The British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) is now inviting nominations for its prestigious Independent Retail Awards 2015. 

Homebase owner Home Retail Group is selling its freehold store in Battersea, London for £57m and is poised to kick off its large-scale programme of store closures. 

A polystyrene packaging manufacturer has been left red-faced after unsuccessfully challenging B&Q's claims that polystyrene bedding plant trays are not recyclable and that the material is potentially devastating to wildlife. 

A good third-quarter performance in the UK by B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher was eclipsed by disappointing trading in international markets, the group revealed today. 

Full-year profit at Topps Tiles rocketed by more than half, and the company notched up its sixth consecutive year of market share gains. 

B&Q and Homebase have both launched new advertising campaigns in a bid for a share of this year's Christmas spend. 

Haskins is putting new drive behind its ambition to expand, with the appointment of a chartered surveyor to seek out new sites. 

Owner and founder of The Range Chris Dawson has arranged to visit HMP Dartmoor to speak to inmates about how to keep on the right side of the bars and make some money legally. 

More than a century of hardware retailing in Shropshire will come to an end this year when an independent shop finally gives up its battle for survival. 

Argos and Amazon among retailers to offer huge discounts next Friday, while Visa Europe estimates that £360,000 will be spent every minute on its cards during the UK's busiest online shopping day, Black Friday. 

With judging set to commence at the end of the month, the DIY Week Awards has just signed up another major industry name as a sponsor. 

Christel Struckmeier has retired from running Arbroath’s premier hardware store, Barclay Ross. 

Wyevale Garden Centres has confirmed that it has acquired Trelawney's garden centre at Ashford, near Barnstaple, north Devon. 

Stewart Garden has launched a YouTube channel, Stewart Garden TV, featuring TV and radio gardening personality Pippa Greenwood. 

The Range's relentless drive to hit its 100-store target this side of Christmas continues, with three more outlets due to launch within the next two weeks. 

The day-to-day experiences and thoughts of a hardware retailer have now been immortalised in a new book of memoirs. 

British garden, leisure and petcare products suppliers will have the opportunity to acquire valuable export information and to present their products to important overseas buyers at an Open Day and Meet the Buyer event being organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip associations. 

The loan from The North West Fund for Loans Plus has helped Mail Order Online, which sells seasonal goods, stock up in time for Christmas. 

Certainly Wood is the latest home and garden improvement company to join the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). 

The UK non-food retail market rallied in October, posting the strongest year-on-year rise in footfall for the month since 2004.