Screwfix is one of five retailers shortlisted to receive a 2015 Which? Award. 

Work is now underway on Liverpool retailer Taskers' newest store, which is due to open in the last quarter of this year. 

Home ownership now "seems like an impossible dream" for many, says Mintel, whose research has found that 42% of UK renters believe they will never be able to afford their own home. 

Bord na Móna UK has published its end-year sales results, with figures 27.7% ahead of 2014 year on year. 

The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has welcomed the publication of the long-awaited new Building Regulations, which - for the first time in England - require new homes to incorporate provisions to resist unauthorised access. 

Garden centres across the country saw sales of clothing and catering soar while fluctuating weather saw plant sales rise and fall last month, according to the Garden Centre Association's Barometer of Trade (BoT) results. 

Aggregates supplier Deco-Pak is increasing its production capacity by 30% following an investment in its on-site manufacturing and packaging machinery. 

Over a quarter of shoppers now follow retailers on social media, according to the 2015 Shopper Barometer, a study of current trends and future consumer habits of UK shoppers. 

DIY retailers, garden centre buyers and builders merchants have just a couple of weeks left to sign up to visit the final Toolbank spring trade shows of 2015. 

Finnish tool giant Fiskars welcomes the Ambassador of Finland, Pekka Huhtaniemi, to officially open its new UK showroom and offices in Birmingham last month. 

The early spring sunshine saw Brits flocking outdoors over the Easter break to make the most of the good weather, with sales of barbecues and outdoor games soaring. 

Leading garden centres are once again being put under pressure to stop selling a Bayer Provado product over concerns that it is harmful to bees. 

Stone fireplace supplier J Rotherham has announced the winner of a competition to design a unique, contemporary fireplace. 

Any retailers that are offered discounted Yankee candles are being asked to contact police after a Monmouthshire garden centre lost £23,000-worth of the products in a raid. 

Homebase has paid compensation to a customer after a tin of paint she was buying exploded at the checkout. 

Long-established garden centre and Chelsea Flower Show veteran Hillier announces plans for Young Hillier Day, where trainees, apprentices and students will run its exhibit at the famous gardening show. 

Garden structures and fencing supplier Grange has invested in a consumer media campaign highlighting its decorative structures offer.