In This Issue
Westland buy Gardman
Gardman was on brink of Administration
Jail for garden centre owner who stole almost half a million from elderly mother
Great start to Christmas sales in garden centres
Westland are Choice Supplier of the Year
Resentments simmer as town loses garden centre
Group appointments signal opportunities ahead
GIMA Knowledge Exchange Workshops – four more confirmed for autumn/winter schedule
Japanese Award for T&M’s Sunflower SunBelievable ‘Brown Eyed Girl’
Home Garden Conference: how to reach the next generations?
New Sales Structure for AMES UK
Christmas department opens at Haskins Garden Centres
Johnsons of Whixley announces first two management trainees as it gears up for future growth
Garden centre helps junior football team look the part
Spooky times at Squire's Garden Centres
Rhipsalis: November Houseplant of the Month
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Garden product sales in good health
Autumn gardening activity boosts growing media sales
New products dominate early Christmas sales
Cyclamen sales reach record high
Hear more about Life at No 27 at HTA Marketing Forum
APL members build exclusive partnership with Home Solutions from John Lewis
The best of last week's
Gardman up for sale
Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of five of its largest garden centres to Dobbies Garden Centres
Change of ownership but business as usual for Bransford Webbs
September sales just above average
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Westland buy Gardman

Westland Horticulture has acquired Gardman Group and has immediately taken them out of administration. The purchase includes all trading assets, stock, infrastructure and Gardman brands, which include Cole and Bright, Grow It, Moulton Mill and Gardman Wild bird care...

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Gardman was on brink of Administration

Sky News published a story last week indicating that Gardman had filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators in order to buy itself breathing space as it attempted to negotiate an emergency sale with prospective buyers...

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Jail for garden centre owner who stole almost half a million from elderly mother
 

The owner of a Norfolk garden centre this week started a four year jail sentence for stealing almost half a million pounds from his elderly mother...

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Great start to Christmas sales in garden centres

 

Christmas 2018 has opened with a bang again, just behind last year in terms of Top 50 volume sales, but well ahead of the previous three festive seasons...

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Westland are Choice Supplier of the Year

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Westland Horticulture were voted Gardening Supplier of the Year by Choice Marketing members and presented with their award at the Choice Marketing Group Annual Conference Dinner last week...

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Resentments simmer as town loses garden centre
 

The Windsor Observer has reported that the expected closure within weeks of Squires Garden Centre in Windsor has reopened controversy over the Royal Borough's plan to allow houses to be built on or around the Green Belt area where the business is based...

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Group appointments signal opportunities ahead

Following the acquisition of Kelkay in February, AMES UK has announced the creation of a new executive management team for the UK and Ireland that will drive the growth and development of the group. Incorporating La Hacienda which was acquired in late 2017, AMES UK will continue to be led by Managing Director, Antony Harker.

 

 

Pictured, from left to right: Richard Slade, Antony Harker, Richard Pyrah and Sarah Winn.

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GIMA Knowledge Exchange Workshops – four more confirmed for autumn/winter schedule
 

GIMA’s autumn/ winter programme of Knowledge Exchange Workshops has recently kicked off with its Sales Development & Territory Planning Workshop, which was incredibly well received by attendees. Four more sessions remain, with interested parties urged to book their place now to avoid missing out...

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Japanese Award for T&M’s Sunflower SunBelievable ‘Brown Eyed Girl’

 

Thompson & Morgan has won another international award for its innovative Sunflower SunBelievable ‘Brown Eyed Girl’. Initial trials of the long-flowering sunflower in Japan have proven hugely successful prior to its launch in the early summer of 2019...

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Home Garden Conference: how to reach the next generations?

 

‘Today’s youth, tomorrow’s future’ was chosen as central theme to this year’s Home Garden Conference that took place in the Enkhuizen area of The Netherlands...

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New Sales Structure for AMES UK

Al Sheppard (above left) has been promoted to the role of Sales Director with responsibility for developing the garden centre channel for all the AMES UK businesses and Scott McCabe (above right) has also joined the garden centre team...

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Christmas department opens at Haskins Garden Centres

 

The garden centre group, Haskins, is celebrating after a successful launch of its Christmas department across all four of its centres...

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Johnsons of Whixley announces first two management trainees as it gears up for future growth
 

Johnsons of Whixley has laid the blueprint for managerial recruitment as it aims to continue its development as a business – by taking on new recruits...

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Garden centre helps junior football team look the part

 

Award winning Tong Garden Centre has made its mark on a talented junior football team by sponsoring its kit for the next two seasons...

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Spooky times at Squire's Garden Centres

 

Things are getting a little bit spooky at Squire’s Garden Centres this October Half Term. From Monday, October 22, to Wednesday, October 31, children will be invited to paint a ceramic bat tealight holder or decorate a spooky ghost mobile to scare aware unwanted visitors...

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Rhipsalis: November Houseplant of the Month

 

Thejoyofplants.co.uk has chosen Rhipsalis as its November Houseplant of the Month...

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