In This Issue
Is Tesco ready to sell off its Dobbies garden centres?
Turn your unwanted stock into 'Gold' for Greenfingers
Records broken for the busiest week of the year!
Santa gifts stolen from Wiltshire garden centre
Living Poinsettia Dress marks International Poinsettia Day
Barton Grange and Castle Gardens are GCA Christmas winners
GTN's The Greatest Christmas Awards judging in full swing
Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Sales Agent - South Wales/West Midlands
Horticultural Trainer - Epsom, Surrey
Bedding Department Head - West Horsley
Plant Area Manager - Surrey
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Bedding Department Head - Twickenham
Garden Centre Sundries Team Leader
Head of Sales
Nursery Production/Growing/Technical Manager
Bedding Department Head - Stanmore
Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
Garden Centre/Horticultural Manager/Plantarea Manager
Contracts Manager Leeds Area
Houseplants are a gift to garden product sales
Christmas product sales sparkle as footfall increases
Are you selling compost as a gift idea?
Wildlife World offers advice for the winter
UK households to spend nearly 40% of disposable income on Christmas
Majestic Trees – a finalist of AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2016
Chris Beytes to MC at AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2016
BHETA’S Retailer Campaign goes from strength to strength
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Gardman supports Healthy Profits Roadshow
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
Situations Vacant
Sales Agent - South Wales/West Midlands
 
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Horticultural Trainer - Epsom, Surrey
£17,750 + excellent benefits
 
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Bedding Department Head - West Horsley
Competitive salary
 
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Plant Area Manager - Surrey
Competitive Salary
 
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Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Substantial basic salary, bonus scheme & company car
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Bedding Department Head - Twickenham
Competitive Salary
 
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Garden Centre Sundries Team Leader
Salary: To attract the best
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Head of Sales
£40,000 + OTE (up to £60,000)
 
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Nursery Production/Growing/Technical Manager
Salary: £25,000 - £32,000
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Bedding Department Head - Stanmore
Competitive Salary
 
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Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
OTE £24k
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Garden Centre/Horticultural Manager/Plantarea Manager
Salary: £18,000 - £24,000
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Contracts Manager Leeds Area
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
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Is Tesco ready to sell off its Dobbies garden centres?


The future of Dobbies was again thrown into doubt following an announcement that Tesco’s garden centre chain had slumped £48m into the red after writing down the value of its stores...
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Turn your unwanted stock into 'Gold' for Greenfingers


Supported by wholesale logistics company Decco, Greenfingers will arrange for your old stock to be taken to W & H Peacock Auctions in Bedford who will auction your goods and donate all the money they raise to the charity...
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Records broken for the busiest week of the year!


GTN Bestsellers can report that the record for the busiest week of the year has been broken. Last week saw total sales volumes 7% higher than the previous record set in 2013...
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Santa gifts stolen from Wiltshire garden centre


Just a fortnight since it fell victim to a break-in, Palmer Gardens in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has had more lights stolen as well as more than 200 Christmas presents from its homemade grotto – a day after it unveiled the festive display...
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Living Poinsettia Dress marks International Poinsettia Day


The traditional Christmas poinsettia has been given the haute couture treatment by floral stylists, Okishima & Simmonds, in celebration of International Poinsettia Day this Saturday, 12 December...
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Barton Grange and Castle Gardens are GCA Christmas winners


Barton Grange (above) and Castle Gardens (below) are the national winners of the 2015 Garden Centre Association’s annual Christmas competition...

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GTN's The Greatest Christmas Awards judging in full swing
The judges for GTN's The Greatest Christmas Awards have been busy this week travelling the length and breadth of the country and visiting nearly 120 garden centres...



Above: Judge Steve Myatt with Santa at Sefton Meadows Garden Centre, Liverpool.
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Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
  

Voting is now underway and runs through to 4:00 pm on Christmas Eve to find out which garden centre has The Greatest Christmas Team...


Voting Material download link
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Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year


As part of The Greatest Christmas Awards, garden centres get the chance to vote for the supplier they feel has been their Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year...
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Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party


Tickets are now on sale for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards Party, sponsored by Premier Decorations.Come and join us for the party of the year in Harrogate on Sunday 10th January 2016...
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