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Karting challenge raises £5,000 for Rainy Day Trust
A new three level racing track, new karts and new teams combined to raise a record £5,000 for the Rainy Day Trust at the 14th Annual Hardware Trades Karting challenge.
24 May 2007
Notcutts wins Gold at Chelsea
Notcutts Garden Centre and Notcutts Landscapes has won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for its colourful exhibition of water features, climbers and flowering plants.
24 May 2007
Topps Tiles continues steady performance
Topps Tiles reported a 4.4% jump in like-for-like sales and a slight drop in half year pre-tax profit.
23 May 2007
Home delights for Marks & Spencer
Preliminary results for 2006-07 show a 26% rise in net profit on strong sales up 10%.
23 May 2007
Garsons wins food retail award
Family-run garden centre business Garsons has scooped top prize at the Re:fresh Awards 2007 as the Foods from Spain Independent Retailer of the Year.
23 May 2007
B&Q's website revamp is proving a 'big hit' with customers
B&Q’s recent style refresh of its website DIY.com – making the site easier to use, search for products and check stock levels – is proving a 'big hit' with customers.
23 May 2007
EDRA appoints Kingfisher European development md as president
At the European Home Centre Retail Association (EDRA) annual General meeting today, George Adams, managing director, European development of Kingfisher, was appointed president of EDRA.
23 May 2007
Asda to open 300 homeware stores
Asda chief executive Andy Bond has been given the go-ahead to open 300 Living stores from parent Wal-Mart.
21 May 2007
Malobel failure interrupts Asher launch
Supply of the new Jane Asher non-stick bakeware and cookware has been interrupted following supplier Malobel’s collapse into voluntary liquidation.
21 May 2007
Above-average temperatures lead to the death of traditional British plants
According to research from Halifax Home Insurance, British garden centres have witnessed a dramatic increase in customers reporting the death of well-established traditional British plants.
18 May 2007
Business round-up
Homewares generates strong sales at John Lewis, ScS Upholstery stuggles with interest rates
18 May 2007
Catalogue and online sales boost April retail figures
Non-store retailers who include internet retailers, and other non-food stores saw a rise of 3.3% - the highest growth since march 2004, official figures show.
18 May 2007
Steyport restructures paint department
Steyport has announced a restructure of its paint department to refocus its sales on own-brand production and labelling for high street retailers.
16 May 2007
Bissell's London launch provides springboard for international roll-out
Around ninety trade partners and journalists joined senior Bissell executives to witness the launch event for the international roll-out of the company's Proheat All-rounder.
16 May 2007
Wickes is trading in line with expectations
Chairman of Travis Perkins Tim Stevenson told his latest agm that the diy business continues to trade in line with its expectations.
16 May 2007
Gardening Express pursues delivery company for loss of earnings
Chris Bonnett, chief executive of online garden centre Gardening Express has asked his insurers to pursue home delivery specialists Amtrak for loss of earnings.
16 May 2007
Profits slide at Home Depot
Home Depot has announced a 30% profits drop in its first quarter and a lower forecast for yearly earnings as the US housing market continues to slow.
16 May 2007
Home is still where the heart is
British homeowner's spending on property accounts for almost four pounds in every £10
15 May 2007
Garden centres set to loose brown tourism signs
Garden centres in Lincolnshire who currently use brown tourism signs to attract customers to their coffee shops may have to remove them, says the county council.
15 May 2007
Obituary – Thomas James Harwood
Former Darwen businessman Thomas James Harwood, died peacefully on 15 May 2007 at the age of 95, writes his son, Tom Harwood.
15 May 2007
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