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Win funky and fabulous Poinsettia umbrellas with Stars for Europe!

Doff Portland brand acquired by 151 Products

Cocaine dealers spotted at Squires GC sent to jail

Record sales recorded as Christmas shoppers flock to Bents

Getting ready for Christmas

Get your tickets to The Greatest Christmas Party Ever

Year to date sales 9% down say HTA

New London apple variety is named ‘Core Blimey’

GCA announces 12 regional Christmas display winners

Green Light for Highfield Garden World

Product innovation drives sales for Town & Country

Garden products sales are beating the cold snap

European awards for Scotsdales Garden Centre

Derek Bunker on STV pest control products

Shoot wins 'Website of the Year' award

GCA to relocate to HTA premises

Sustainability award for Marshalls' marketing director

Big sales for small bags of compost

Bestsellers Update

Bestsellers Top 50 chart every week

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Premier Decorations

SOLEX at the NEC

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Win funky and fabulous Poinsettia umbrellas with Stars for Europe!

It may be raining but Stars for Europe have the perfect solution. Not just a whole host of promotional ideas to help you sell more plants but a chance to win a special, scarlet, strictly limited edition Poinsettia umbrella as well...

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Doff Portland brand acquired by 151 Products

151 Products – a leading manufacturer and supplier of quality, discount household, garden and DIY goods – has acquired Doff Portland...

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Cocaine dealers spotted at Squires GC sent to jail

Hidden police watched drugs exchanges take place at Squires Garden Centre before swooping to smash a criminal network flooding London with cocaine...

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Record sales recorded as Christmas shoppers flock to Bents

Cheshire-based Bents Garden & Home is experiencing record-breaking sales in the lead up to Christmas...

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Getting ready for Christmas

Sales volumes for the GTN Bestsellers Christmas chart may be down 28% on the same week as last year but there are encouraging signs that consumers are getting into the festive spirit in a big way...

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Get your tickets to The Greatest Christmas Party Ever

It promises to be one of the best party nights of the year so make sure you get your tickets for the Greatest Christmas Awards Party at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, on Sunday, January 13...

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Year to date sales 9% down say HTA

Garden centre year-to-date sales for the first nine months of this year are running 9% down on 2011, according to the latest HTA Market Update published this week...

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New London apple variety is named ‘Core Blimey’

A new variety of apple developed specifically for the city of London has been named ‘Core Blimey'...

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GCA announces 12 regional Christmas display winners

The Garden Centre Association has announced the 12 regional winners of its annual Christmas display competition. The two overall winners will be announced later this month...

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Green Light for Highfield Garden World

Malcolm Scott Consultants have secured planning permission for major development proposals at Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire...

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Product innovation drives sales for Town & Country

This year’s Glee was the platform for a number of new product launches from Town & Country and the company is already seeing the benefits that come from stimulating the gardening sundries market through innovation...

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Garden products sales are beating the cold snap

Gardeners have been rushing out to buy products to protect their tender plants from the first real hard frosts of the winter...

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News in brief

European awards for Scotsdales Garden Centre

Scotsdales Garden Centre near Cambridge has been voted UK Garden Centre of the Year at the 27th Graines d’Or ceremony, which took place in Paris on Wednesday...

Derek Bunker on STV pest control products

Hear what Derek Bunker, of Alton Garden Centre in Essex, has to say on stocking STV’s pest control product ...

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Shoot wins 'Website of the Year' award

Nicola Gammon, founder of Shoot, was thrilled to win 'Website of the Year' at the Garden Media Guild Awards for her unique online resource for gardeners...

GCA to relocate to HTA premises

The Garden Centre Association is relocating into the HTA premises at Theale, Reading...

Sustainability award for Marshalls' marketing director

Chris Harrop, Marshalls’ group marketing director, responsible for sustainability, has been awarded a prestigious BITC’s Game Changer accolade...

Big sales for small bags of compost

The GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart has revealed there is still some planting activity going on among gardeners, especially with potting and repotting compost posting good sales at this time of year...

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