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Ex-Garden & Leisure manager to run Rosebourne's new Hampshire centre
Greenfingers call for Carrier Bag Tax Donations
Home building programme will spark patio gardening boom says Ball Colegrave
Stax growth, substitute sellers, market data and legal updates at GIMA Day Conference
Strengthen Your Core with Grow Your Own Profits Roadshow
Sales down at garden centres during half-term week
Online tool will help retailers meet new garden chemical regulations deadline
Vroom vroom....Santa settles for a £1m sports car for Squire's arrival
Wyevale Garden Centres launches community garden makeover initiative
Multiple medal wins for Dutch supplier at Groot Groen fair
Allensmore expands Blooms branded plants range
Decco to transport unwanted stock donated to Greenfingers charity
Nominate your teams for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Wholesale Nursery - Sales Assistant - Hampshire
Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor - Manager - North Yorkshire
Kent & Stowe Garden Life attracts new customers
Ken White joins HTA Board
Work starts on new Jiffy factory in Holland
Pot luck could win you a £300 voucher!
T&M chooses Thrive as its charity of the year
A good sales week for Gardman products
H&H Christmas Money Box still as popular as ever
Top soil and farmyard manure still in demand
Win £300 to spend on Planters, Burners and Water Features
Eighteen marketing presentations in one day
Driving Tangible Returns on Investment with PR and Social Media
Developing a successful marketing campaign in your local community
The Ups and Downs of Play time!
Digital Marketing – key issues on the digital agenda
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Tong centre catering upgrade creates 35 jobs
Situations Vacant
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Substantial basic salary, bonus scheme & company car
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Wholesale Nursery - Sales Assistant - Hampshire
Salary: £23000 to £25,000
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Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000
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Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor - Manager - North Yorkshire
Salary: £18,000 - £25,000
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Book your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party on Sunday January 10th 2016 here


Nominate your teams for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards


Christmas is upon us once again, and the signs are it’s going to be a great one for garden centres. So now is the time for you to nominate your teams to be a part of GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards.

All you have to do is nominate your team using the form in the November issue of GTN (or send an email to thegreatestawards@tgcmc.co.uk) to arrive no later than Monday 9th November and we will then organise for one of GTN’s The Greatest Awards team of experts to come and visit you to find out just what makes your teams so great at Christmas.

After all the judges visits, our experts meet to decide on the winners and the results will be announced at The Greatest Awards Christmas Party on January 10th 2016 in the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, during the evening after the first day of the Harrogate Christmas & Gift Show.

The award for The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is a category decided purely by customer voting. Using the voting postcard pdfs we supply you can invite your customers to vote for you as The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas. You can also invite them to vote online using a special Greatest Awards voting link.

Voting will run from November 23rd through to Christmas Eve.  When all the votes are counted, the size of each garden centre team is then taken into account so that small centre teams have as much chance of winning this accolade as large centres.

To register your team for customer voting in GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards please send an email to thegreatestawards@tgcmc.co.uk

GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards Categories for 2015
  • The Greatest Christmas Display Team - awards for individual centres and centres that are part of groups, plus special awards for display teams that are being really innovative.
  • The Greatest Grotto Team - regional and national award for teams delivering The Greatest Santa experience for their customers young and old.
  • The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team - for exceptional BBQ sales as gifts and for cooking the turkey in the run up to Christmas.
  • The Greatest Festive Plant Sales Team - for planteria teams that really enter into the festive spirit to maximise the sales of plants and trees while centre footfall is at it’s highest.
  • The Greatest Festive Catering Team - which catering team is The Greatest at converting footfall into dining and drinking.
  • The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas (customer voting) - decided purely by customer voting.  If you have a loyal and satisfied customer base let them make you The Greatest, they will love taking part.


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