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Tesco gets ready to sell Dobbies Garden Centres
Scope for stockists to increase sales via up-selling with Meadow View Stones NEW POS
Early Easter leads to March sales being up 8%
Two garden centres in London and Bucks to close
Consumers slow to trust in contactless payment
French DIY and gardening startup ManoMano sets its sights on UK
Which? names T&M's incredicompost as best for seeds and young plants
Warwickshire plant pot company wins overseas business
GIMA 'seed corn' award helps winner to first-year bonanza
Top centres join David Domoney's ambassador scheme
Deco-Pak to separate aggregates and birdcare at Glee
Johnsons Lawn Seed to reach retail fever pitch
Westland to sponsor Balmoral Show in Northern Ireland
Horticultural/Plantarea Manager (Gloucester)
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Hampshire)
Customer Experience Manager (Northamptonshire)
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Middlesex)
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Wyevale Garden Centres appoint new finance chief
Encouraging signs as garden product sales rise
TV advertising pushes Miracle-Gro Growables into Bestsellers chart
HTA National Plant Show - almost sold out
Growing media sales still ahead of the game
Centurion appoints new Head of Field Sales
High-tech BBQ boost for Premier Decorations
Brentwood planners to consider new garden centre proposal
Christine Walkden joins Baby Bio Outdoor on roadshow
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Wyeville Garden Centre theft hearing adjourned
Highgrove Festival gets helping hand from nurseries
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Garden centres without cafés can join coffee morning
Francesco Mazzei & Robert Ortiz join Natural Food Kitchen chef line-up
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Tesco gets ready to sell Dobbies Garden Centres
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Tesco has appointed investment bank Greenhall & Co to sell its Dobbies Garden Centre business along with other non-core assets, according to Sky News.

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Scope for stockists to increase sales via up-selling with Meadow View Stones NEW POS
 

The need to inspire and educate the consumer to encourage spend has never been greater and with POS merchandising being an intrinsic part of this process Meadow View have re-designed their entire POS collection around this concept...

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Early Easter leads to March sales being up 8%


The second week of the Easter fortnight 2016 saw a peak in sales leading to the GTN Bestsellers Index of All Item Sales being up 8% on last year as a warm sunny spell allowed people to make the most of the first school holiday week...
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Two garden centres in London and Bucks to close

Two garden centres in London and Buckinghamshire are to close this year...




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Consumers slow to trust in contactless payment





 Contactless card payments are not yet trusted by the majority of consumers, according to an online survey by business intelligence research consultancy Future Thinking...
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French DIY and gardening startup ManoMano sets its sights on UK


ManoMano, Europe’s booming online marketplace for DIY and gardening equipment, is looking to take on the likes of B&Q, Homebase and other UK market leaders following a 13m EUR (£10.4m) investment.
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Which? names T&M's incredicompost as best for seeds and young plants
 
Which? Gardening has named Thompson & Morgan’s peat-based 'incredicompost'  as best overall compost for sowing seeds and raising young plants...
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Warwickshire plant pot company wins overseas business


Colourful plant pots created by a Warwickshire firm will be adorning gardens in Africa and continental Europe this summer after its unique designs were snapped up by overseas garden and homeware companies.
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GIMA 'seed corn' award helps winner to first-year bonanza


GIMA’s Innovators Seed Corn Fund (GISCF), set up in 2014 to encourage new businesses, designers and innovators to enter the garden retail market, has helped its 2015 winner to unexpected first-year success...



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Garden centres without cafés can join coffee morning


Garden centres without cafés are being given the chance to participate in this year’s Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning thanks to tea and coffee equipment and product supplier Café Works. Any retailers looking to host an event for the charity on September 30 can borrow equipment from the Shropshire-based provider of single serve coffee options, tea and coffee equipment and vending solutions...
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Francesco Mazzei & Robert Ortiz join Natural Food Kitchen chef line-up
Francesco Mazzei, chef patron at Sartoria in London’s Mayfair, and Robert Ortiz, the Michelin-starred head chef at Lima restaurant in London, will be bringing the vibrant colours and natural flavours of Italy and Peru to this year’s Natural Food Kitchen demonstrations at Natural & Organic Products Europe...
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Top centres join David Domoney's ambassador scheme



More than 150 garden centres, including some of UK’s leading destination sites, have now joined the Cultivation Street ambassador scheme.

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Deco-Pak to separate aggregates and birdcare at Glee
Deco-Pak is to separate its aggregates and wild birdcare ranges on adjacent stands at Glee this year...

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Johnsons Lawn Seed to reach retail fever pitch
 
With the UEFA European Championship 2016 just around the corner, Johnson Lawn Seed has launched its exclusive ‘2016’ lawn seed mix, specifically designed to help create the perfect pitch for future Rooneys, Messis, or Ronaldos, and at the same time help boost summer sales for retailers...
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Westland to sponsor Balmoral Show in Northern Ireland


Westland Horticulture will be sponsoring The Garden Village at Northern Ireland’s largest agricultural event, The Balmoral Show...
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