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Is the £91m sale and leaseback deal funding Wyvevale Garden Centre's ongoing spending spree?
Rising Stars prepare for Brighton finale
HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
Change at the top at Vitax
Magic earlybird start for Jack’s All Purpose
Wyevale acquires Woodcote Green Garden Centre
Garden lighting sales continue to shine in New Year
Mr Fothergills leads the way with new veg seed sales
Gardman triples size of its Christmas offering
Increase profits from your pond fixture with Superfish
Expansion plans at Planters of Bretby given go-ahead
CM Van Hage 19 September 1924 – 5 January 2016
John Brian Edmonds
Hillview and Brandsford Webbs enable Hospice Garden at Malvern Spring Show
Groen-Direkt comes of age!
Ansells Paresh to run London Marathon for Perennial
Loose lbs and gain £'s for Garden Re-Leaf Day
Work Begins on Greenfingers Chelsea Flower Show Relocation at Isle of Wight Hospice
Mr Fothergill's wants a name for Royal Hospital Sweet Pea
Pastels trend to boost Mothers' Day sales this year, say G Plants
Garden Plant of the Month for February: Snowball
Garden centre fraudster told to pay money back
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
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Is the £91m sale and leaseback deal funding Wyvevale Garden Centre's ongoing spending spree?
Wyevale Garden Centres has raised  £91m on a sale and leaseback deal on eight garden centres - so you can expect its acquisition programme to continue apace...



Woodcote Green Garden Centre in Surrey: WGC's latest acquisition (see story below).
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Rising Stars prepare for Brighton finale


The six finalists in the GCA Westland Rising Stars are rehearsing their presentations this week in readiness for the final part of their quest to become the Rising Star at this years GCA Conference in Brighton...


 
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HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
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Retail reality is forever changed. Consumers are empowering, well informed and hypermobile due to their smartphones and tablets. They are looking for entertainment, hospitality and experience, shopping 24/7 and expects the widest range at the best price.

How do you translate these developments to the shop floor and how can you actually sell more? How do you deal with the new consumer? And how can your business remain profitable in the garden industry in the near and far future? The GARDEN RETAIL EXPERIENCE offers inspiration and answers and helps in the transition to a new shopping model...

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Change at the top at Vitax
 
Vitax has appointed a new Managing Director following a company restructure. Daniel Wilkinson (pictured) took over the helm at the start of the year, replacing Paul Gooding who has stepped aside to concentrate on his role as Chairman...
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Magic earlybird start for Jack’s All Purpose
 
Westland's Jack’s Magic (60 litres) is the earlybird compost of choice once again, taking the first GTN Bestsellers No 1 Growing Media Product of the year for the third year running...
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Wyevale acquires Woodcote Green Garden Centre
Wyevale Garden Centres have acquired Woodcote Green Garden Centre, based in Wallington, Surrey....



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Garden lighting sales continue to shine in New Year


Are you making the most of winter garden lighting sales? Half of the Top 10 listings in the first GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Chart of the year are garden lighting lines and their sales volume accounts for 66% of the Top 10 total sales...
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Mr Fothergills leads the way with new veg seed sales
 
Veg seed packet sales got off to a better start this year with five packs making the Top 10 of the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart as opposed to none appearing last year...
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Gardman triples size of its Christmas offering
 
It was Gardman’s second appearance at Harrogate Christmas & Gift this week, and they had more than tripled the size of both their stand and product offering; underpinning the company’s growing reputation as a key player in the festive market...
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Increase profits from your pond fixture with Superfish
 
Superfish offers a comprehensive range of pond accessories and to help retailers bost sales the company has put together some exciting merchandising options and POS display. The concept was laucnhed at AQUA Telford last year with a great response...
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Expansion plans at Planters of Bretby given go-ahead


Planters at Bretby Garden Centre near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has promised exciting times ahead after expansion plans were given the green light.
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Commercial Kitchen announces partnership with CEDA
Commercial Kitchen, the definitive new event for the UK’s catering equipment industry, is delighted to welcome CEDA (the Catering Equipment Distributors Association) as a major association partner...
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CM Van Hage 19 September 1924 – 5 January 2016
 
The Van Hage family are sad to announce the death of their father, Cornelius Van Hage, who died on 5th January, aged 91, peacefully at home and surrounded by his family...
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John Brian Edmonds
 
John Brian Edmonds, father of Nicci Gow - Fresh@Burcot Garden Centre - died on January 8th after a long illness...
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Hillview and Brandsford Webbs enable Hospice Garden at Malvern Spring Show



Primrose Hospice is entering a show garden at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival in May 2016 called ‘Time is a Healer’. Sponsors include Hillview Garden Centres and The Bransford Webbs Plant Company...

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Groen-Direkt comes of age!
 
The annual Groen-Direkt Spring plant fair takes place at Hazerswoude, Boskoop on February 2nd and 3rd


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Ansells Paresh to run London Marathon for Perennial
Paresh Raithatha from Ansell Garden Centre in West Drayton, Middlesex will be running the Virgin London Marathon as part of his fundraising efforts for Perennial this year...
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Loose lbs and gain £'s for Garden Re-Leaf Day
    

Here's a great way to raise £'s for Greenfingers and get your self into shape for the rest of the year by loosing weight between now and Garden Re-Leaf Day.  Join GTN Xtra's Trevor Pfeiffer and Greenfingers Linda Petrons and Debs Skillicorn in Pounds 4 Greenfingers...
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Work Begins on Greenfingers Chelsea Flower Show Relocation at Isle of Wight Hospice


Work began last week on recreating the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show garden designed by Matthew Wilson at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight...
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Mr Fothergill's wants a name for Royal Hospital Sweet Pea
 
Mr Fothergill's is looking for a name for a new mixture of sweet peas it is launching to raise funds for the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and is hoping Britain's gardeners will vote for their favourite...
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Pastels trend to boost Mothers' Day sales this year, say G Plants

Seed, bulb and GYO gift pack suppliers G Plants say the interiors trend for pastels will come into its own via garden centre sales this Mother's Day (6th March)...
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Garden Plant of the Month for February: Snowball


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presents the Garden Plant of the Month for February: Snowball (Viburnum). Even when it’s not snowing, Viburnum brings snowballs to the garden, and if it does freeze, this garden plant stays green and brings an early spring-like invigoration into a garden lover's garden.
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Garden centre fraudster told to pay money back
 
A court has ordered a former garden centre director who robbed her business to repay it £125,000...
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The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
 
After the resounding success of The Greatest Awards ON TOUR in 2015, we are pleased to announce that in 2016 The Greatest Awards ON TOUR will be bigger and better than ever...
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