GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2014

Stores within The Garden Centre Group, apart from the recently acquired Garden & Leisure centres, have been told to close at 5pm instead of the normal 6pm until March 1...

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TGCG announces new Non-Executive Board Director

The Garden Centre Group has announced the appointment of Rupert Gavin to the Board of the Company as a Non-Executive Director. Gavin is the CEO of Odeon & UCI Cinemas, owned by Terra Firma.

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Carol Paris enters into the festive spirit dressed as Santa
If you've missed them already, here are the pictures to prove it...

HTA Chief Executive Carol Paris found herself the centre of attention during the presentation of The Greatest Christmas Awards in Harrogate when she entered into the festive spirit and donned a rather fetching Santa's outfit...

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GCA Barometer of Trade reveals a Christmas treat

Christmas shoppers headed to garden centres rather than the high street for their festive decorations and gifts with sales higher than the same period in 2012, according to the GCA Barometer of Trade...

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Turning the magic of Christmas into a sales boost for garden centres

The Greatest Garden Centre Teams at Christmas 2013 - Gold for Endsleigh, Jacksons and Brookside.jpg

The magic of Christmas sprinkled over the garden centre industry last weekend as The Greatest Christmas Awards for 2013 were presented on Sunday evening at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate...

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Nick Davies unveils his new business...Crest Garden Ltd

Crest Garden Ltd is the name of a new venture headed by Nick Davies as Managing Director and backed by Westland Horticulture...

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Another Notcutts to get a Waitrose next door?

Waitrose have submitted plans for a store next to a Notcutts garden centre at Nottingham – the third tie-up between the two...

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Norfolk Leisure's new partnership with National Tree Company proves to be a hit at Harrogate

The first joint venture between National Tree Company and Norfolk Leisure at Harrogate Christmas & Gift proved to be such a success that the two brands will now be exhibiting at Spring Fair next month...

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RBS lend Sinclair group £28 million

The William Sinclair Group has secured £28 million worth of re-financing from Royal Bank of Scotland...

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Town & Country pledges 15% of online sales to Greenfingers

Town & Country have pledged to donate 15% of all online sales to Greenfingers – a move which the company believe will provide the charity with a regular income stream and one that will be of great help going forward...

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Three Greenfingers trustees stand down from the charity

Greenfingers have announced that three founder trustees – Chris Webb, John Little and Richard Jackson – are standing down from the board of the charity...

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GCA's Rising Stars winners to tell all...

The winners of the GCA’s Rising Stars programme will tell delegates at the annual conference how the scheme has given them valuable new skills...

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If you missed the results of The Greatest Christmas Awards...

Follow this link to the GTN Xtra Christmas Awards special

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Garden Trade News

Trial of Thomas Hayes to resume with new jury

The trial of Hayes Garden World owner Thomas Hayes, accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, will resume with a new jury...

Gardeners gearing up for action

There are positive signs in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart that gardeners are gearing up for action, with gloves, tree ties and cleaning materials all selling well. Two products from Brintons have had a good sales week, particularly Mould Magic Ready to Use, which is the highest re-entry at No 4...

Onion sets and seed potatoes back on the menu

Taylors Bulbs dominate the Veg-2-Gro chart this week with 23 entries, including nine onion sets and nine seed potatoes...

Encouraging growing media sales as mulch and bark shine

There were some good sales performances this week as 39 of the Top 50 bestselling lines in the Growing Media chart showed volume increases from the previous week. The highest re-entry was Neolay Rubber Mulch Chips at No 9...

Hillview group make two senior appointments

The Hillview Group have made two senior appointments, including Jo Wyles, who becomes garden centre manager at Hilltop.

Thompson & Morgan and the Ideal Shopping Direct group sign long term TV deal

Thompson & Morgan has signed a long term TV agreement with Leadthegoodlife.com – part of the Ideal Shopping Direct group...

Andy Burns joins The Stewart Group as Group Sales and Marketing Director

Stewart Group, the UK manufacturer and supplier of plastic moulded products for the gardening, home, professional catering, technical and packaging sectors, has appointed Andy Burns as Group Sales and Marketing Director...

More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before

The GTN team and Greatest Awards Experts have already been out and about visiting garden centres throughout the country and have seen some brilliant Christmas displays. Here's a selection of the 2013 displays that are selling through now. Just click on the garden centre name to take you to their picture gallery:

Arcadia
Armitages Pennine
Barton Grange
Berwick
Baytree
Brechin Castle
Brookside
Caerphilly
Coletta & Tyson
Dobbies Inverness
Dobbies Kings Lynn
Dunbar
Eastfield
Garden Pride
Glendoick
Hetland
Highfield Garden World
Houghton Hall
Huntingdon Garden & Leisure
Langlands Leeds
Mains of Drum
Notcutts Tunbridge Wells
Old Railway Line
Raemoir
Ruxley Manor
Simpsons
Strikes Stokesley
Swanland
Torwood
Trowell
Van Hage Peterborough
Walkers Nurseries
Webbs of Wychbold

GTN win bet with Mark Shettle from Benross

Mark Shettle, National Accounts Manager for the Benross Group, issued a bet with Trevor Pfeiffer, Managing Director of Garden Trade News, that he wouldn't use this picture...

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