In This Issue
The Garden Centre Group appoint M&S high-flyer as food and drinks guru
Voting starts next week to find The Greatest Garden Centre at Christmas for 2013
Santa boosts prospect of 15% year-end cheer
High Street 'free parking' Saturday could hit garden centre footfall
Alexander Rose factory workers homeless after hurricane disaster
Westland Aftercut wins packaging award
Ruxley Food Hall is an instant sell out success
How HTA is trying to curb impact of EU's new plant description proposals
Elho launch stylish herb station
'Donate an hour's pay' call from Greenfingers
GCA delegates to hear performance secrets from Team GB cycling guru
Planteria converted to Dino Park is 35,000 hit!
Stax Trade Centres require Sales Representative for the North East
Hilltop look to recruit garden centre manager
Wanted: Buyer for Pets & Wild Birds at Notcutts
It's Beach, Bingo and Boogie for GCA revellers
Christmas tree decor now the centre of attention
Help those who struggle to make ends meet
Consumer interest moves indoors
Chelsea 2014 gives youngsters a chance to shine
Serious gardeners keep compost sales ticking over
Notcutts opens two temporary stores to drive Christmas sales
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Situations Vacant
Stax Trade Centres require Sales Representative for the North East
 

Stax Trade Centres are looking to recruit an experienced Sales Representative to cover the North East region...

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Hilltop look to recruit garden centre manager
 
Hilltop Garden Centre in Oxfordshire is looking to recuit a new manager...
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Wanted: Buyer for Pets & Wild Birds at Notcutts
 
Notcutts Garden Centres are recruiting a Buyer for Pets and Wild Birds...
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GTN Bestsellers
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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The Garden Centre Group appoint M&S high-flyer as food and drinks guru







The appointment of M&S hospitality chief Jason Danciger as food and beverage director is a clear signal that The Garden Centre Group is upping the ante on catering...

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Voting starts next week to find The Greatest Garden Centre at Christmas for 2013

Watch out for a special GTN Xtra e-newsletter tomorrow with all the downloads you need to get your customers voting for The Greatest Garden Centre at Christmas for 2013.  Plus there will be a last chance to enter and nominate your teams for one of the other five Greatest Christmas Award categories just before The Greatest Awards Experts finalise their travel plans to come and meet the hundreds of teams already nominated.

Voting starts on Wednesday 20th November until Christmas Eve
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Santa boosts prospect of 15% year-end cheer
Santa’s arrival for grotto duty at garden centres across the UK has helped to boost volume sales by 16% across the board, the latest GTN Bestsellers figures reveal...


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High Street 'free parking' Saturday could hit garden centre footfall

Free parking on a busy December Saturday in more than 25 High Streets across the UK is designed to help small businesses - but could it affect garden centre footfall?...
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Alexander Rose factory workers homeless after hurricane disaster
 
Alexander Rose woven furniture is made in the Phillipines
Alexander Rose woven furniture is made in the Phillipines

Outdoor living suppliers Alexander Rose are mounting a rescue package for workers from their Phillipines factory made homeless in the hurricane disaster...

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Westland Aftercut wins packaging award









Westland’s Aftercut lawn care brand has won a top award for its new packaging...

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Ruxley Food Hall is an instant sell out success
Keith Mulford, of Award Winning Butchers Dennis of Bexley, toasts the opening week success of the new Food Hall at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre...

See photos of the new Food Hall at Ruxley Manor
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How HTA is trying to curb impact of EU's new plant description proposals







Lobbying work aimed at limiting the impact of proposed EU Legislation that could require all plants on sale to carry individual botanical descriptions will be aired at an HTA conference next week...
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Elho launch stylish herb station

Elho has extended its Brussels herbs range with a herb station...

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'Donate an hour's pay' call from Greenfingers
 
Matthew Wilson
The Greenfingers charity is asking people in the horticultural industry to donate their last hour’s pay of 2013 to help fund new projects...
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GCA delegates to hear performance secrets from Team GB cycling guru

The psychiatrist behind the GB Olympic cycling team will be sharing secrets of how to perform at the optimum level at the GCA's annual conference in January...

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Planteria converted to Dino Park is 35,000 hit!
See exclusive photo tour of Hetland Garden Centre Dino Park
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