As The Range climbed 63 places in The Sunday Times 250 Top Track, it also announced that it will be opening seven new superstores in November, creating 1050 jobs. 

The new Dobbies Garden Centre in Inverness opened on Friday, marking the company's 15th centre in Scotland. 

Glazebury-based Bents Garden & Home has created its own customer loyalty scheme, the 'be inspired' club, which will reward members and help build a picture of the centre's customer base. 

The owner of Comet, which spectacularly collapsed last November with the loss of over 6,000 jobs, is to walk away with £117m. 

Kingfisher has announced that B&Q's chief executive Martyn Phillips is leaving the business after 19 years, with Kevin O'Byrne assuming direct leadership. 

The Stephen H Smith Garden Centre in Scunthorpe will close at the end of October after a developer bought the site to build a new retail park. 

Exclusively Housewares says it has a full line-up for its 2014 event, just 16 weeks after the 2013 edition of the London show. 

The Range has announced that it will be opening its three newest stores at the end of November, all on the same day. 

Neville Prest, managing director of the Garden & Leisure Group, will be leaving the company following the recent acquisition by The Garden Centre Group. 

The B&Q store on Hull Road in York is set to close and be replaced by Sainsbury's, after a deal was made between the two companies. 

A second independent DIY retailer has re-launched as a Home Hardware store. 

The Garden Centre Association has announced that Davidson Richards and Westland Horticulture will be its headline sponsors for its annual conference in January next year. 

Irwin tools held its most successful National Tradesmen Day at the end of September to say 'thank you' to the trade professionals, working for their customers. 

Some of the industry's leading buyers have lined up behind the Totally Shows in an effort to encourage other retailers to attend next February. 

UK retail sales were up 0.7% on a like-for-like basis this September, compared to the same month last year, when they increased 1.5% on 2011. 

The Homebase store in Bolton town centre is to close at the end of next week. 

Carpetright chief executive Darren Shapland is stepping down from the role - which he has occupied for less than two years - and from the retailer's board, with immediate effect. 

Fermoy's Garden Centre looks set to become Blue Diamond's 15th centre, with the takeover process due to be completed by mid-October, according to property consultancy firm Gilbert Evans. 

The Garden Centre Group has signed a deal with clothing retailer Bonmarché that will see the latter trial concessions within a number of centres. 

A Yorkshire garden centre manager has described as "a joke" a sentence handed out to a thief who ran over his pensioner grandfather in his car whilst trying to make a getaway.