In This Issue
Aussie bid for Homebase could intensify competition
It's getting a bit Crowdered out there....
Winter weather fuels sales of cold-weather products
Rising Stars prepare for Brighton finale on Monday
Brantano crisis could impact garden centre concessions
'Golden Age' ahead as horticulture action plan is launched
Improved performance halts Thompson & Morgan sales process
Further growth for Harrogate Christmas & Gift
New Area Sales Manager for Town & Country
Future of garden centres in the hands of a new shopper
New training bursary at Thrive in memory of the late Charles Notcutt
Andy McIndoe appointed new Trustee at Greenfingers
Are You Still Loving Your Plot?
Christmas footfall helps lifts seeds and bulbs sales
Join GTN Xtra on the HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
Third GROW London show aims to inspire city dwellers
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
Loose lbs and gain £'s for Garden Re-Leaf Day
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Horticultural/Plantarea Manager (West Yorkshire)
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Plantarea Manager/ Supervisory (Berkshire)
Plantarea Manager/Horticultural Manager/Garden Centre
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Horticultural/Plantarea Manager (Somerset)
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Early-bird garden product sales are disappointing
Growing media sales off to a flying start
Onions set the pace in Veg-2-Gro Bestsellers
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Brookside Garden Centre
Haskins West End
Hillmount Garden Centre
Mains of Drum
Premier Decorations
Bents and Le Friquet
The Greatest Christmas Display winners
Silverbirch (Small Garden Centre Gold)
Old Railway Line (Mid-sized Garden Centre Gold)
Barton Grange (Large Garden Centre Gold)
Le Friquet (Group Garden Centre Gold)
Matt's over the moon to be a Rising Star at Squires
Coolings Rising Star Sophie loves responsibility
From watching at Blackpool, Will Clark is now a Barton Grange Rising Star at Brighton
Jack Fillingham graduates from Sunshine training scheme to Rising Stars
Barton Grange Cookshop Rising Star Kath Bailey sets her goal on winning in Brighton
Sam Clark from Cowells is "chuffed" to be a Rising Star
'Make room for gnomes' urges Squire's
Groen-Direkt comes of age!
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Aussie bid for Homebase could intensify competition
If Australian retailer Wesfarmers closes the deal to buy Homebase, the UK garden and home improvement market will have formidable new competition in short order...

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It's getting a bit Crowdered out there....
Newshound here – woof woof! What a week! There I was, sniffing a few trouserlegs (harmless enough) on the way to the boozer when the old dog and bone rattled my eardrums and I was ordered off to darkest Horncastle...
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Winter weather fuels sales of cold-weather products
 
Winter weather arrives at last and we see the first sales of sledges and rock salt in the EPoS data provided by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers. There are also notable increases in sales of Frostgard, logs and fuels for fires.
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Rising Stars prepare for Brighton finale on Monday


The six finalists in the GCA Westland Rising Stars are rehearsing their presentations this weekend in readiness for the final part of their quest to become the Rising Star at the GCA Conference in Brighton...
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Brantano crisis could impact garden centre concessions
The Brantano UK shoes business, which trades as a concession in more than 20 garden centres, called in the administrators this week...

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'Golden Age' ahead as horticulture action plan is launched


Representatives from across the horticulture industry came together on 19 January for the parliamentary launch of the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Action Plan at the Palace of Westminster. The plan was described by HTA chief executive Carol Paris as heralding “a golden age” for the horticulture industry...
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Improved performance halts Thompson & Morgan sales process
 
Thompson & Morgan is to stay in Primary Capital ownership after enjoying a positive first half (July-December) with visits to its website up 20% and record numbers of new names and retention levels...
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Further growth for Harrogate Christmas & Gift


Visitor numbers for Harrogate Christmas & Gift 2016 were up by 8% this year with exhibitors and visitors reporting brisk business.
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New Area Sales Manager for Town & Country
 
Town & Country, has appointed a new area sales manager for the South East region. Vicky Shine has traded in a career in the city with some of the UK’s biggest investment banks, to pursue her life-long passion for gardening and a role with one of the industry’s best known brands...
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Future of garden centres in the hands of a new shopper


Leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist Ken Hughes is appearing at the 2016 GCA annual conference next week to talk about the customer of the future...
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New training bursary at Thrive in memory of the late Charles Notcutt
 
Thrive has announced a new training bursary made possible by a touching and generous donation to the charity in the name of the late Charles Notcutt who passed away last year aged 81...
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Andy McIndoe appointed new Trustee at Greenfingers
Greenfingers is delighted to welcome Andy McIndoe to the Board, as new Trustee at Greenfingers...
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Are You Still Loving Your Plot?


It’s year two of the HTA/GIMB Love the Plot You’ve Got campaign. Building on the success of 2015 – here’s a one-day Masterclass to demonstrate how to sell to non-gardeners – as well as gardeners.
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Christmas footfall helps lifts seeds and bulbs sales
GTN’s analyst Trevor Pfeiffer (MD of The Garden Communication & Media Company) believes December increases in seed and bulb sales posted by GCA members were the result of increased footfall as a result of Christmas visits and the ‘extra’ week-end garden centres had in December...

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Join GTN Xtra on the HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
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Following our visit to the Tuinzaken Garden Retail Experience event last year the Horticultural Trades Association has arranged an inspirational Study Tour to the Netherlands in February 2016 to take in the 2016 event and there is still some limited availability for for you to join us on the trip...

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Third GROW London show aims to inspire city dwellers












The third edition of GROW London, described by James Wong as a ‘horticultural hipsterville’, takes place again this year on Hampstead Heath (24-26 June)...



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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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Loose lbs and gain £'s for Garden Re-Leaf Day
    

Here's a great way to raise £'s for Greenfingers and get your self into shape for the rest of the year by loosing weight between now and Garden Re-Leaf Day.  Join GTN Xtra's Trevor Pfeiffer and Greenfingers Linda Petrons and Debs Skillicorn in Pounds 4 Greenfingers...
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