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GCA Chairman sells Armitages to Wyevale Garden Centres
Will you be one of The Greatest Catering Teams announced on June 9th?
GCA reveals venue for 50th anniversary year conference
Notcutts welcome new CEO
Differentiating With Customer Experience at Solex
109 jobs to go as Sinclair consolidate and move head office to Ellesmere Port
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Perfect plant retailing rewarded at The National Plant Show
Turn the Summer Bank Holiday into a business trip to Germany
Garden Shop Manager - Surrey
Sales Exec - Wiltshire
Horticulture Manager - Surrey
Grower Supervisor - Lincolnshire
Bumper May Beckons
Briers 'Golfies' charity golf glove sells out
Plant food, lights, baskets and slug products selling well
It's been a great year for outdoor living sales, but which garden centre teams are The Greatest?
Beans are running away with it
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
The Greatest Catering Awards will be announced at the HTA Catering Conference next week
Hot topics on the agenda at the HTA Catering Conference
Situations Vacant
Garden Shop Manager - Surrey
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GCA Chairman sells Armitages to Wyevale Garden Centres

Armitages Garden Centres have been sold to Wyevale Garden Centres.  GCA Chairman Will Armitage has just announced:  "My Parents and I have just sold our 173 year old family business to Wyevale.

It has not been an easy decision, and certainly not one we have taken lightly."

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Will you be one of The Greatest Catering Teams announced on June 9th?


This summer The Greatest Awards are going ON TOUR to create more opportunities to reward the excellence of garden centre teams across more areas of garden centre businesses ...
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GCA reveals venue for 50th anniversary year conference


The Garden Centre Association has announced the location of the body’s grand golden jubilee year conference...
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Notcutts welcome new CEO
 
Notcutts have appointed Nick Burrows as their new CEO...
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Differentiating With Customer Experience at Solex
Andrew MacMillan, an expert in differentiating business through customer experience will be the guest speaker at Solex in July...


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109 jobs to go as Sinclair consolidate and move head office to Ellesmere Port
William Sinclair Horticulture intends to consolidate its streamlined English operations at its recently opened and extended state of the art production facility in Ellesmere Port...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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The Greatest Catering Awards will be announced at the HTA Catering Conference next week
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Scotsdales, Chessington and Blackbrooks are among past winners of The Greatest Catering Team awards, who will be The Greatest for 2015?
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Hot topics on the agenda at the HTA Catering Conference
Latest food trends, integrating catering into your garden centre offer, managing people and the growing gluten free market are just some of the key topics for discussion at Catering Matters – the HTA Catering Conference, dinner and exhibition. This popular event, sponsored by Vision Commercial Kitchens, takes place at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands on 9 and 10 June...

Jason Danciger (pictured), of Wyevale Garden Centres, is one of the guest speakers.
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HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
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Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards.  Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
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Perfect plant retailing rewarded at The National Plant Show
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Worlds End and Cleeve Nursery have been The Greatest Planteria Sales Team winners in previous years.  For 2015 we have more planteria sales categories.  Will your teams be one of The Greatest announced at The National Plant Show?
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Turn the Summer Bank Holiday into a business trip to Germany


If you’re having a great time selling garden furniture and BBQs this year then you’ll probably be looking for even more great ideas, inspiration and new products for 2016. That’s what the team at spoga + gafa 2015 in Cologne have on offer for you – eight halls of garden living, one hall of garden unique premium garden furniture and for the first time this year a complete hall full of BBQ and grill exhibitors...
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