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Dobbies Garden Centres announces the acquisition of 31 centres from Wyevale - strengthening its position as the UK’s leading garden centre operator
So what 31 Wyevale centres have been sold to Dobbies?
£194m generated from Wyevale sales so far, but who will be the buyers of the remaining 90?
Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of six more garden centres...four to Hilliers and two to Otter
Haskins in multi-million pound finance deal with HSBC UK
Mother's Day gets March 2019 sales volumes up to average
Garden Re-Leaf Day total on track for £70k
Plants are the star performers for Mother's Day
SafeLawn campaign to drive lawncare success
Haskins Snowhill trades from temporary building
SOLEX will be packed full of freshest designs from 60 LOFA members
Evergreen Garden Care's £3.5m campaign on TV now
Garden Birdwatch reveals mixed news for Britain's birds
Student grower's joy after winning £2k scholarship award
Hillier to blend contemporary and traditional design for RHS Chelsea 2019
Hillier announces new plants to be launched at Chelsea
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Forest Lodge
Bents raises £26k for Warrington hospice
See latest new plants under one roof in the Netherlands
Squires offer free soil testing service
Nursery steps up UK sales drive with young plants push
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Thanksgiving service for Mike Dunnett
New garden centre thanks customers for support
Garden products up by 37% for March
Gardening is Good for You: May themes
Growing Media volumes up 8% on 2017
Emily joins Wyevale Nurseries as HR Manager
Sipcam adds ferric phosphate slug killer ahead of metaldehyde ban
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Veg-2-Gro sales volumes bounce back to normal
Wyevale Nurseries to propagate award-winning pyracantha
Bird Care down 31% vs 2017 for March
'Army' of RHS gardeners has huge benefit for the environment and wellbeing says new survey
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APAC to build new centre next door to Wyevale at Leicester
Cherry Lane creates 18 jobs at former Wyevale Barnett Hill
Notcutts celebrates success at annual conference
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£194m generated from Wyevale sales so far, but who will be the buyers of the remaining 90?

Last Friday's announcement of centre sales to Hilliers and Otter Nurseries has taken the value of sold Wyevale Garden Centres to £194.05m, using the "Offers Based on" price as listed by Christie & Co, since Terra Firma put all 145 centres up for sale in July 2018.

 

Dobbies top the list of spenders so far at £67.85m and Blue Diamond are the second highest spender at £36.6m.  Sales to developers have raised £35.5m, of which four centres are still trading as Wyevale Garden Centres under licence.  Here's our list of the Top 10 buyers by "Offers Based on" value:

 

1  Dobbies £67,850,000
2  Blue Diamond £36,600,000
3  Developers £35,300,000
4  Hilliers £8,300,000
5  English Salvage £8,000,000
6  British Garden Centres £7,950,000
7  Rochmills Group £6,500,000
8  Otter Nurseries £5,900,000
9  Tates of Sussex £5,200,000
10 In-Excess £4,600,000

 

With Crowland closing later this month there are now 90 centres still to sell that total a potential £254.6m using the "Offers Based on" price.  As we reported last week rumours abound about how many more centres Dobbies may be interested in buying and we believe negotiations are ongoing with many other potential purchasers.  

 

If you've got a spare few minutes this weekend, here is the list of centres still to be sold so you can join in the speculation as to which centre will be sold and to whom.

 

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