In This Issue
Get planning for next year! Start by taking advantage of this BOGOF offer exclusive for GTN Xtra readers
Ex-Garden & Leisure manager to run Rosebourne's new Hampshire centre
Greenfingers call for Carrier Bag Tax Donations
Home building programme will spark patio gardening boom says Ball Colegrave
Stax growth, substitute sellers, market data and legal updates at GIMA Day Conference
Strengthen Your Core with Grow Your Own Profits Roadshow
Sales down at garden centres during half-term week
Online tool will help retailers meet new garden chemical regulations deadline
Vroom vroom....Santa settles for a £1m sports car for Squire's arrival
Wyevale Garden Centres launches community garden makeover initiative
Multiple medal wins for Dutch supplier at Groot Groen fair
Allensmore expands Blooms branded plants range
Decco to transport unwanted stock donated to Greenfingers charity
Nominate your teams for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Wholesale Nursery - Sales Assistant - Hampshire
Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor - Manager - North Yorkshire
Kent & Stowe Garden Life attracts new customers
Ken White joins HTA Board
Work starts on new Jiffy factory in Holland
Pot luck could win you a £300 voucher!
T&M chooses Thrive as its charity of the year
A good sales week for Gardman products
H&H Christmas Money Box still as popular as ever
Top soil and farmyard manure still in demand
Win £300 to spend on Planters, Burners and Water Features
Eighteen marketing presentations in one day
Driving Tangible Returns on Investment with PR and Social Media
Developing a successful marketing campaign in your local community
The Ups and Downs of Play time!
Digital Marketing – key issues on the digital agenda
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Tong centre catering upgrade creates 35 jobs
Situations Vacant
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
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Wholesale Nursery - Sales Assistant - Hampshire
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Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
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Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor - Manager - North Yorkshire
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Get planning for next year! Start by taking advantage of this BOGOF offer exclusive for GTN Xtra readers


It's only 20 weeks until Easter 2016 so now is the time to make sure your strategic marketing planning gets off on the right foot. That's where the HTA Marketing Forum comes in to help, and you could be there by taking advantage of this great marketing offer for GTN Xtra readers: Buy one place at the Forum and get another place for free.  In just one day you'll recieve 18 inspirational and informative presentations including keynote presentations from former Tesco Deputy CEO and Chief Marketing Officer for Tesco, Tim Mason (below left), who will reveal some of the new projects he is working on as well as talking about the topics that he really cares about: growth, customer centricity and staff engagement, and Gerald Ratner (below right) shares lessons learned from his rollercoaster journey as former CEO of Ratner’s Group... 

  
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Ex-Garden & Leisure manager to run Rosebourne's new Hampshire centre
 



Rosebourne, the company founded by former Blooms garden centres chairman Charles Good, has recruited former Garden & Leisure manager Val Kempster to run its new centre in Hampshire...
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Greenfingers call for Carrier Bag Tax Donations
 
Following the introduction of new government legislation last month, which sees large retailers needing to charge a minimum of 5p for single-use plastic bags, Greenfingers is calling on retailers who qualify for the tax to donate their profits to the charity...
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Home building programme will spark patio gardening boom says Ball Colegrave




The government’s target of 200,000 new homes will spark a patio garden boom, says Ball Colegrave...
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Stax growth, substitute sellers, market data and legal updates at GIMA Day Conference
  

David Hibbert from Stax made the headline presentation at the GIMA meeting, held at Wyevale Melbicks last week...
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Strengthen Your Core with Grow Your Own Profits Roadshow
 
Supplier supported training events around the UK next February and early March will help garden centres target, educate and communicate effectively to new and existing customers to maximize sales of plants, seeds, bulbs, garden sundries, irrigation and bird care.
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Sales down at garden centres during half-term week


This year’s October half-term school holiday has proved to be not as good as last year for garden centre sales, according to GTN’s Bestsellers data...
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Online tool will help retailers meet new garden chemical regulations deadline

The Crop Protection Association and HTA have developed an online tool to provide training for garden retail staff on the safe and effective use of garden plant protection products...

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Vroom vroom....Santa settles for a £1m sports car for Squire's arrival
Santa will be arriving in style at Squire’s 14 garden centres at the end of November…and his modes of transport include a £1m sports car...

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Wyevale Garden Centres launches community garden makeover initiative
 
Wyevale Garden Centres has launched its ‘Garden Makeover’ programme at three of its centres nationwide, giving something back to the surrounding area by transforming the green spaces of local community groups...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Tong centre catering upgrade creates 35 jobs

Improvements to the catering areas at Tong Garden Centre has created 35 jobs for local people...

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Multiple medal wins for Dutch supplier at Groot Groen fair





Dutch nursery stock brokers Van Vliet New Plants walked off with three gold and two bronze medals at the international nursery stock trade fair Groot Groen Plus in Zundert last week...
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Allensmore expands Blooms branded plants range

Herefordshire nursery Allensmore has expanded its range of perennials in unique Blooms of Bressingham branded pots, following the new partnership with Blooms of Bressingham Plants announced during the summer.

Pictured (left to right): Jason Bloom, Brian Taylor proprietor, Mark Taylor and Adrian Bloom.

 

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Decco to transport unwanted stock donated to Greenfingers charity

Wholesale distributor Decco has been nominated as the logistics partner for the Greenfingers charity’s ‘Turn Old into Gold’ scheme...

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Nominate your teams for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards


Christmas is upon us once again, and the signs are it’s going to be a great one for garden centres. So now is the time for you to nominate your teams to be a part of GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards...
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Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year


As part of The Greatest Christmas Awards, garden centres get the chance to vote for the supplier they feel has been their Greatest Christmas Suppleir of the Year...
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Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party


Tickets are now on sale for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards Party, sponsored by Premier Decorations.Come and join us for the party of the year in Harrogate on Sunday 10th January 2016...
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