Owner and founder of The Range Chris Dawson has arranged to visit HMP Dartmoor to speak to inmates about how to keep on the right side of the bars and make some money legally. 

More than a century of hardware retailing in Shropshire will come to an end this year when an independent shop finally gives up its battle for survival. 

Argos and Amazon among retailers to offer huge discounts next Friday, while Visa Europe estimates that £360,000 will be spent every minute on its cards during the UK's busiest online shopping day, Black Friday. 

With judging set to commence at the end of the month, the DIY Week Awards has just signed up another major industry name as a sponsor. 

Christel Struckmeier has retired from running Arbroath’s premier hardware store, Barclay Ross. 

Wyevale Garden Centres has confirmed that it has acquired Trelawney's garden centre at Ashford, near Barnstaple, north Devon. 

Stewart Garden has launched a YouTube channel, Stewart Garden TV, featuring TV and radio gardening personality Pippa Greenwood. 

The Range's relentless drive to hit its 100-store target this side of Christmas continues, with three more outlets due to launch within the next two weeks. 

The day-to-day experiences and thoughts of a hardware retailer have now been immortalised in a new book of memoirs. 

British garden, leisure and petcare products suppliers will have the opportunity to acquire valuable export information and to present their products to important overseas buyers at an Open Day and Meet the Buyer event being organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip associations. 

The loan from The North West Fund for Loans Plus has helped Mail Order Online, which sells seasonal goods, stock up in time for Christmas. 

Certainly Wood is the latest home and garden improvement company to join the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). 

The UK non-food retail market rallied in October, posting the strongest year-on-year rise in footfall for the month since 2004. 

Due to an unexpected change of judging date, retailers now have an extra week to get their entries in. Don't miss the boat! 

It is the last chance for retailers to get their entries in for the 2015 DIY Week Awards, with entry forms required by close of play Friday, November 14 or first thing Monday morning to be in with a chance to take home Gold at the glittering awards event in February. 

Grocer takes decision to close dedicated kitchen and bathroom business over concerns about provider Mark Two Distributors 

Over 1,300 young people applied but just 19 have been picked for a new place on the Homebase Garden Academy training programme. 

Figures released today reveal that the rapidly-growing discount retailer is investing more than £109m in total over the next 12 months, constructing 33 new-build stores and a distribution centre. 

William Sinclair will report a small loss in its latest financial year, the growing media supplier said today in a trading update. 

Bristol-based Yankee Candle has confirmed its continued support for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children charity, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal.