In This Issue
Bunnings owner could exit the UK by June, says newspaper report
Gardman acknowledges teething problems at new distribution centre...but says they're now fixed
Top trends for 2018 are inspired by nature
Good growth reported for Blue Diamond Group
January gets growing year off to flying start
Plant sales up 32% for January
Zest 4 Leisure announces recruitment drive
LOFA’s LOFAssured initiative ensures all cushions sold by members comply with current government fire regulations
New environment and bee-friendly insecticide for UK market
GTN's Greatest Christmas Team Winners to be announced during Glee@Spring Fair
Wyevale Nurseries supplies trees to Malvern Hills Trust
Horticultural nursery helps Haggerston Castle to bloom
Staff raise over £21,000 for Cancer Research UK
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HTA Seminar – GDPR: How will it affect my business?
Charlie Dimmock to open Squire’s Garden Centre in Woking
Certification stamps on all plants – Groen-Direkt’s Spring Fair
Garden lighting sales keep on shining
Black Russians are top tomato
Record January for growing media
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'All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players...
Biggest business challenge? Automation without annoying customers...
Smart Garden Products scoops another major award
Peter Seabrook urges garden centres to back a national rose festival week
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Demand for speciality coffee grows at Stewarts
Adande launch refrigerated, open front grab & go cabinet
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Bunnings owner could exit the UK by June, says newspaper report

 

Retail giant Wesfarmers could abort its troubled invasion of the British Isles as soon as June after admitting it made serious mistakes when trying to transplant the successful Bunnings model to the northern hemisphere, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald...

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Gardman acknowledges teething problems at new distribution centre...but says they're now fixed

 

Gardman has acknowledged the company has experienced teething problems at its new £30 million custom-built distribution centre in Daventry but says it's confident it will cope with the busy Spring period...

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Top trends for 2018 are inspired by nature
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Reflecting their passion for design and quality, Floralsilk launched their impressive Christmas Collection for 2018 with an exclusive collection of Christmas tree ornaments, wreaths, garlands, trees and wintery foliage and it was a great opportunity to see what the fashion will be for the year ahead...

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Good growth reported for Blue Diamond Group
 

The Blue Diamond Group has traded well again and delivered good growth in 2017, although the sales increase over the full year has been lower than in previous years and the first half of 2017, according to figures published in a shareholder announcement.

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January gets growing year off to flying start

 

2018 could be a great year for gardening as early indications are that growing activity is at and all-time high, according to GTN Bestsellers...

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Plant sales up 32% for January
 

What a start for plant sales in 2018! January total plant sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data are up 32% on January 2017...

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Zest 4 Leisure announces recruitment drive

 

Zest 4 Leisure is increasing its workforce with the creation of numerous jobs at its warehouse and distribution centre in Saltney, near Chester...

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LOFA’s LOFAssured initiative ensures all cushions sold by members comply with current government fire regulations

 

LOFA (Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association) is focusing on raising awareness of fire safety standards/regulations for garden furniture cushions in a new campaign – LOFAssured...

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New environment and bee-friendly insecticide for UK market
 

Derived from the natural by-product of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, FLiPPER is a revolutionary, competitively priced, clean and green insecticide and an encouraging new advance in the agrochemical and biopesticide market...

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GTN's Greatest Christmas Team Winners to be announced during Glee@Spring Fair

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The votes are being counted and the judges meeting to decide who will be the winners in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards, sponsored by Gardman, ready for the announcement and presentation of awards at a special Greatest Awards Winners Breakfast Reception on Tuesday 6th February in Hall 3 as part of Glee@Spring Fair...

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Demand for speciality coffee grows at Stewarts

After introducing the Shutelake range of speciality coffee just under two years ago at the three Stewarts garden centres, demand has increased to a point where takeaway packs have now been introduced...

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Adande launch refrigerated, open front grab & go cabinet

Adande Refrigeration will launch its new refrigerated, open front grab & go cabinet on stand 1449 at Hotelympia, ExCel London, on 5 - 8 March 2018. The Aircell ‘Sarma’ model will be fully operational on the stand, allowing visitors to gain first-hand experience of its food to go focused features and benefits...

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Wyevale Nurseries supplies trees to Malvern Hills Trust

 

One of the UK’s leading nurseries was selected to provide trees to help secure the future of a woodland on the Malvern Hills in Herefordshire cared for by the Malvern Hills Trust...

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Horticultural nursery helps Haggerston Castle to bloom
 

A leading plant nursery has completed a three year long project supplying plants to a Northumberland Holiday Park. Johnsons of Whixley, a family-run horticultural nursery based in North Yorkshire, has supplied plants to two landscaping and construction companies as part of a major long-term project at Haggerston Castle.

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Staff raise over £21,000 for Cancer Research UK

 

Employees of Zest 4 Leisure are celebrating after raising over £21,000 for Cancer Research UK...

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