GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 16 2014

Hundreds of garden centres throughout the UK are taking part in Garden Re-Leaf activities this weekend to raise money for Greenfingers and give their sales tills a boost at the start of the season. And the first event to take place was the Garden Re-Leaf Day Celebrity Quiz at Bosworths Nurseries and Garden Centre at Burton Latimer in Northants...

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Boyd goes 240 miles for Garden Re-Leaf

Boyd Douglas-Davies, the brains behind Garden Re-Leaf, powers his way through 240 miles to raise money for Greenfingers on Garden Re-Leaf Day...

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Garden Re-Leaf Day Fun, Games and Painting

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Danny Adamson steps down as Manging Director of William Sinclair Retail Division

As a result of an internal restructure Danny Adamson has stepped down as Managing Director of the Retail Division for William Sinclair. He had been with the company for six years...

CC dismiss fears over Danish trolley shortage
'System intact' despite suspected hiccup in The Garden Centre Group's new hub system

Fears that a hiccup in the new delivery hub logistics adopted by The Garden Centre Group would cause a shortage in the garden centre network’s vital plant trolley hire system have been dismissed by the operators...

Public support for Tesco/Dobbies joint development in East Kilbride

Plans have been submitted for a Tesco supermarket and Dobbies garden centre to be built together in the first development of its kind in Scotland...

New Gardman management team appointed to drive growth

Gardman CEO Stewart Hainsworth has created an eclectic group of talented managers to deliver the new corporate brand strategy of driving growth in wild bird care and gardening categories...

The next three weeks are critical for sales

With the weather set fair, GTN Bestsellers is predicting high plant sales levels over the next two weekends so the supply chain will be well and truly tested. In the newly branded Plant Market at Van Hage Peterborough (pictured above), plants have been selling well in the past week...

Top buying group to recruit new members

Choice Marketing are looking to recruit new garden centre members for the first time for many years...

Left: Sam Bosworth, current chairman of Choice

New GIMA Council members announced at annual meeting

Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association Director Vicky Nuttall handed over the GIMA President's chain of office to Bosmere Sales and Marketing Director Steve Millington at the organisation's annual meeting held at Dobbies Milton Keynes on Thursday...

Start connecting with the older people of tomorrow - Will Armitage

GCA chairman Will Armitage has told the garden industry that it must start connecting with the older people of tomorrow...

Homebase is obsessed with gathering data on gardening customers

Matthew Compton, Homebase Trading Director for Garden & DIY, has admitted that his company is obsessed with customer data, which it uses to shape its marketing and product sales...

Glee New Products Showcase open for entries

Glee organisers i2i Events say the New Product Showcase for this autumn’s show is now open for entries...

First ever PVC double-glazed greenhouse launched by Nordic

Nordic Garden Buildings, a leading manufacturer of free standing PVC garden buildings, has launched the first-ever PVC double glazed greenhouse in the UK market...

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Garden Trade News

Garden centre boss resigns after being jailed for 18 months

Tom Hayes, the boss of Ambleside’s Hayes Garden World, has resigned after being jailed for lying to police and the courts. He was imprisoned for 18 months at Carlisle Crown Court earlier this week after a jury found him guilty of perverting the course of justice...

Activity in the garden leads to sales in centres

The GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Chart reflects the fact that gardeners are becoming more active as the good weather continues, although volume sales are significantly down on the same week in 2013 and 2012.

Fakenham Garden Centre undergoes £100,000 cafe refurbishment

Fakenham Garden Centre has invested £100,000 into modernising its cafe, which features a new floor, new seating and an extended seating area, new counter equipment and new lighting and heating...

Darlington garden centre gets go-ahead to expand cafe capacity

Proposals for family-owned Sam Turner and Sons garden centre near Darlington to increase the serving capacity at its cafe have been approved by planners...

Christies of Fochabers on family business awards shortlist

Morayshire garden centre Christies of Fochabers has been shortlisted for a business award...

Veg plug plants selling well

KinderGarden cell plants have been selling well, and the company has seven varieties in the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart this week, headed by Tomato Gardeners Delight at No 2...

New Customer Services Manager for Smart Solar

Sue Sharp has joined Smart Solar as Customer Services Manager. Sue, who has over 25 years’ experience including 21 years at Gardman, is well known and respected in the garden centre industry.

Compost sales continue to grow

The steady growth of compost sales continues this week with 43 products in the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart showing increases in sales compared to the previous week...

UK team expansion for Bolsius

Bolsius, Europe’s leading maker and supplier of candles, has just appointed James Ruault as Business Development Manager for the UK...

Bosmere distribute award-winning BioStretch

The award-winning BioStretch garden tie will be distributed by Bosmere for the 2014 season...

Hilliers and RHS collaborate on new edition of 'the bible'

The new edition of The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs – a ‘bible’ for countless information desk managers – has been compiled with input from Royal Horticultural Society experts for the first time...

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