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Exciting opportunity at Creative Products
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Creative Products, who are seeking a hard-working, dedicated full time merchandiser/area representative to look after the company's accounts across London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey....
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Antony Harker to launch Altico at Glee - Read GTN's August issue on-line now
 In this issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:
- Patio Black Spot - Bloomin Marvellous on Patios.
- Antony Harker launches Altico at Glee.
- Made to measure merchandising from Primeur.
- Meadow View Stone Delivers.
- Miss Marple Afternoon Tea – Alan Roper’s new dining concept.
- Blue Diamond Springfields, GTN Photo Tour.
- Downtown Grantham, GTN Photo Tour.
- Glee 2021 is ready to refuel retail.
- HTA Column – Job for life?
- LOFA Member profile – Traeger.
- GIMA Column – A Celebration of newness.
Read GTN's August 2021 Issue on-line here
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Come and see a stand full of new ideas at Glee!
GTN Xtra Promotion
After a fantastic GLEE 2019, the team at Treadstone Products is looking forward to being back at the NEC this September...
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Bill Bickerdike, one of "the gang", has died
Bill Bickerdike, one of "the gang" of garden centre pioneers in the UK, has died aged 83.
He passed away peacefully last Wednesday evening at home after a short illness, with his family around him...
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August starts with sales uplift!
GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis
What a start to August! Sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Centre Epos data increased week on week by 3.3% and as well as being 38% up on the same week in 2019 they were 5% up on last year’s sales for the same week.
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T&M for sale with up to £200m price tag say city sources
The Thompson & Morgan seeds and plants business is being prepared for sale by its owners, Brecon-based multi-channel retailer BVG Group, according to some internet reports. The price tag could be up to £200 million...
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Impact of Brexit sees horticultural business export almost 40% fewer plants to EU markets so far this year
Increased costs and restrictions on the UK horticulture industry to export to the EU have seen a marked drop in the value of trade in the first six months of the year, demonstrating a missed opportunity for the sector to grow its contribution to UK ‘green trade’...
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Kernock Park Plants hosts visit from South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray
South East Cornwall MP, Sheryll Murray, has seen first-hand how horticulture can play a part in driving ‘green growth’ and supporting climate targets during a visit to a Saltash plant business...
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Exciting opportunity at Creative Products
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Creative Products, who are seeking a hard-working, dedicated full time merchandiser/area representative to look after the company's accounts across London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey....
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Garden centres and nurseries offer open-air atmosphere for consumers concerned about COVID
The HTA’s August Market Update report indicates that in post-lockdown times 50% of consumers will look to spend more time outdoors and 52 % plan on spending less time in crowded, indoor spaces such as malls...
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Plant sales reveal late summer colour clamour
Plant sales grew by 5% last week as the clamour for late summer colour increased...
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Time to enter GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund
GIMA is encouraging new business and innovators to consider entering the 2021 GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund, with this year’s winner being unveiled at Glee, the leading annual exhibition for the garden and outdoor leisure industries (14-16 September, NEC Birmingham)...
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Summer sees furniture and BBQ sales hot up
The Garden Centre Association has recently released its Barometer of Trade (BoT) for June, revealing furniture and BBQ sales were up by 94.88% year-to-date. The report also shows a year-to-date increase in 11 out of 13 categories proving that garden centre demand has been positive at the start of the summer...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
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Autumn Fair Little Black Book now available
The Autumn Fair Little Black Book, the essential preview guide and planning tool for Autumn Fair 2021, has launched and is now up for grabs...
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Supporting role
With everything in the garden growing strongly it’s no surprise to see plant supports amongst the products with the biggest sales increases of the week...
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No sign of growing media demand slowing
Growing Media sales in the first week of August 2021 were 51% higher than the same week in 2019, and 35% ahead of the average for the six years prior to 2020.
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AIPH announces Virtual International Expo Conference on 19 October
With a mandate agreed by international convention, AIPH, the International Association of Horticultural Producers has been approving and regulating International Horticultural Expos since 1960.
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Upturn for Wild Bird Care
Wild Bird Care and Wildlife sales increased week on week for the second consecutive week, a welcome increase after 15 previous weeks of sales declines...
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Sally Morgan presents natural guide to futureproof the veg plot
The Healthy Vegetable Garden book launch - Castle Gardens - Thursday 2 September at 6:30pm
Expert organic gardener and author, Sally Morgan will launch her latest release, The Healthy Vegetable Garden, at Castle Gardens in Sherborne on Thursday 2 September at 6:30pm...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
July 2021 sales are 28% ahead of nine-year average for the month
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis
July’s garden centre sales volumes were up by 20% on July 2019 and 28% above the nine-year average for the previous nine years before last year’s exceptional post Lockdown #1 sales...
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JBM Sales employs first rep into SW agency
Tara Truman has been in the industry for over 30 years, and as well as owning her own garden centre, she has also worked for Briers, Smart and most recently Woodlodge...
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New Woodlodge showroom displays latest products
If you are planning on stocking the latest garden brands and essentials in 2022, then your first port of call has to be the newly opened Woodlodge showroom which showcases the company’s brand-new product offering...
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Recognise importance of water for horticulture industry
HTA issues plea as water companies consult on drought plans
The HTA has responded to consultations by six water companies with an urgent call for the unique needs of the sector to be considered in their plans for drought bans...
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SOLEX 2021 On-Line remains open for buyers looking for next seasons bestsellers
The SOLEX Brochure and Floor Plan will remain on the SOLEX website so you can always re visit if you want to re connect with any of exhibitors or find out what’s on offer next season...
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