In This Issue
Charles Notcutt, garden centre industry pioneer
Tributes pour in to founding father of garden retailing
Flaming June is a scorcher for sales, breaking GTN Bestsellers record
Fairways to open third centre near Coventry
Concession income a high spot for Wyevale
Sinclair needs new funds within weeks says chairman
The sun is shining for SOLEX
Last chance to book your place at the GIMA Awards
'Polish up your act to gain competitive export edge' suppliers urged
The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
Check out the plants of the future at Ball Colegrave's Summer Showcase
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Glee ops team are crowned top show organisers
Assistant Commercial E-Commerce Manager - Worcestershire
Technical Manager /Buyer - Suffolk
Garden Centre Manager - South London - Newly Developed Site
Plant Buyer - Romsey
Final call for Garden Re-Leaf cash
Lighting feeds sales boost
Show garden celebrates the influence of women in gardening
Glee organisers launch retail guide for independent businesses
Now Kiwi gardeners can grow Mr Fothergill's seeds
Salad days for veg in June
New vintage emporium seeking a garden centre tenant
Heat prompts rise in bark sales
Byrkley Park is target for thieves
Look who’s been #Glovie 'd at Hampton Court!
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
New food businesses offered £60k investment chance
Casual Dining wins Best Trade Show Award for a second year
Situations Vacant
Assistant Commercial E-Commerce Manager - Worcestershire
£18k -£20k per annum
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Technical Manager /Buyer - Suffolk
£40k -£45k per annum
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Garden Centre Manager - South London - Newly Developed Site
£32.5k - £36k per annum
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Plant Buyer - Romsey
Salary commensurate with experience
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GTN Bestsellers
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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Charles Notcutt, garden centre industry pioneer



The death of Charles Notcutt this week – peacefully at home at the age of 81 – has deprived the garden industry of one of its most influential and colourful characters...




Right: Charles Notcutt in 2003 after announcing Notcutts' acquisition of Ansells Garden Centre in Cambridgeshire, which is now owned by Scotsdales.
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Tributes pour in to founding father of garden retailing







Tributes have been pouring in following the death this week of Charles Notcutt...



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Final call for Garden Re-Leaf Day fundraising monies to be sent in, follow this link




Flaming June is a scorcher for sales, breaking GTN Bestsellers record


June 2015, with flaming temperatures at the end of the month, has scorched the GTN Bestsellers record books with all time high sales volumes in all but one of the categories...
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Fairways to open third centre near Coventry
The owners of Fairways garden centres at Ashbourne and Macclesfield are to build their third centre on a Green Belt site near Coventry...

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Concession income a high spot for Wyevale



Wyevale Garden Centres have posted increased sales, operating profit and gross margins for 2014 – and are predicting further growth through acquisition, concessions and full implementation of multi-channel retailing...

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Sinclair needs new funds within weeks says chairman







Growing media supplier William Sinclair faces weeks of financial uncertainty as it urgently searches for strategic options, according to this week’s interim results...
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The sun is shining for SOLEX


The GTN Xtra team will be at SOLEX all next week bringing you the SOLEX SUN so we will be on the look out for next year’s Outdoor Living bestsellers...
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Last chance to book your place at the GIMA Awards


The GIMA Awards are proving to be the most hotly contested competition of the year with the number of entries, totalling around 200, beating all recent records...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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New food businesses offered £60k investment chance
Up to six new food businesses are being offered a £60k investment oopporrtunity and a six-month growth programme...
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Casual Dining wins Best Trade Show Award for a second year
Diversified Communications UK’s Casual Dining show – the award winning trade event for the UK’s multiple restaurant and pub group sector – has won ‘Best Tradeshow Exhibition under 2,000sq.m’ at the AEO Awards for a second time in its first two years of business...
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'Polish up your act to gain competitive export edge' suppliers urged






The director general of Gardenex and PetQuip, Amanda Sizer Barrett, has urged British firms not to neglect reviewing the ways they handle their overseas business...

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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 as The Greatest Awards really celebrate going on tour this year.
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Check out the plants of the future at Ball Colegrave's Summer Showcase






Ball Colegrave’s 2015 Summer Showcase, a 'must see' event for plant buyers and growers, opens later this month...

Left: A colour-themed Family Patio Garden, which features in a Ball Colegrave guide for retailers.
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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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Glee ops team are crowned top show organisers
Glee’s operations team have been crowned 2015 winners of the Best Organising Team of the Year by a leading trade body...

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