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GARDENA and Netatmo: Smart partnership for the garden
New Eco Smart Watering from Flopro
First "shops" for PTMD in the UK at Taverham and Coolings
Elho joins the Retail Lab @ Glee
Garden centre removes posters after complaint
Growing potential at Millbrook Garden Company
Hortapp and ConnectedGreen chosen as Best Idea Plantarium
Wyevale Nurseries get new promotions ready for Glee
Hot air ballooning thrills for garden centre owner
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Gardman appoint Group Sales Director
Taking a grip on Bestsellers Garden Products chart
Decco appoints Debbie Paterson as area sales manager
Taylors in a clean sweep at the top of Veg-2-Gro
LEAF announces education and public engagement appointment
Growing media sales kick back into gear
Allensmore Nurseries launch 2018 Main Season Catalogue
Cyclamen on top of Bestsellers Plants chart
Christmas opens at Summerhill in Essex
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Work underway on £1m Dorset garden centre restaurant
Foodie focus for Bradford garden centre's Taste event
Stunning new Café Bar to open at Squire’s in Shepperton
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Growing potential at Millbrook Garden Company
 

Recruiting people with horticultural skills is as challenging as ever. As a result, last year Millbrook Garden Company started to look at Succession Planning in order to ensure they have the right people with the right skills in their business, not only for today but to enable them to achieve our future objectives.

Currently, as part of this plan they now have 3 people studying NVQs in Catering and are delighted that they now have two more young people who are planning their future with Millbrook.

 

Tom Kemp (above left) started with the company as a Weekend Assistant in 2015. With a welcoming smile and a keenness to learn, Tom soon became a valuable member of the team, initially working on the tills. He soon found himself in the plant area on busy weekends and during school holidays, helping customers to find what they were looking for. Tom left school in June and joined the team on a full-time basis as Garden Centre Assistant and in September will be starting an NVQ in Horticulture at Plumpton College.

 

Wills Cheeseman (above right) was one of the first weekend assistants Millbrook recruited after taking on their Staplehurst site in 2013. Although studying for A-Levels at that time, Wills was soon working for the company in the holidays too. He quickly grew in confidence and got involved in all areas of the garden centre shop. Having just graduated with a Degree in Law, Wills has decided that perhaps a career in retail is right for him. As part of his development, Wills will soon be taking on responsibility for ensuring Millbrook’s new weekend teams are inducted and quickly settle into life at Millbrook. He will be involved in many projects over the coming 12 months to develop his retail and people supervisory skills.

 

Tracey Bowler, HR Director at the Millbrook Garden Company, says, ‘Having seen our hospitality staff grow and develop, it’s great to see the succession plan rolling out into other areas of the business. It’s notoriously difficult to attract young people into our industry, so to be able to grow our own is fantastic.’

 

The programme “Growing your Potential” will be constantly evolving, with new talent joining from now on.

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