Homebase has seen a 78% year-on-year increase in the sale of craft paint, thanks to the trend to upcycle furniture and give it a new lease of life. 

There is still time to help Greenfingers by sponsoring members of the garden industry who are embarking on a walk on the charity's Garden Re-Leaf Day. 

Representatives from Lowe's, Kingfisher and Ace Hardware International will speak at the Global DIY Forum in London this June. 

Paint brand Valspar is the latest name in the DIY industry to capitalise on the frenzy surrounding the recent release of the erotic film Fifty Shades of Grey. 

Crown has done a deal with Toolstation that will see the retailer have exclusivity on a new range of contract paints. 

Plaid Cymru has called for a rethink of the Help to Buy initiative in Wales, calling it "impractical and unfair" that people who have bought homes under the scheme are banned from doing home improvements. 

An alleged hardware shop thief who went to the police to complain about CCTV-image posters of him displayed in the store is now facing prosecution. 

VegTrug, the self-contained, raised vegetable garden company has launched a wholly-owned subsidiary in the USA, which commences trading on March 1. 

Organisers of this year's Totally DIY and Totally Tools shows have described the combined event as "positive and optimistic". 

A hardware store which has been created from scratch opened its doors for the first time this month. 

Despite missing its original Christmas 2014 deadline, The Range opened its 100th store in Peverell on Friday morning. 

Six key European buyers of garden, leisure and pet products will be at the next Meet the Buyers event to be staged by the Gardenex and PetQuip export associations. 

Several of Scotts Miracle-Gro's biggest brands, best-selling products and new launches will be hitting TV screens again this spring and summer. 

The desire to deter thefts from the home and garden is sparking a trend for gravel, according to decorative aggregates supplier Deco-Pak. 

Squire's Garden Centre hosted its first-ever "Plant Supplier Show" this month, attracting 35 suppliers from across the UK to showcase their latest plants to the Squire''s team. 

J Rotherham, the supplier of natural stone and composite surfaces to the bathroom and kitchen industry, has been named a regional runner-up in the EEF/Aldermore Future Manufacturing Awards. 

Fencing and garden buildings supplier Grange has won 60 new stockists already this year, thanks, it says, to its positive handling of last year's storm damage crisis. 

Bonnington Plastics, the company behind the Kingfisher gardening and homewares brand, has secured a five-figure settlement from a group of companies after bringing a claim in the High Court for intellectual infringement. 

The floorcoverings market is set to benefit from a £250m boost between now and 2019, according to a new report. 

Hundreds of leading DIY and garden suppliers, wholesalers and independent and multiple retailers came together this week at the 2015 DIY Week Awards to find out who had scooped Gold.