In This Issue
Blooms Garden Centre in Cardiff gutted by massive blaze
Supermarkets 'just scratching the surface of plant sales'
Winter fuels increased sales at garden centres
Bandwagon needed to halt costly EU plant register plans say HTA
Get on board with Garden Re-Leaf Day 2014
Early poinsettia sales give centres a welcome boost
New Lakeland store boosts sales at Webbs of Wychbold
The Garden Centre Group continues to re-structure its senior management
Gardenex events secure valuable export business for UK garden suppliers
The power of GTN Bestsellers' insider knowledge
Oxford United swops boots for barbecues at the Weber Grill Academy
Voting for The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is underway
Buy your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party
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
Bumper media focus on gardening in 2014
Countdown to Christmas is well underway
Bark but no bite in growing media sales
Garden centre owner wins Gardening Against The Odds Award
GCA Chairman goes to the House of Commons
61% of keen gardeners over the age of 55 prefer plastic planters
‘A garden is not just for summer’
T&M launches Big Begonia Revival
Kings Seeds launch Victoria Cross Poppy
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
Vote on-line for The Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year.
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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Blooms Garden Centre in Cardiff gutted by massive blaze


An 
investigation is being carried out into a blaze which nearly destroyed Blooms Garden Centre in Cardiff  on Wednesday night...
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Supermarkets 'just scratching the surface of plant sales'








UK supermarkets are barely scratching the surface of the bedding plants market, delegates to the HTA’s Seasonal Plants Focus conference at Stratford upon Avon were told this week...

Left: Graham Dunn of Cresco Horticulture

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Winter fuels increased sales at garden centres


As the dropping temperatures start to bite, those garden centres geared up for the cold weather are seeing week-on-week sales increases across many departments. As a result this week’s GTN Bestsellers All Products index moves up 3.5% on last week, and is 15% higher than the same week in 2012...
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Bandwagon needed to halt costly EU plant register plans say HTA








The HTA are urging their members to write urgent letters of protest to their MPs about EU proposals for a new plant register that could cost the garden industry millions...

Left: Raoul Curtis-Machin, HTA Head of Horticulture.
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Get on board with Garden Re-Leaf Day 2014


Garden Re-Leaf Day organisers are calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the annual initiative on Friday 14th March 2014, to raise money for charity whilst launching the garden retailing season...
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Early poinsettia sales give centres a welcome boost
 
Proof that pointsettia sales are already starting to take off can be found in the popularity of associated products, according to the latest GTN Bestsellers data...
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New Lakeland store boosts sales at Webbs of Wychbold
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An impressive new Lakeland store has opened at Webbs of Wychbold and is already proving to be a big hit...both for the kitchenware company and the garden centre.
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The Garden Centre Group continues to re-structure its senior management
 
The big re-structure of The Garden Centre Group's senior management scheme continues at a pace with a number of regional managers set to leave the business.
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Gardenex events secure valuable export business for UK garden suppliers


The overriding message received by delegates from the UK garden and petcare sectors who attended the ‘Global Workshop’ organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip export associations was that there is an abundance of help and support for those companies seeking to expand their overseas sales.
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The power of GTN Bestsellers' insider knowledge
 
GTN Bestsellers is the leading publication when it comes to reporting on gardening product sales trends...but thanks to its insider knowledge it's also great for predicting the bestsellers of tomorrow...
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Oxford United swops boots for barbecues at the Weber Grill Academy


Oxford United footballers hung up their boots for the day, as they turned their skills to handling a barbecue, all in the name of team spirit...
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Voting for The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is underway
Get your customers voting in The Greatest Garden Centre at Christmas Award. Voting is now live until Christmas Eve.


Has your garden centre team got what it takes to become The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas?  Whether you're a small, mid sized or large centre, if you have a loyal, satisfied customer base, and a team that they love, you’re in with a chance of lifting the title...
Download the public voting forms and posters now
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Buy your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party


Tickets are selling fast for The Greatest Christmas Awards Party on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate...so make sure you don't miss out!
Buy your tickets at Early Bird discounted prices now
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