GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 53 2014

It has been another dramatic week of change for Wyevale Garden Centres with news of Head of Horticulture Tim Clapp leaving the company in October and reports of more than 20 centre managers being made redundant. Rumours of Clapp's replacement have been circulating throughout the industry but the company refused to confirm that an appointment had been made...

Potential bestsellers are unveiled at Glee

Out of the hundreds of new products at Glee it was particularly pleasing that several of the Glee New Product Awards winners were really potential GTN Bestsellers Chart entrants for next year...

Garden lighting sales still shining brightly

Gardman lighting products still dominate the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart with four items in the Top 5, three of which are wood effect lights.

Nordic win Retailers' Choice Award with Veranda Summerhouse

Nordic Garden Buildings have scooped the Glee Retailers' Choice Award for the second year running, this time clinching the title with their Veranda Summerhouse...

Crest Garden and Desch Plantpak aim to revitalise the ‘Grow your own’ retail propagation market

Crest Garden Ltd and Desch Plantpak Ltd exchanged formal documents at Glee to confirm their joint venture aimed at revitalising the UK ‘Grow your own’ retail propagation market.

Westland top soil delivers authentic WW1 experience for theatre-goers

Westland Horticulture has delivered 1,200 bags of top soil to a theatre, staging a play to commemorate the centenary of the First World War...

Major organisations and celebrities back call to protect peatlands

Environment organisation Project Maya is calling on all gardeners to pledge to be peat-free in their gardens because 94% of lowland bogs in the UK have been lost...

Garland Products proves to be a winner on and off the race track

Business has been at full speed for Garland Products since adding the Worth Gardening brand to its product portfolio in 2012, and the same can be said for its success on the car race track. A Spire GT3, sponsored by Garland Products has just won the Disklok RGB championship 2014, resulting in its driver Matt Higginson retaining the title he won last season. ..

Mr Fothergill's staff raise £100 with Macmillan Ice Bucket Challenge

So keen were staff at Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill's to have the chance to soak its executive directors with cold water, they recently raised more than £100 for Macmillan Cancer Support in an ice bucket challenge...

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Which were the Top 20 most read stories in The Glee Daily News 2014?

The GTN team became Team Glee Daily News for the duration of the show at the NEC. Follow the link to find out which were the most read stories of this years Glee...

Top 20 most read stories in The Glee Daily News 2014

GTN September 2014

Garden Trade News

Barry Scott is Elho Agent of the Year

UK agent, Barry Scott has won the Elho Agent of the Year Award...

A feast for all the senses in National Conifer Week

Garden retailers throughout the UK are being given the opportunity to inspire their customers and boost conifer sales during National Conifer Week, organised by the HTA and the British Conifer Group, which will run between 27 September and 5 October 2014...

Onion sets the sales standards for veg

Taylors Onion Sets Electric have rejoined Radar, Senshhyu Yellow and Troy in the Top 10 of the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart, while Garlic Marco remains in the No 1 spot...

Award-winning lunch! show returns to London on Tuesday 23 September

This year’s lunch! trade show looks set for another record turnout...

Sales boost for growing media

Sales of growing media are significantly up on last week, and noticeably higher than the same period in 2012 and 2013, according to GTN Bestsellers data...

Brookes & Co working with Grange

Home and garden marketing specialist, Brookes & Co has been commissioned to work on marketing and PR projects for Grange, the decorative garden structures and fencing expert...

Trees and hedging available at Wyevale Nurseries all year

Wyevale Nurseries has announced it is from this month onwards able to offer trees and hedging to its customers all year round...

Ex-garden centre manager arrested on suspicion of fraud

Stuart Clancy, a Norfolk district councillor and former general manager of Taverham Garden Centre, is being investigated by police on suspicion of fraud and false accounting.

GIMA launches Intellectual Property Guidelines

The Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association has launched its recent, A©ID-commissioned, overview and guide to Intellectual Property, coinciding with the legislation changes that will take place in October...

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