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Staff from three horticultural companies have signed up for the annual 10km Bupa Great Manchester Run in aid of a charity that creates gardens at children’s hospices nationwide.

JML partners with ITV to launch a new retail TV format called ‘The Store with JML,’ a UK first on a mainstream channel where viewers can buy products.

A pink rose created in the memory of a teenager who lost her life to cancer aged 19 is going on general sale for the first time in Homebase stores this week.

The British wallcovering brand, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, was sold to Erfurt MAV for an undisclosed sum last month.

According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), more than 35,000 members of retail staff suffered physical or verbal abuse last year, leading the retail association to publish a new guide on what is being done – and what more it thinks should be done – to tackle the problem.

…Yet 56% saw some improvement, albeit small, compared with the same period 12 months ago, according to a review of the shop vacancy rate during 2012′s first quarter by the Local Data Company.

BHETA has partnered with Thomson Local Directories to give its members the chance to build databases specific to their requirements.

In May 1982 Bromborough Paints md Neville Wellings interviewed 17-year old Donna Geoghegan for a position as office junior and 30 years later, she’s still with the company, now in the role of sales office manager.

The independent stainless steel manufacturer has appointed Jamie Fisher as its new sales director to help drive growth in the company.

DIY and hardware selling members of the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) reported Q1 2012 sales were up by over 3% on Q1 2011, bettering the Q4 2011′s +2.9% figure.