In This Issue
What an exciting new chapter for Gardman and its customers...
Business as usual at Thompson & Morgan as owner considers future of the business
Time to discover the bestsellers of tomorrow
Break some records this Christmas
Wyevale call in specialists to streamline supply chain
GCA members see standards and profitability improve
Raw and natural pet food specialists to exhibit at Glee
LOFA takes its Bank Manager for a Gloverly ride!
Burgon & Ball put the 'Ooh and the Aww' into Christmas
Help us beat new agapanthus pests says RHS
Gordon Rigg Garden Centres celebrate 70th anniversary
The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
October date set for South West grower show
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Planteria Manager - Independent - Buckinghamshire
Landscape Sales Estimator - Lincolnshire
Plant Area Manager - Warwickshire - Large Destination Site
Office Based Amenity Sales Person - Nottinghamshire
Steve Harper leaves Gardman
Warm evenings drive sales of Bug Bats and lights
Brompton Bicycle CEO and EFSA chair join HTA Garden Futures Programme
Cauliflower climbs to the top of Veg-2-Gro sales
Revealed: Glee's first Buyers Power Shortlist
Growing media cuts a good sales performance
Entries pour in for Glee New Products Showcase
Horticultural Scholarship Season opens
Victoria Cross poppy sales near £40,000 for the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Last few stand spaces available
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Food was a big seller in garden centres during July
lunch! exhibitors unveil their show highlights for 2015
Situations Vacant
Planteria Manager - Independent - Buckinghamshire
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Entries pour in for Glee New Products Showcase
 
The Glee New Products Showcase is building to be the biggest for years as entries from exhibitors pour in...
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What an exciting new chapter for Gardman and its customers...
Gardman goes to Glee next month with a greatly enhanced product range following this summer’s management buy-out that has left the company in its strongest financial position for eight years. Chairman Jonathan Halford, who led the buy-out, says the new management structure, backed by private equity investor Rutland Partners, which owns Pizza Hut, Bernard Matthews and Maplin, gives the company a stability it has not had since 2007.
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Business as usual at Thompson & Morgan as owner considers future of the business
 

Despite interest in the business from new investors, Thompson & Morgan CEO Bryan Magrath says its business as usual. He commented: “It’s flattering to be considered an attractive target for investment but we remain focussed on our plans for the autumn season and won’t be distracted.”

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Time to discover the bestsellers of tomorrow
It’s that time of year when we all take a deep breath and start heading off for a month of shows and events that will shape next year’s trading and inevitably the GTN Bestsellers charts...

          

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Break some records this Christmas
 
Greatest Award winning Brookside Garden Centre have already started breaking records for Christmas 2015. Within 20 minutes of opening up bookings for their Santa's grotto, Christmas Eve sold out...
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Wyevale call in specialists to streamline supply chain
Wyevale Garden Centres has appointed supply chain solutions provider RELEX, to streamline key parts of the business.



Above: the David Austin Rose Centre at Syon Park, Wyevale Garden Centres HQ.
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GCA members see standards and profitability improve
The Garden Centre Association has revealed there were record numbers of members receiving highly commended awards and awards of merit after its annual inspections and these have helped drive standards and profitability. Sixty-three garden centres received a highly commended title and 150 received awards of merit.



Planters of Bretby were one of 10 garden centres in the Midlands region to be highly commended.
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Raw and natural pet food specialists to exhibit at Glee
 
Natures Menu, the UK’s No.1 raw pet food specialist and Europe’s leading experts in raw and natural feeding, are to exhibit for the first time at Glee...
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LOFA takes its Bank Manager for a Gloverly ride!


Phil Gibbs, the organiser of SOLEX, and Hannah Dunn, the Lloyds Bank Relationship Manager responsible for LOFA, made the highest Greenfingers Glovie of the year...at 13,000ft over Salisbury Plain!
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Burgon & Ball put the 'Ooh and the Aww' into Christmas
 
Whether they’re filled with chocolates or biscuits, bird seed or fish food, this Christmas Burgon & Ball’s adorable NEW collection of animal themed storage tins come complete with guaranteed smiles...
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Help us beat new agapanthus pests says RHS
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is calling on gardeners and the trade to help it learn more about a new insect that is attacking agapanthus plants...

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Gordon Rigg Garden Centres celebrate 70th anniversary
One of the north of England’s leading garden centres, with operations in Todmorden and Rochdale, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this month....

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Food was a big seller in garden centres during July


Food halls and farm shops were on the up during July (2015) according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade (BoT) results. An increase of 13.97% compared to last year (2014) was seen in this sector...
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lunch! exhibitors unveil their show highlights for 2015
A first look at new drinks, packaging, equipment & technology at next month’s lunch show
lunch! has released its first preview of some of the new drinks, packaging, equipment & technology being showcased this year.  The multi-award winning trade event for the food-to-go sector, returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 24-25 September with 350 exhibiting companies...
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The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
 
Five gold winners of The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales Awards will have the added prize of receiving their prizes at this year's spoga+gafa exhibition in Cologne, Germany. One person from each of the five winners will be treated to travel to and from Cologne plus one night's accommodation, coutesy of spoga+gafa, as The Greatest Awards really celebrate going on tour this year.
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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?
Nominate your Garden Centre Teams here
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October date set for South West grower show




The South West Growers Show will be staged on Wednesday 7 October at The Matford Centre in Exeter, Devon, the organisers announced this week...

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Glee Daily News

There will be more preview issues of The Glee Daily News this year, plus three "Live" from the show issues...

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