Builders merchant Wolseley UK has bought Fusion Provida and Utility Power Systems (UPS), two trading businesses of Fusion Group. 

New legislation under the Sustainable Use Directive requires garden retailers with a turnover of £1.6m to have a sufficient number of trained and certified staff to sell garden plant protection products. 

In a restructure of business The Garden Centre Group has moved from 12 geographical groups to six, each with a regional operations director in bid to centralise retail operations. 

Argos has been taken to task by the ad watchdog for failing to make a delivery charge clear on its website. 

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced that it is no longer in negotiations to join forces with Solus Garden & Leisure and has confirmed it will no longer supply the wholesaler. 

UK shower designer and manufacturer Roman has achieved further success in its efforts to reduce its impact on the environment. 

Among eight winners across eight categories, The Color Run took home the Colour Moment of the Year award. 

Notcutts will celebrate the opening of its redeveloped Pembury garden centre, near Tunbridge Wells, on April 11. 

As of this month, B&Q is eliminating polystyrene packaging across its range of bedding plants and introducing an eco-friendly replacement. 

'Hillier: The Plants, The People, The Passion' charts the nursery and garden centre business' story from its foundation in Winchester in 1864 to the present day, depicting its survival through war, recession and social change. 

The DIY skills the four prison officers gained from B&Q's Bob Lakey will be passed on to prisoners in Scottish prisons to increase their chances of finding employment upon release. 

Research released by Cuprinol ahead of the Shed of the Year competition, reveals that more than 14 million people in the UK now own a shed. 

One of Homebase's two stores in Coventry is the latest to be threatened with the axe as the retailer presses ahead with its programme of closures. 

In its latest announcement Carpetright predicts year ending April 2014 pre-tax profits of £3.5m to £5.5m, well below forecast of £7.8m. 

Ironmongery Direct posted a turnover of £22.1m up 22% on 2012, achieving its ninth consecutive year of growth in the process. 

The Association of European Producers of Laminate Flooring says that manufacturers are kicking off the new laminate flooring season with rustic light and medium earth tones. 

After 10 acquisitions in 2013, Brooks Nursery & Garden Centre in Bude, Cornwall, becomes TGCG's 140th store and its first acquisition of 2014. 

Screwfix was confirmed today as the star performer of Kingfisher Group's brace of UK businesses as the company announced its preliminary results for 2013/14. 

New figures released today show that entrepreneurship is still thriving in UK high streets, with traditional independent shops increasing whilst chains continue to retreat. 

Topps Tiles said today that with its strong first-quarter performance having continued into the second it now expects "a significantly improved profit performance" for the year.