In This Issue
Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone are The Greatest Garden Centre Teams
Garden Care gets Gold treatment at Aylett's
Customer satisfaction is everything at Scotsdales
Colin Squire awarded prestigious Pearson Memorial Medla
Find out what the best are doing...and copy it!
Rising Stars wins Gold for Westland and the GCA
Economic benefits driving the growth of the green consumer, claims analyst
Homebase to train 80 through Garden Academy next year
E-commerce: softly-softly approach by garden centres?
September has been a disappointing month for garden centre sales
The Gardens Group joins forces with ABF The Soldiers’ Charity to welcome Alan Titchmarsh to Dorset
Strong plant sales as Bents goes back to its roots
STV aims for 10 million
They Loved the Plot all the way to a Gold Award at Barton Grange
Love the Plot stirs the senses in glorious autumn sunshine at Glendoick Garden Centre
Technology can help you educate shoppers says EFSA chairman
Celebrity gardeners awarded honorary HTA membership
The entrepreneur with the 'F--- It! Fund'....
Plantarea Manager - South West
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Gifts and Homeware Team Leader
Assistant Manager - West Midlands
Commercial Sales Estimator
Contracts Manager
Sundries Assistant - Hampshire
Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
A ninth centre for British Garden Centres
Early October queues for Christmas at Whitehall
'Goldilocks Scenario' will boost garden industry...for now
James Whiteley wins Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Floaris Boskoop Presentation days: Autumn and more…
HTA plan for Chelsea presence
Bulbs sales get Garden Radio sales help from Johnny Walkers... and the bake off
Orchid product sales beat all growth records
A touch of frost? Yes, please!
Save the Date: HTA Marketing Forum 2015 – Tuesday 10 November
10 out of 10 for Taylors Bulbs
New General Manager role for Highfield Garden World
Whose tree will be fit for a Downing Street Christmas?
Greenfingers Glovies prove lucky for the Irish
Crest established as leading player
Technical difficulties delay bumper issue
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Blossoms at Torwood Garden Centre voted Cafe of the Year
Situations Vacant
Plantarea Manager - South West
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Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
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Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone are The Greatest Garden Centre Teams
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Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone were crowned The Greatest Garden Centre Teams of 2015 at the end of GTN's The Greatest Awards ON TOUR 2015, presented after dinner during HTA Futures last week...
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Garden Care gets Gold treatment at Aylett's
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The winners of GTN's Greatest Garden Care Retail Team for 2015 are the team from Aylett Nurseries beating off stiff competition from Barton Grange, Silver Award winners, and the garden cenre teams at Alton's and Chessington Garden centres who claimed Bronze Awards...
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Customer satisfaction is everything at Scotsdales
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GTN's The Greatest Garden Centre Customer Service Team Gold Award winner was the team from Scotsdales, ahead of Fron Goch and Coolings who collected Silver Awards and the teams from Perrywood and Whitehall Lacock who were announced as Bronze Award winners...
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Colin Squire awarded prestigious Pearson Memorial Medla









Colin Squire, chairman of Squires Garden Centres, was presented with the Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures dinner at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire...
 

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Find out what the best are doing...and copy it!
Find out what the best are doing…and copy it! That was the advice offered to HTA Garden Future Conference delegates by leading retail consultant Dennis Reid...
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Rising Stars wins Gold for Westland and the GCA
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The Greatest Training Initiative Award, sponsored by MorePeople, was presented to Rising Stars run by the GCA and Westland...
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Economic benefits driving the growth of the green consumer, claims analyst



Economic benefits rather than ecological ones appear to be driving the consumer’s growing commitment to sustainability, according to Dominic Harrison, global trends director at the Futures Foundation...
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Homebase to train 80 through Garden Academy next year






Homebase is to double the number of employees training through its Garden Academy to 80 next year, trading director Jon Kemp (left) told HTA delegates...
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E-commerce: softly-softly approach by garden centres?
A panel of key garden industry players was quizzed on the role of the internet and social media, price deflation and the garden centres of the future at this week’s HTA Garden Futures Conference. Some answers suggested garden centres were taking a softly-softly approach to e-commerce...

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September has been a disappointing month for garden centre sales


September has been a slumbering month for garden centre sales this year. Sales volumes reported to GTN Bestsellers from garden centre EPoS data shows sales for the month to be down 5% on last year and only marginally up on September 2013...
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The Gardens Group joins forces with ABF The Soldiers’ Charity to welcome Alan Titchmarsh to Dorset
 
Alan Titchmarsh will be presenting an evening of gardening prose, poetry and anecdotes at The Crown Hotel in Blandford on Thursday 19 November at 7pm. Sponsored by The Gardens Group, this special event will raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) The Soldiers’ Charity, which was set up in 1944 to support serving soldiers, veterans and their families...
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Strong plant sales as Bents goes back to its roots


It hasn’t been the best of summers, but despite the weather Bents Garden & Home has bucked the industry trend for sales of outdoor plants.  The Warrington based Centre can report figures which are not only ahead of the competition but are also almost 12% up on last year’s sales to date...
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STV aims for 10 million
 

“The only way is up!” says STV managing director Edwin Allingham. STV is on track to sell over 10 million units of pest control products a year...

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Blossoms at Torwood Garden Centre voted Cafe of the Year
Torwood Garden Centre in Tarbert, Falkirk has been voted Cafe of the Year by readers of the areas local newspaper...
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They Loved the Plot all the way to a Gold Award at Barton Grange
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At Barton Grange the implementaion of Love The Plot You've Got was really special and resulted in increased sales of hundreds of products...
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Love the Plot stirs the senses in glorious autumn sunshine at Glendoick Garden Centre
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The ninth Love Your Plot Masterclass for garden centre teams saw delegates basking in the seasonal weather...
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Technology can help you educate shoppers says EFSA chairman
Retailers could make better use of technology to educate consumers in-store, a European trade association chief told HTA Garden Futures Conference delegates.
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Celebrity gardeners awarded honorary HTA membership
‘Love Your Garden’s’ David Domoney and former Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins have been awarded honorary membership of the HTA for their services to the industry...

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The entrepreneur with the 'F--- It! Fund'....






Entrepreneur Will Butler-Adams, who gave the closing presentation at this week’s HTA Garden Futures Conference, revealed the existence of a £250,000 'Fuck It! Fund' that his team at Brompton Bicycles could call on  when things go wrong... 

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