Pet care products supplier Gardman is donating £16,000 worth of pet care products to its local animal charity, Wood Green. 

A head office expansion and creation of a state-of-the-art flagship store for The Range in Plymouth will bring in 700 jobs to the area. 

Bayer Garden is celebrating a very strong start to the season, says the company, performing ahead of the market in its key product categories and gaining market share across the board. 

Manufacturer of gourmet grill products, Napoleon, has been selected out of 250 companies as one of Canada's best managed companies. 

The B&Q store in Ore has closed and will be knocked down to make way for multi-million pound supermarket chain Aldi. 

Fashion retailer Next has opened its first standalone Home & Garden store in Cribbs Causeway Retail Park, Bristol, with the addition of its first-ever Bedshop. 

After one if its members was defrauded of more than £2,000, the British Home Enhancement Trade Association has called on suppliers to be extra vigilant about invoicing queries. 

Travis Perkins reports strong sales growth for the first quarter of 2014 ending March 31, with like-for-like sales up by 12.7%. 

In a survey of more than 5,800 people, Screwfix tops the DIY category in terms of customer satisfaction. 

The event in Madrid is set to be attended by 120 ceo's and senior executives from more than 50 home improvement companies from all over the world. 

Consumer organisation Which? handed Resolva Bug Killer the Gardening 'Best Buy' status after the product came out on top in tests against 10 other ready to use products. 

Value retailer Wilko has launched its first-ever series of TV ads which feature a crew of pirates trying to get one up on a rival ship by decorating theirs with Wilko products. 

Data released by Visa shows that homeowners spent 6% more in DIY and household stores this Easter weekend compared to Easter last year. 

Wholesaler Stax Trade Centres reported a record £2m uplift in sales last month, boosted by garden sales, and predicts a strong April on the back of the breakdown in negotiations between Scotts and Solus. 

Retailers suffered a drop in shopper numbers over the Easter weekend, despite the weather being remarkably warmer than last year. 

The roof of John Lewis' flagship store on Oxford Street will be transformed into a garden to celebrate 150 years of the company. 

Family-run garden centre Garsons has successfully completed phase one of a major redevelopment of its Esher centre, re-roofing its existing gift and furniture area and extending the retail space. 

Smart Solar is relinquishing distributorship of Haxnicks products, which as of June 1 this year will be taken on by the Tildenet Group. 

Westland Horticulture will showcase its Resolva weedkiller brand and Aftercut Even Flo over the Easter and May Bank holiday weekends, hoping to reach more than tensof millions of customers across major TV channels and Sky. 

A disappointing figure for March retail sales has been offset by encouraging footfall numbers.