In This Issue
Kingfisher to launch over 40 new Christmas products at Harrogate
Vitax buys Organico for an undisclosed sum
The Top 100 most-read stories of 2014
SnowTime’s Bright Ideas set to illuminate 2015
For the Rising Stars, it's the final countdown
The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
Win a trip to Harrogate Christmas & Gift
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Kingfisher to launch over 40 new Christmas products at Harrogate


Kingfisher will be launching over 40 new Christmas products for 2015 when they return to Harrogate Christmas & Gift in 2015.  Exhibiting on Stand B15, Kingfisher will be showing their entire Festive range of artificial trees, indoor and outdoor lighting, decorations, seasonal novelties and gifts...
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Vitax buys Organico for an undisclosed sum


Vitax Limited, one of the UK’s leading garden and horticulture manufacturers, has extended its organic product range by purchasing Organico Limited for an undisclosed sum. Organico is best-known for manufacturing the popular 6x, 100% natural fertiliser and pellets as well as the Groworganic brand widely used on allotments and by growers...
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The Top 100 most-read stories of 2014

It's been another year of momentous change for the garden centre industry - and, predictably, it was the troubles of the former Solus business and the latest re-shaping of the Wyevale Garden Centres group that topped the list of GTN Xtra's best-read stories...

GTN Xtra Content Popularity 2014
RankStory - Issue No.
1Solus Garden & Leisure goes into administration - Issue 28 2014 - Breaking News
2Scotts Miracle-Gro purchase Solus brands - Issue 41 2014 - Breaking News
3Solus 'close to a deal' with new investors - updated - Issue 26 2014
4Redundancies, resignations and new appointments...it has been a dramatic week at Wyevale - Issue 53 2014
5Comment on the Solus-Scotts situation from leading garden centre owners and buying groups - Issue 21 2014
6Dismay as The Garden Centre Group stores shut at 5pm - Issue 5 2014
7Scotts & Solus partnership off - Issue 20 2014 - More Breaking News
8Scotts and Solus in negotiations to join forces - Issue 12 2014 - Breaking News
9Solus reviews options following Scotts deal breakdown - Issue 22 2014 - Solus update
10Administrators make 91 redundant at Solus to stem losses - Issue 30 2014
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SnowTime’s Bright Ideas set to illuminate 2015


Visitors to Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair starting on Sunday can look forward to SnowTime’s ‘QuickLight’ technology – pre-lit hinged trees that no longer require a wiring connection between tree sections...
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For the Rising Stars, it's the final countdown
After eight months of hard graft, the five finalists in the Garden Centre Association’s Rising Stars programme, sponsored by Westland, are preparing to face their ultimate challenge...



Above: last year's joint winners, George Bishop, from Squires Woking, and Will Michieli, from Monkton Elm, presenting to the 2014 conference.

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The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
 
The quest for The Greatest Christmas teams is nearly at the finishing line.  The expert team of judges have already visited over 130 garden centres to meet teams nominated in this years The Greatest Christmas Awards.  You’ll find out who are The Greatest at Christmas this year by joining us at the first awards event of 2015, The Greatest Christmas Awards Christmas Party next Sunday.  Buy your tickets now...

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