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All eyes will be on how Wyevale GCs plans to replace 'unsustainable' growth strategy with core business focus
Historic exhibition and new branding for Dobbies
The 'huddles' that aim to make Wyevale GCs a better place to work
Irish nursery enters the UK garden retail market
Poor quality peat substitutes could damage growing media reputation warns Westland
Legal action taken against travellers at Dobbies in Peterborough
GIMA Buyer Connect declared a great success
Retail Lab @ Glee: Creative Director Romeo Sommers gives his verdict
Retail Lab @ Glee: Interview with WGSN’s Lisa White
Dobbies Christmas Revealed in Botanic Garden
Blake Morgan advises on Bloomin Marvellous deal for plant and flower growing group
Castle Gardens flourishes at The Greatest Awards
PhaB Christmas Opening at Baytree
Who will be The Greatest Garden Centre Teams of 2017?
Nicholas Marshall joins HTA Garden Futures Conference 2017 line-up
Changing customer behaviour, demographics, technology and not losing touch with nature are lead presentations
Countryfile presenter to speak at Garden Futures
Cross-category merchandising, lifestyle trends and Xylella fastidiosa will be hot topics
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Chris Buck joins the Elho team
Cassie King moves to Hornby Whitefoot PR
Planters from Derby go big in Belgium
Dare to be different! HTA Marketing Forum speakers announced
DJ Turfcare launches new RHS range
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Blake Morgan advises on Bloomin Marvellous deal for plant and flower growing group
Blake Morgan's Corporate team has advised Butters Group Limited, one of the UK’s biggest growers and suppliers of plants and flowers, on its sale to Flamingo Horticulture.  

The Butters Group, headquartered in Spalding, Lincolnshire, turns over £52m a year and has more than 300 staff working across its flower, plant and nursery divisions.

Butters has operated highly successfully in both the UK retail and home delivery markets, developing strong partnerships with major high street supermarkets and DIY outlets such as Marks & Spencer, J Sainsbury, Waitrose, ASDA, Wilko and B&Q.

Flamingo's MD David Brown said: "We are extremely excited by this acquisition. We believe it is a complementary fit to our existing horticulture business and will allow us to take a step forward in growing the Flamingo horticulture group as a whole."

Commenting on Blake Morgan's involvement, Andy Coaten, who will remain as Managing Director at Butters, said: “Blake Morgan supported the management team with both excellent legal and commercial advice through the sales process and were integral in helping deliver a successful outcome.”  

Steve Phillips, Financial Director at Butters, added: "I cannot compliment the Blake Morgan team highly enough for their hard work and professional diligence.Their ability to deal with the “odd curve ball” was exemplary and they kept the management and board on track to deliver a successful outcome for all."

James Hawkeswood (pictured), head of Blake Morgan’s South Coast Corporate team, who led the legal team working on the transaction, said: “This was a great deal for a very successful company whose management team is clearly top-drawer.

“They were a pleasure to work with, and I for one will think of them every time I walk into the supermarket!  We wish the enlarged group every success for the future.”

Blake Morgan has an international portfolio of multi-national client companies (public and private), SMEs, owner managed businesses and start-ups with a need for high-quality corporate and M&A support and advice. The corporate team is acknowledged within the legal industry and in the independent legal directories, for providing a first-class level of service across a wide range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, sales, private equity and joint ventures.
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