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Christmas gets October trade off to a flying start
Sunny but colder weather combined with the extra attraction of fully opened Christmas displays led to a big leap in total sales volumes last week and got October off to a flying start, up 4% on last year...
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Premier announces sad loss of Halloween General Manager, Sean Looney
It is with great sadness that Premier has announced the loss of its much valued Halloween General Manager, Sean Looney, who passed away suddenly at the beginning of October...
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Apta plans to invest £3.5m to grow its business in Ashford
Ashford-based Vatre Terracotta Ltd, the company behind the Apta pottery brand, has announced plans to invest £3.5 million in a new warehouse, storage and distribution centre in the area...
Apta’s Paul Sykes (right) and Oakover’s Brian Fraser on site.
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HTA Garden Futures challenges the industry to capitalise on opportunity by embracing change
Brexit, the 2017 shopper, tomorrow’s garden centre, adapting to climate change, eLearning and the Energy Garden project were high on the agenda at the HTA Garden Futures Conference and Dinner, which took place at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire on Wednesday...
Keynote speaker, PY Gerbeau, delivered a ‘recipe’ for succeeding and the four things you need in order to survive.
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Clematis champion Raymond Evison awarded Pearson Medal
Nurseryman, lecturer, author and photographer Raymond J Evison OBE VMH, was presented with the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures Dinner...
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SBM Life Science recruiting new talent
Following the completion on 5 October of its acquisition of Bayer Garden, SBM Développement is beginning the initial phase of its investment into the new UK business by recruiting two new executives; a full-time sales representative for the South East and a new brand manager...
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The future for garden machinery is cordless…
The future for garden machinery is cordless, manufacturers predicted last week at an open day for retailers at Handy Distribution’s Swindon depot...
Above: the brands Handy represents demonstrate their wares outside the Swindon HQ.
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GTN October 2016
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Garden Products down year on year despite high plant sales
Orchid care, garden lighting and autumn lawn care drove garden product sales up week on week, but overall Top 50 sales volumes were down once again on last year’s levels...
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Christmas product sales off to a flier
Initial Christmas sales in garden centres have got off to a flier this year, matching the levels we saw in early October for 2014...
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Bark and top soil sell in big numbers
Bark and top soil were the big movers in the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Chart this week as gardeners get on with their Autumn projects...
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Autumn colour drives plant sales up
Colourful displays of cyclamen, pansies, violas, primulas, heathers and ornamental cabbages are resulting in high plant sales volumes...
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Impressive roll-call of speakers lined up for GrowQuip
GrowQuip – the two-day event at Stratford Manor Hotel, Warwickshire on October 26-27 – has lined up an exciting list of speakers to help provide growers with help in overcoming some of the common problems they face in the day to day running of their businesses...
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Thompson & Morgan appoints new National Sales Manager
Chris Holloway has been appointed as National Sales Manager to leading garden centre brand Thompson & Morgan...
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Perennial CEO Richard Capewell to retire in Spring 2017
Richard Capewell, the Chief Executive of Perennial, the charity for all UK horticulturists, has announced his plan to retire in Spring 2017. The charity is currently seeking his replacement – more details can be found here...
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