The Gardenex export federation is organising the British group of exhibitors at Spoga+gafa 2017, and has secured Government grants of at least £1000 for eligible companies. 

Leekes has been named Retailer of the Year at the prestigious Cardiff Life Awards after applying for the first time. 

British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has reported a great response to an appeal it received looking for members to supply products for forthcoming primetime series: Love Your Home and Garden. 

Parent company Sainsbury’s reports good like-for-like growth for Argos in fourth quarter. 

The HTA Catering Conference and Dinner – A Piece of Cake? will have talks from garden centre operators, a chef at a five-star London hotel, as well as a look at the latest market information and a discussion on food psychology 

The owner of Chanterlands DIY and Hardware in Hull has decided to recreate the famous Hull Dead Bod icon on the shutters of his shop as part of a scheme to tidy up the local area. 

Ten extra large koi carp and one sturgeon were stolen from the display pond at Squire's Garden Centre in Badshot Lea near Farnham last Friday (March 10). 

Construction well underway on Trago Mills’ new dedicated building materials outlet, set to open in May. 

The Garden Re-Leaf Day Plant-athons this year will look to bring an added element of excitement to garden centres when they begin towards the end of next week. 

BHETA’s next networking forum covers a number of e-commerce topics and will feature Amazon category leaders, as guest speakers. 

Kingfisher retailer B&Q, famous for its warehouse-style, out-of-town outlets, has opened its first high street store, at 482, Holloway Road, London.  

Gorilla Tape will be the focus of a new TV advertising campaign, which is set to air across mainstream channels, including Sky Sports, ITV Breakfast, Channel 5 and Sky 1, throughout 2017. 

Retailers visited two nurseries in Hereford last week to attend PlantFest and to see new product developments for the coming year. 

Former Wyevale boss replaces John Cleland as CEO of the garden centre chain with immediate effect 

European countries have found a way around the ban on so-called bee-harming chemicals in pesticides, taking advantage of a legal loophole that allows “emergency authorisations” 

The 2017 Spring Budget was announced this week, with chancellor Philip Hammond outlining measures including £435m set aside for firms affected by increases in business rates, but retail industry representatives have described this amount as "inadequate" and "a drop in the ocean" compared with the £25bn the tax raises. 

Retailers interested in attending this year's Global DIY Summit in Berlin have just days to register for an Early Bird discount, which expires on March 15. 

UK retail sales fell by 0.4% on a like-for-like basis in February compared with the same month last year, when they had increased by 0.1% from the previous year. 

Water features, ornaments and an ornate five-foot bronze stag have been stolen from Dobbies in Mancetter, near Atherstone. 

The owner of Ravenshead Plant Centre near Nottingham has been jailed for eight years following an investigation into money laundering and the production of drugs at the business.