In This Issue
The changes and challenges of 2015...
What's in store for us in 2016?
Boxing Day floods destroy family garden centre business
Record number of exhibitors at Harrogate Christmas & Gift
What will Nicholas Marshall do now?
Spirits will be In The Sky at GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Squire's link with RHS to promote horticultural careers
The trophies and certificates are all prepared ready for presenting on Sunday night
Seminars will help retailers plan for changeable weather patterns
Majestic Trees to fly UK flag in global grower finals
Hartley Botanic announces its first Chelsea show garden
Forest Garden expands sales team and appoints NPD champ
Gardman unwrap Christmas 2016 ranges
More help for birds, bugs and bats from Wildlife World
Kick off the season with retail inspiration in Holland
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Matthew Bent shortlisted for prestigious business award
Digital marketing guru to speak at HTA technology conference
HTA confirm National Plant Show dates
Kent & Stowe spade named as top magazine's best buy
GIMA sets up new HR and employment mentoring
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The changes and challenges of 2015...
While the ground never quite moved, there were one or two light tremors...GTN associate editor Mike Wyatt looks back on a year of evolution not revolution

If Benjamin Franklin had been around, he may have wanted to amend his assertion that in this world nothing could be said to be certain except death and taxes. In my book, ongoing change in the garden industry is as safe a bet as you can find – the only uncertainty being the rate at which it happens...

Left: William Sinclair provided the shock headline of the year when it called in the administrators - and was then bought by Westland

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What's in store for us in 2016?
We asked two prominent garden centre operators to tell us what they thought might happen in the industry next year - and what they would like to change...

   
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Boxing Day floods destroy family garden centre business
Family-run Read Garden Centre near Burnley re-opened for business this week following severe damage by floods on Boxing Day...,

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Record number of exhibitors at Harrogate Christmas & Gift


Visitors to Harrogate Christmas & Gift, which starts tomorrow (Sunday), are guaranteed to find exciting product ranges at the show, as there are over 30 new exhibitors attending as well as the industry’s top brands...
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What will Nicholas Marshall do now?
Sainsburys has emerged as a potential rival to former Wyevale chief executive Nicholas Marshall in his reported interest in making a bid for the Homebase business....
     
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Spirits will be In The Sky at GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
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Tickets are on sale for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Party, sponsored by Premier Decorations, where Dr and the Medics will provide the live music for dancing and celebrating the night away. Come and join us for the party of the year in Harrogate on Sunday 10th January 2016...
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Squire's link with RHS to promote horticultural careers








Squire’s Garden Centres have joined forces with the Royal Horticultural Society to create a programme to change perceptions about a career in horticulture...


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The trophies and certificates are all prepared ready for presenting on Sunday night


On Sunday night we will be presenting Gold, Silver or Bronze Greatest Christmas Awards to 27 different garden centres, with a further 13 winning regional awards...
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Seminars will help retailers plan for changeable weather patterns
Business weather intelligence specialists Planalytics are holding free seminars in London and Leeds later this month to help companies learn about strategies they can take to more effectively plan for changes in the weather...

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Majestic Trees to fly UK flag in global grower finals
The UK's Majestic Trees nursery will join ornamentals growers from Canada, China and USA in the finals of the finished plants and trees category of the International Grower of the Year Awards 2016...
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Hartley Botanic announces its first Chelsea show garden

Hartley Botanic and New Zealand winery Cloudy Bay are among the first in 2016 to release details of their display gardens for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

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Forest Garden expands sales team and appoints NPD champ





New recruits at Forest Garden will strengthen the sales force and the company’s approach to new product development...
Left: Guy Jackson, who will head up the new NPD drive.
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Gardman unwrap Christmas 2016 ranges






Gardman’s newly-announced range for Christmas 2016 includes a brand new collection of realistic artificial Christmas trees...

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More help for birds, bugs and bats from Wildlife World
Wildlife conservation product specialists Wildlife World will announce a number of new products at next month’s Spring Fair (NEC Birmingham, 7-11 Feb)...


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Kick off the season with retail inspiration in Holland
The fifth Garden Retail Experience staged by the TuinZaken trade journal, takes place on 18-19 February in the Plantariumgebouw in Boskoop, Netherlands...



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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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