A TV, radio and internet ad campaign for 15% off at Homebase when customers spent £50 during a 'national discount day' has been banned by the ASA because of implications the offer could be used in conjunction with other offers at the DIY store. 

The Meet the Buyers initiative set up for members by The British Home Enhancement Trade Association is now working with overseas retailers for the first time. 

Following on from the successful 'Gift Guide for Tools' aimed at consumers looking for unique gifts last year, Mica has its sights set on the cookware and baking market this Christmas, with its premier 'Cookshop Special' brochure. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association has added two more companies to its expanding membership. 

Members of the Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) have once again issued a warning to suppliers being targeted by hoax order requests. 

Nicholas Marshall, who has been leading the UK's largest garden retailer for almost four years, has resigned with immediate effect, it was announced today. 

Kingfisher-owned B&Q is making nearly 20% of its head office staff redundant, cutting 220 of the 1,200 jobs based from its Hampshire headquarters in order to deliver a more "agile" service to its customers. 

Kingfisher retailers B&Q and Screwfix have supplied a range of equipment, tools and clothing to the South Georgia Heritage Trust, which is leading a conservation project to protect seabirds in the sub-Antarctic. 

According to research analysts GfK, while the consumer confidence index edged up to a 15 month high between July 2011 and July 2012, the value sales of bathroom suites declined by 9%. 

United Carpets has effectively put its shops into administration and then bought them straight back again in order to save on crippling rent liabilities. 

Deborah Jennings, a director of Jackloc and described as "a pioneering businesswoman", has died at the age of 44. 

Following several months of flat or negative growth, the high street is showing signs of recovery, according to the BDO high street sales tracker, with like-for-like sales up 3.5% for September. 

A garden centre near Grimsby has been put up for sale as the owners prepare to retire. 

The recent cold and wet snap put customers "in the right mood for shopping" at John Lewis last week. The retailer posted sales up 26.5% on the same week last year, which, incidentally, saw the country engulfed in an unseasonable heat wave. 

Online plumbing and heating retailer PlumbNation has smashed the £14million sales mark for the year 2011/2012, a yearly increase of more than 20%. 

The next Meet the Buyer Day organised by the British Home Enhancement Trade Association will allow members of the organisation to go head-to-head with buyers from John Lewis. 

The closing date for entries to the DIY Week Awards is tomorrow - enter now to get your stand-out retail business or products noticed. 

The 129-strong Garden Centre Group has posted results showing a profit dip for the year to December 25, 2011, but an upbeat picture of H1 2012. 

Following criticism at the reduced size of Glee 2012, the Garden Centre Association (GCA) executive committee has spoken up in the trade show's defence. 

Jacques Home Hardware - named for the four Jacques family members who run it - is the fresh new identity marking a new era for the Market Rasen hardware store.