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How will the sale of Homebase impact on the garden industry?
How will you use Garden Re-Leaf Day to increase sales?
Singer Leo Sayer scores a hit with his Gluvie!
Premier season for sales at Classiflora
HTA welcomes productivity boost as government supports Sunday trading amendment
Rising Stars finalist finds way to boost coffee and tea sales
Record number of entries for this year's Rising Stars
Four growing awards for Thomspon & Morgan
Webbs customers ready for more puppy love
High season deadline for Highfield’s latest project
Adam Frost to design UK garden at Antalya Expo 2016
Bosmere flourishes under Tildenet ownership
Tillington celebrate as they reach £200m turnover
QVC presenter is the new face of Wildlife World
Squires Finance Director joines Perennial board
New recipe videos from Napoleon Grills
12 days to go, still 5 pounds still to loose and many more £'s to raise
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Horticultural / Plantarea Manager (Norfolk)
Customer Service Assistant
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre Assistant Manager
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Territory Sales Manager - Northern Region
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Commercial Sales Executive (Berkshire)
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Seed packets give Veg-2-Gro sales a boost
Another fantastic week for growing media sales
Garden trade saddened by sudden death of Phil Kimberley
Fleur Morgan promoted to Smart board
Man restrained by garden centre workers after pursuit admits theft
Poundbury's 10th anniversary celebrations opened by Mayor
Toon Ebben to open Plantarium 2016
Mayor chooses English Oak from Wyevale Nurseries
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
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How will the sale of Homebase impact on the garden industry?


News that Homebase has been sold to Australian group Wesfarmers for £340m this week raises speculation of what's now going to happen to the DIY retailer, and in particular the garden retailing side of the business...
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How will you use Garden Re-Leaf Day to increase sales?


As February trading finishes up by 10% in volume sales terms year on year, thoughts are turning to what promises to be a bumper March. With Mother’s Day, Garden Re-Leaf Day and Easter all falling during the month, we just need a spell of good weather to add to the mix and garden centre tills will be busier than ever...
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Singer Leo Sayer scores a hit with his Gluvie!


The Gluvie initiative created by Briers to raise awareness and funds for Garden Re-Leaf Day and Greenfingers is attracting celebrity attention. Singer Leo Sayer is the latest personality to don a pair fof green gloves.
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Premier season for sales at Classiflora


Tottenham stars, Clive Allen and Pat Jennings were among the guests at the Classiflora Open Days last week...
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HTA welcomes productivity boost as government supports Sunday trading amendment


The Horticultural Trades Association welcomes MPs’ decision to accept the Government’s Sunday trading amendment to the Enterprise Bill, which could see local authorities given the power to relax Sunday trading restrictions in their areas, if they wish to do so. “This amendment offers our members a great opportunity to boost productivity and will provide great support to our sector to mitigate against the additional costs of National Living Wage and pensions auto-enrolment which will start to bite next month.” says  HTA Chief Executive Carol Paris...
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Rising Stars finalist finds way to boost coffee and tea sales
 
The Westland GCA Rising Stars Masterclasses were an inspiration for Kath Bailey, one of the 2015 finalists from Barton Grange, and helped her to boost sales of coffee and tea products...
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Record number of entries for this year's Rising Stars



This year’s Rising Stars Programme, run by Westland Horticulture and the Garden Centre Association, has started with a record number of entries from garden centre staff looking to get ahead in the world of horticultural retailing...

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Four growing awards for Thomspon & Morgan
 
Thompson & Morgan is moving into its peak supply season with a spring its step having swept the board at the Great British Growing Awards for a second consecutive year...
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Webbs customers ready for more puppy love


Customers at Webbs Garden Centres show so much love for Guide Dogs that they’ve raised enough money to name and help raise a new puppy for the charity...
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High season deadline for Highfield’s latest project


The most recent building project at Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is on track to be completed in time for the Easter sales uplift, having been undertaken at a time to coincide with the quieter trading months of January and February...
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Adam Frost to design UK garden at Antalya Expo 2016


The Antalya Expo 2016 which runs from April to October will feature a UK garden which will be designed by Adam Frost on behalf of UK horticulture industry...
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Bosmere flourishes under Tildenet ownership
 
Since Tildenet acquired Bosmere in December 2015, they have not wasted any time in applying their enviable customer service standards to the new acquisition. Order fulfilment levels are key to the Tildenet organisation and by the end of February, Bosmere had risen from 70% in Spring 2015 to 92.5% this year. Tildernet MD Andrew Downey said: “We have had strong retailer support for the changes we have implemented."
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Tillington celebrate as they reach £200m turnover


At the recent Tillington Group spring meeting, members celebrated breaking through the £200m+ turnover barrier...
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Coffee could help smaller garden centres up their sales


Smaller garden centres without cafés are being offered the chance to trial automatic Bean to Cup coffee machines this spring (2016) in a bid to showcase how they can increase their sales...
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Casual Dining reports 22% increase in attendees


170 exhibitors, 20 Keynote speakers and 4,402 attendees – that’s the top line figures from this year’s Casual Dining show, which won rave reviews from across the casual dining sector last week...
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QVC presenter is the new face of Wildlife World


Wildlife World has enlisted the talents of television presenter and gardening expert, David Ponton, to participate in the promotion of some of the company’s new products for wildlife.
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Squires Finance Director joines Perennial board
 
Steven Palmer, Finance Director of Squire’s Garden Centres, has been appointed Honorary Treasurer of horticulture industry charity Perennial...
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New recipe videos from Napoleon Grills


Napoleon Grills is launching four high quality recipe and how-to grilling videos by author, food stylist and presenter, Genevieve Taylor...
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12 days to go, still 5 pounds still to loose and many more £'s to raise
Pounds 4 Greenfingers update from Trevor Pfeiffer
    

GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer needs more help to acheive his weight loss target by Garden Re-Leaf Day on March 18th and raise money for Greenfingers...
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