In This Issue
Westland buys William Sinclair from administrators
New showroom means no Forest Garden display at Glee 2015
Will Christmas 2015 be another highlight?
Feeding, lighting and pots are the bestsellers
'Living wage' will force more centres to sell up says GTN report
Burgon & Ball MD reveals her secrets of success
Burston Garden Centre founder dies aged 87
LED store lighting saves Webbs of Wychbold £29k a year
Homebase MD joins HTA conference line-up
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
NGGV design competition aims to boost Christmas footfall
Garden Centre Manager - Small Chain - Staffordshire
Assistant Manager - Independent Garden Centre - Surrey
Horticultural Buyer – Full time
Nursery - Production - Grower Manager - Cambridgeshire
Interior Landscaping Regional Manager - East of England
Restaurant Manager - Lincolnshire
Well-travelled Christine is Suttons new technical advisor
Volume sales of veg on the rise
Top soil, bark and farmyard manure dominate sales
Charles Notcutt memorial service planned for September
Retail sales growth rises but set to cool slightly say CBI
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Westland buys William Sinclair from administrators

Westland Horticulture bought rival William Sinclair Holdings plc yesterday after the administrators were called in at the troubled growing media group...

Left: This year's new look for Sinclair's flagship J Arthur Bowers brand.


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New showroom means no Forest Garden display at Glee 2015



Forest Garden, prominent exhibitors in the Glee landscaping category for many years, will have only a token presence at this year’s show – on the stand of its M&M Timber division...
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Will Christmas 2015 be another highlight?


As GTN’s team of experts hit the road again for The Greatest Outdoor Living and Gardening Sales Awards, garden centres are taking their first deliveries for Christmas 2015. Several stores have already received their supply of artificial trees, which is a big relief as many tree deliveries were late last year...
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Feeding, lighting and pots are the bestsellers
 
Feeding and lighting lines are still dominating the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart with pots and tubs also selling well...
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'Living wage' will force more centres to sell up says GTN report

The planned introduction of the so-called ‘living wage’ could force more independent garden centres to sell their businesses to large groups, according to a report in the August issue of Garden Trade News...

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Burgon & Ball MD reveals her secrets of success
The managing director of Burgon & Ball, winner of two successive Sword of Excellence honours in the annual GIMA Awards, reveals the secrets of the company’s success in the August issue of Garden Trade News...



Above: Heather Culpan (centre) with colleagues Nina Best and Alan Sheppard and a clutch of GIMA Awards
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Burston Garden Centre founder dies aged 87



 John Pearson, the chairman and co-founder of Burston Nurseries, Burston Rose & Garden Centre and Hertfordshire Fisheries in St Albans, has died, aged 87, after battling cancer for several months...

Left: Aircraft and flying were among John's passions
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LED store lighting saves Webbs of Wychbold £29k a year
Webbs of Wychbold are set to save more than £29,000 a year on their energy bills following installation of LED lighting throughout the store....

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Homebase MD joins HTA conference line-up
Homebase managing director Echo Lu has joined the line-up for the HTA Garden Futures Conference, which takes place on 30 September at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire...
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HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
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Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards.  Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
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NGGV design competition aims to boost Christmas footfall

The HTA's National Garden Gift Voucher children’s Design a Christmas Card competition is to repeated for a fourth year, giving garden centres an opportunity to engage with their local community and encourage  store visits in the run-up to Christmas...

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