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Deco-Pak takes over Living Stone sales team

Garden landscaping supplier Deco-Pak has acquired the national sales team of rival Living Stone, which has gone into administration. 
27 January 2014

Two weeks left to win free garden centre talks by TV garden guru

Garden centres have just under two weeks left to win a footfall-boosting on-site appearance by ITV gardener David Domoney during this year's Garden Re-Leaf weekend. 
27 January 2014

London hardware store to close after 94 years

A north London hardware shop will close down this summer just six years short of chalking up a century of trading. 
27 January 2014

Peter Burks lands managerial role at Trelawney Garden Leisure

Peter Burks, who left The Garden Centre Group (TGCG) in November after a regional management overhaul, has been given a key role with Trelawney Garden Leisure. 
27 January 2014

Falmouth DIY shop seeks buyer or will close

The owner of a Cornish DIY shop says he will close it if he is unable to sell the business as a going concern. 
27 January 2014

UPDATE: Hayes Garden World md trial delayed

The jury in the trial of the boss of leading Cumbrian garden centre Hayes Garden World has been discharged and the case postponed for five weeks. 
24 January 2014

Kingfisher chooses X-IO Technologies to stabilise IT infrastructure

Kingfisher has appointed storage industry company X-IO Technologies to stabilise and bolster the IT infrastructure underpinning the company's 1,060 stores. 
24 January 2014

Expanding Rising Star programme for GCA

The GCA's Rising Stars programme will be expanded further this year due to its successes in 2013, and plans will be unveiled at its annual conference next week. 
24 January 2014

Screwfix website glitch reduces all items to £34.99

Screwfix.com suffered a glitch overnight that saw the price of all items reduced to just £34.99, and customers bagged some bargains, some buying thousands of pounds worth of goods. 
24 January 2014

EXCLUSIVE: Homebase md reveals plans for new store refit model

Homebase managing director, Paul Loft, has told diyweek.net about plans for a brand new store refit model and a re-launched website in 2014. 
23 January 2014

Two flooring firms change pricing practices after OFT investigation

United Carpets and Floors2Go have agreed to change their pricing practices after an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading. 
23 January 2014

Christmasworld puts the style into Christmas 2014

The Christmasworld trade fair, which opens its doors in Frankfurt tomorrow, will present four trends that organisers say will define the style of next Christmas. 
23 January 2014

Furniture website took months to honour 30-day-refund pledge

The ad watchdog has upheld a complaint against a furniture website that took months to refund a customer, despite its pledge to do so within 30 days. 
23 January 2014

BHETA signs up Grange Fencing

Grange Fencing is the latest home and garden improvement company to join the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). 
22 January 2014

PHA KitchEssentials is latest Rainy Day Trust Partner

The DIY and housewares industry charity The Rainy Day Trust (RDT) has signed up PHA KitchEssentials as its latest Partner company. 
22 January 2014

2013's freezing spring knocks William Sinclair results

Growing media supplier William Sinclair said today that last year's bitterly-cold spring was partly to blame for a further slump into loss in the year to September 30 2013. 
22 January 2014

Hayes Garden World md in court on conspiracy charge

The owner of leading Cumbrian garden centre Hayes Garden World, who has already spent time behind bars for a drink-driving offence, is back in court this week on a new charge. 
22 January 2014

George Home launch underpins Asda's massive homewares drive

Asda said today that the UK homewares market is "there for the taking", as it announced a multi-million-pound investment in the launch of George Home. 
22 January 2014

JG Speedfit names lucky competition winners

JG Speedfit has announced the winners of its JG Layflat pipe competition, Cash for Coils, held last year. 
21 January 2014

Thief breaks leg after attempting to rob a B&Q store

A would-be thief ended up breaking his leg in 11 places after falling through the roof of the B&Q garden centre he was attempting to break into. 
17 January 2014
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