Want a pair of tickets for the 2009 Men's Final day at Wimbledon? With a full hospitality package? Then now is your chance, with a pair of tickets being auctioned off in aid of industry charity the Rainy Day Trust. 

Wirral-based Rightway has expanded into north Wales by taking over Bevans. 

Woolworths is struggling to see in its centenary after administrators announced a closing down sale would start today. 

Wickes is fighting back against the gloomy economy by splashing out £15m on a series of commercials. 

A gloomy economy hasn't stopped the DIY industry supporting charity this Christmas. 

The man who made Kingfisher a global DIY force is the latest name to be linked with a bid for Woolworths. 

Marks & Spencer is cutting prices in the run up to Christmas on a range of products - including its home range. 

London is set to host the 2009 International Hardware Association congress next September. 

High street retailer dealt another blow as it is ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after staff at two Devon stores were exposed to asbestos. 

QVC will be looking for new DIY and garden products to fill their TV schedules at next year's Totally shows. 

Carpetright has announced it has taken over bed retail specialists Sleepright for a reported £1.8m 

Gardening chain ventures online to maximise sales as part of its plan to 'become a major force in garden centre retailing'. 

Shoppers expected to reach spending rate of £16,000 per second in online binge as they search the web for gifts they couldn’t find at the weekend. 

Woolworths has today cut up to 50% of certain lines as its administrators attempt to sell off stock in the run up to Christmas. 

Deloitte, the administrators called in last month to handle the sale of the retail giant, announced that 450 jobs had been cut from support operations in London and Rochdale. 

The Home Retail group is responding to the credit crunch by offering customers the chance to snap up bargain price sofas. 

Morrisons like-for-like sales have grown by 8.1% without fuel meaning the supermarket chain outstripped Tesco in the third quarter. 

Disney is looking to expand its market share of home products by branding some of its biggest names on to a series of new ranges in 2009. 

Woolworths the former high street champion and current media punch bag went into administration last week. 

The Pier has joined a sad and increasingly long list of firms who've been forced to call in the administrators due to financial difficulties.