In This Issue
Brimsmore's festive display ransacked...but it won't stop them from entering The Greatest Christmas Awards
Lock-in at Lacock grotto raises cash for families’ charity
Santa ‘floats in’ to Monkton Elm for festive season
Very last chance to enter The Greatest Christmas Display Team
Make sure you enter The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team Award right now!
It's hotting up for The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Award
Fancy you've got The Greatest Festive Catering Team? Last chance to enter now!
Don't leave your plants team out in the cold. Enter them for The Greatest Festive Planteria Team today!
Vote on-line for The Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year.
Buy your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party
Have you got what it takes to be The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas?
Stax Trade Centres require Sales Representative for the North East
Wanted: Buyer for Pets & Wild Birds at Notcutts
Hilltop look to recruit garden centre manager
Even more pictures of Christmas 2013 displays
Baytree Garden Centre
Brookside Garden Centre
Trowell Garden Centre
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
If you want to keep track of the Christmas Bestsellers…
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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Wanted: Buyer for Pets & Wild Birds at Notcutts
 
Notcutts Garden Centres are recruiting a Buyer for Pets and Wild Birds...
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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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GTN Bestsellers
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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If you want to keep track of the Christmas Bestsellers…
 
GTN Bestsellers has a Christmas Special Bonus Offer for you...
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Nominate Online for The Greatest Christmas Awards 2013
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Contact us with your news.  Email neil.pope@tgcmc.co.uk, or trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk or call the GTN News team on 01733 775700

 


Brimsmore's festive display ransacked...but it won't stop them from entering The Greatest Christmas Awards


Despite thieves stealing festive toys and lights from the popular festive display at Brimsmore Gardens, the Yeovil garden centre is still determined to do well in The Greatest Christmas Awards...
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Lock-in at Lacock grotto raises cash for families’ charity


Six of Wiltshire’s leading business and community figures, including the High Sheriff, were seized by elves and imprisoned in Santa’s grotto for charity at Lacock’s Whitehall Garden Centre, and forced to raise £250 bail from their contacts to secure their freedom...
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Santa ‘floats in’ to Monkton Elm for festive season


Crowds turned out in force on Tuesday night to see Father Christmas arrive by carnival float at Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre in Somerset...
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Very last chance to enter The Greatest Christmas Display Team
Last chance to nominate teams for visits by The Greatest Christmas Awards Experts

Christmas is an opportunity to create displays that not only stop people in their tracks but encourage them to spend.  We will be looking for the teams in, small, medium, large and group garden centres that are executing the best visual merchandising for Christmas.  In particular we’re looking for teams who can show how their display have increased sales and teams who get involved with Christmas displays across the whole centre to make the overall Christmas experience something really special.

 

Nominate your Christmas Display Team now via this link

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Make sure you enter The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team Award right now!
Last chance to nominate teams for visits by The Greatest Christmas Awards Experts

The accolade for The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team is widely sought after and we expect completion to be as fierce as ever this year.  With awards for Grotto Teams in small, mid sized and large garden centres our experts will be visiting your grotto to find out who is creating the greatest Santa experience including marketing, booking system, queue management and, of course, how the children and parents rate the experience delivered by the team.


Nominate your Christmas Grotto Team now via this link

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It's hotting up for The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Award
Last chance to nominate teams for visits by The Greatest Christmas Awards Experts
Cooking the Christmas turkey or joint on a barbecue is a hot new trend.  We’re looking for the garden centre that has fully embraced the idea in a way that helps to sell more barbecues and food hall produce. 

Nominate your Sizzling BBQ Sales Team now via this link
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Fancy you've got The Greatest Festive Catering Team? Last chance to enter now!
Last chance to nominate teams for visits by The Greatest Christmas Awards Experts

Christmas is a busy time for Garden Centre Catering teams, but which are the most Festive?  We're looking for the garden centre teams who go that extra mile to satisfy hungry and thirsty customers and add to the Christmas spirit.

Nominate your Festive Catering Team now via this link

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Don't leave your plants team out in the cold. Enter them for The Greatest Festive Planteria Team today!
Last chance to nominate teams for visits by The Greatest Christmas Awards Experts

As Christmas gets nearer Planteria teams come into their own with sales of real Christmas trees, holly wreaths and living Christmas gifts.   We want to find the Planteria Team that most joins in with the Christmas spirit of a garden centre and makes the most of any opportunities to sell plants at Christmas.


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Vote on-line for The Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year.

Every year we ask garden centres across the country to vote for their Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year.  We count one vote per garden centre and the winners are announced at The Greatest Awards Christmas Party in January.

 

Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year now via this link

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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!
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Have you got what it takes to be The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas?
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...
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