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Blue Diamond buys Bridgford Garden Centre
Exciting new-build garden centre underway
Blue Diamond profits jump by 26%
Five-star Heat Beads drives repeat business
Disappointing first week of May wipes out all gains
RHS wins major brand licensing accolade
Notcutts Norwich unveils spectacular Display Garden
Three family-run garden retailers named in list of UK's most inspiring businesses
Garden centre bought from liquidators re-opens after re-fit
spoga+gafa 2017: see more - experience more
Tong Garden Centre unveils new look food hall
Bumper turnout as Amazon and Decco deliver insights
Smiemans takes care of Squire’s garden centre metamorphosis
Trainees given a helping hand from The Rainy Day Trust
Latest Greenfingers Hospice garden opened
Sales Executive - South of England
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Attention young creative designers: spoga+gafa is searching for the unique youngstar 2017
Sarah Downing joins Kelkay as marketing supremo
Trans-Continental promotes former rep to sales director
Slater steps up at Deco-Pak after key sales appointment
Notcutts welcomes new Interim Commercial Director
Veg growing remains on an upward trend
Drop in footfall hits garden product sales
10 reasons why home & gift buyers should visit Glee
Growing media sales are blown off course
Hillview Group choose Hornby Whitefoot for PR
Plant sales bounce back
Wholesale growing across three continents
All Chelsea tickets now sold say RHS
New website launches 'rent an unused garden' service for GYO wannabes
A taste of the Tropics from Burgon & Ball
Bartram Mowers celebrates 45 years in business and the renewal of its Royal Warrant
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Garden centre catering professionals gear up for Commercial Kitchen 2017
Garden centre name breakfast after movie star
Modular counters for 'grab & go' food
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Blue Diamond buys Bridgford Garden Centre
The Blue Diamond Group has officially announced today the acquisition of its 20th garden centre at East Bridgford, near Nottingham...
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Exciting new-build garden centre underway


This time last year planning was approved to turn Bridgford Garden Centre into one of the largest destination garden centres in the UK. Fast forward a year and spades are in the ground and steel is in the workshop gearing up to deliver this exciting new-build garden centre near Nottingham...
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Blue Diamond profits jump by 26%
Pre-tax profits at Blue Diamond, the UK’s third biggest garden centre group, rose 26% from £6.6m to £8.5m in 2016. MD Alan Roper (pictured) said: “I believe that Blue Diamond’s consistent growth has come because we are successful in exploiting the opportunities of an increasingly broader non-gardening offer..."
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Five-star Heat Beads drives repeat business
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Better weather in the build up to Easter saw retail stockists of Heat Beads, Australia’'s No 1 BBQ fuel, reporting increased repeat business due to barbecuers returning to top up their fuel stocks. This is a pattern enjoyed by an increasing number of stockists who have decided to offer their customers the most consistently performing barbecue fuel on the market. Their reward: steady repeat business and enhanced reputation for selling a quality product.
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Disappointing first week of May wipes out all gains


Ouch, that cold spell has really pinched at garden centre sales this year. GTN Bestsellers All Product Index shows the first week of May down 25% on the same week last year and that has wiped out all of the gains achieved so far this year as far as total volume sales are concerned...
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RHS wins major brand licensing accolade
 
The Royal Horticultural Society has won a major award at the 2017 Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards, the prestigious annual awards that reward excellence in brand licensing management...
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Notcutts Norwich unveils spectacular Display Garden


A special ribbon cutting event has been held at Notcutts Garden Centre Norwich to mark the opening of the new ‘Notcutts Garden’. The garden aims to inspire visitors with creative ideas for their own outdoor spaces, featuring over 700 plants from 60 different varieties...
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Three family-run garden retailers named in list of UK's most inspiring businesses

Garden centre groups Notcutts and Creative Gardens and online home and garden retailer Primrose have been named in a prestigious list of inspirational UK firms.
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Garden centre bought from liquidators re-opens after re-fit
 

The newly re-opened Aylings Garden Centre at Trotton near Petersfield – formerly Maple Ridge Garden Centre – has been fitted out by Red Cherry Shopfittings in a major re-vamp...

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spoga+gafa 2017 offers a new way of experiencing industry trends: 'Outdoor Kitchens', 'Smart Gardening' and 'Battery', with more than 2,000 exhibitors from 59 countries are expected in Cologne...

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Garden centre catering professionals gear up for Commercial Kitchen 2017
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Commercial Kitchen, the UK’s first trade show dedicated to the running of effective kitchen operations, is all set for a successful second edition when it opens its doors on 6-7 June at the NEC Birmingham. Hundreds of garden centre catering professionals from across the UK have already pre-registered to visit...
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Garden centre name breakfast after movie star
Hollywood movie star Gerard Butler has had a breakfast named after him by restaurant staff at Cardwell Garden Centre in Scotland close to where he is presently filming...
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Modular counters for 'grab & go' food

Uxbridge based foodservice and food retailing equipment provider Fri-Jado UK has broadened its range of modular counters to meet the needs of ‘grab & go’ operators...
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Tong Garden Centre unveils new look food hall


Customers at Tong Garden Centre in Bradford have been taking advantage of the latest in a two year programme of improvements to the Tong Lane site thanks to a refurbished food hall...
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Bumper turnout as Amazon and Decco deliver insights
 
BHETA’s recent networking forum attracted more than 325 delegates from across the DIY, garden and housewares industries, keen to understand supplier opportunities not only with Amazon, but also with one of the leading omnichannel distributors, Decco.
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Smiemans takes care of Squire’s garden centre metamorphosis


Squire's Garden Centre commissioned Smiemans Projecten to completely rebuild its existing garden centre in Woking, near London. With a curved and a venlo greenhouse, almost 1,700m² of additional covered sales space will be created...
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Trainees given a helping hand from The Rainy Day Trust
 
Two management trainees at Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford have each been given a grant from a charity to help with their transport costs. Chris King and Kyle Ross were each presented with £500 from The Rainy Day Trust, which is based in Birmingham.
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Latest Greenfingers Hospice garden opened


The latest Greenfingers garden, built as a result of your generous fundraising efforts, was opened at Helen & Douglas House in Oxfordshire last week...
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