The best products, businesses and individuals of DIY and gardening were celebrated on Tuesday, February 7 as the industry came together for the 2017 DIY Week Awards. 

Bunnings, which bought out Homebase from Home Retail Group in a £340m deal last year and opened its first pilot UK store last week, has scrapped zero-hour contracts for its British employees. 

The Glee show is to become a biannual event with the announcement that it will be opening a concession show at next year's Spring Fair show. 

Logistics firm DHL has revealed plans to relocate the Argos distribution centre in Stafford, putting 129 jobs at risk of redundancy. 

The Hillview Garden Centre group has bought out Shipley Garden Centre in Derbyshire, bringing its total number of centres to 11. 

Squire’s Garden Centre in Chertsey is now open after a complete re-build. 

DIY retailers could get a boost this year from the 27% of homeowners who have cancelled plans to move house in the wake of the Brexit vote, according to a new infographic released by Spring Fair. 

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed a 40% increase in violence and abuse against retail staff in the UK over the last year, and pointed out that 53% of retail fraud is now cyber-enabled. 

The first Hombease-Bunnings conversion is complete, with a brand new Bunnings Warehouse – the country's first – opening for business today. 

A group of retailers including B&Q, Argos, Next, Debenhams, House of Fraser and the Arcadia Group, recently lost a major court case against MasterCard regarding the fees they were charged for processing card payments. 

Go Banana, a building supplies e-commerce start-up, is taking on industry heavyweights B&Q, Travis Perkins, Selco, Wickes and Jewson to compare the prices of 50,000 searchable products. 

The Jones family, who have run F. A. Jones Ltd decorating supplies shop since 1951, have decided to close their business due to retirement and added pressure from multiple competitors. 

The UK's first ever Bunnings store is to officially open on Thursday, February 2, following a “pre-opening event” held this weekend.  

Jephsons DIY, the independent DIY store in the north-east Derbyshire market town of Shirebrook which closed down last autumn, is back in business - with a new name, and a new owner. 

Following extremely positive experiences over the last two years, The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) is to repeat its support for the pioneering Innovation Zone at the Totally DIY & Tools Exhibition next month.  

DIY adhesives and sealants producer Bostik has rejoined BHETA after a year’s absence. Both the Bostik and Evo-Stik brands enjoy an established reputation for high specification, innovation and customer service.  

New online DIY & Gardening Marketplace, ManoMano, has announced its turnover reached £3.2m in its first eight months in the UK and €90M across Europe. Part of the Google Scale Up programme, the company forecasts £10M revenue in the UK and €250M internationally for 2017. 

Worcestershire DIY shop Broad Street DIY is launching a new DIY Clinic on February 11 with the intention of helping local people who are having problems tackling home improvement tasks around the house. 

The UK's first Bunnings warehouse is to open this Sunday in a “pre-opening, team member event” - but the store won't be open to the public until February.