In This Issue
Does Tesco actually know what to do with Dobbies?
Two garden centre group bosses reveal different approaches to running successful businesses
May campaign plans to harness enthusiasm of young gardeners
Sales boost as April sunshine encourages gardeners to be active
Fabulous Baker Brothers are Weber’s first UK ambassadors
Growing media suppliers to test responsible sourcing calculator
Tulip mosaic commemorates Bomber Command operation to free Netherlands
Workforce Agencies win first Smart Garden sales award
Graduate Sales Person - England
Horticulture Quality Controller - Northamptonshire
Plant Buyer - South East England
Technical Manager/Buyer - Suffolk
Watch out...furniture thieves about
Growing activity drives garden product sales
Bumper year for tomatoes - 105% up on last year
Growing media sales set for a record month
The Gardens Group is doing its bit for pollinators
Edible Garden Show returns to Stoneleigh venue
Squires donation means salad days for Surrey kids in care
UK wildlife experts head to States for first time show
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Food critic Charles Campion to speak at the HTA Catering Conference
ExCeL-lent turnout for Natural & Organic Products Europe
Gluten-free loaves and rolls service offered to garden centres
Relief chef wanted at Monkton Elm Garden Centre
Situations Vacant
Graduate Sales Person - England
£18k-£22k per annum
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Horticulture Quality Controller - Northamptonshire
£Competitive - Dependent on Experience
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Plant Buyer - South East England
Dependent on Experience
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Technical Manager/Buyer - Suffolk
£40k-50k per annum
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Does Tesco actually know what to do with Dobbies?


Anyone who was expecting his week’s preliminary results from Tesco to throw clear light on the future of its Dobbies business will have been disappointed…or, at the very least, confused...

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Two garden centre group bosses reveal different approaches to running successful businesses



Two different visions of how to run and develop successful garden centre groups were presented at the GIMA Day Conference. Haskins CEO Julian Winfield runs a business built on clearly defined systems while Blue Diamond CEO Alan Roper believes growth comes best by empowering the local teams...

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May campaign plans to harness enthusiasm of young gardeners
 
Garden centres are being urged to get involved with the inaugural National Children’s Gardening Week, scheduled for the last week of May. It's the brainchild of Neil Grant, MD of Ferndale Garden Centre near Sheffield...
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Sales boost as April sunshine encourages gardeners to be active


April sunshine is encouraging people into action in their gardens, and sales at garden centres are up year on year since Easter 2015, according to GTN Bestsellers...
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Fabulous Baker Brothers are Weber’s first UK ambassadors
Weber have signed Tom and Henry Herbert of TV’s The Fabulous Baker Brothers: A Bite of Britain, to become the faces of their UK Summer campaign – a first for the barbecue brand...
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Growing media suppliers to test responsible sourcing calculator
 
Growing media manufacturers are to start testing an industry calculator for assessing the responsible sourcing of their raw materials...
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Tulip mosaic commemorates Bomber Command operation to free Netherlands


A flower mosaic commemorating 70 years of liberation of the Netherlands by the Allied Forces was unveiled in Lincoln this week, outside Lincoln Cathedral...
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Workforce Agencies win first Smart Garden sales award
 
Smart Garden Products have named Workforce Agencies Ltd as their winning sales team for 2014 for their performance in in the North West territory, headed by Sam Thornley...
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Food critic Charles Campion to speak at the HTA Catering Conference
Charles Campion, food critic and MasterChef judge, has been announced as the Keynote Speaker on day one of the HTA Catering Conference 2015, which takes place on June 9-10 at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands...
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ExCeL-lent turnout for Natural & Organic Products Europe
Europe’s biggest trade event for natural and organic attracts 9,288 visitors to its new ExCeL London venue


Over 9,200 natural and organic industry professionals were out in force last weekend, over 19-20 April, as ExCeL London was transformed into a vibrant showcase of the very best in natural and organic products at Natural & Organic Products Europe...
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Gluten-free loaves and rolls service offered to garden centres

Gluten-free experts Glebe Farm, based near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, have launched a 'free-from' bakery food service range to garden centres...

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Relief chef wanted at Monkton Elm Garden Centre
Monkton Elm Garden Centre are looking to recruit a relief chef to assist them over the coming weeks in their new Elm Tree Restaurant...
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