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Happy New Year - Here's the Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2019
From 145 centres to zero - where the Wyevale Garden Centres went
Hillview Group put 6 sites up for sale
Eleven more Wyevale centres sold today
Wyevale Garden Centres sell six more centres
Smart acquires Briers
Most Read Stories in 2019 - 6 to 10
Most Read Stories in 2019 - 11 to 20
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Garden centre closes after railway landlord declines to renew lease
Toppings sell Barton Grange Hotel to catering firm
Christmas shopping report: Brits spend £158 on decorations and 40% put up two trees
West London houseplant offering opens to critical acclaim
A very happy Christmas for garden centres
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Happy New Year - Here's the Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2019

During 2019 we've published over 2000 stories in GTN Xtra that have been read by 35,519 unique readers.  The e-mail newsletter and the website that is created for each issue has been opened 532,607 times during the year and 1,061,667 pages viewed.

 

From all that activity here are the Top 100 Most Read Stories of the year...
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From 145 centres to zero - where the Wyevale Garden Centres went
No 1 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019

As the dust settles on the completion of the sale and winding down of Wyevale Garden Centres, here's GTN Xtra's complete list of which centres went where...
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Hillview Group put 6 sites up for sale
No 2 Most Read Story from 2019 - from GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019

The Hillview Group have put six of their sites up for sale with a price for all six set at £12.9m...
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Eleven more Wyevale centres sold today
No 3 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2019

Wyevale Garden Centres has today announced the sale of 11 garden centres in four separate transactions to British Garden Centres, The Plant Area Limited (t/a Clandon Park Garden Centre), Coolings Garden Centres and Maidenhead Aquatics.
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Wyevale Garden Centres sell six more centres
No 4 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019

Wyevale Garden Centres have today announced the sale of a further six centres.  Five northern centres centres have been sold to British Garden Centres and Woburn Sands has been sold to Rochmills Group...
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Smart acquires Briers
No 5 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019

Smart Garden Products have announced the purchase of the Briers business and assets from administrators Duff & Phelps...
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Most Read Stories in 2019 - 6 to 10
6.  With Wyevale Garden Centres CEO and trading director set to depart, the plot thickens… - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
7.  Anthony Harker leaves AMES and invests in British Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019
8.  Dobbies Garden Centres announces the acquisition of 31 centres from Wyevale - strengthening its position as the UK’s leading garden centre operator - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2019
9.  The Wyevale "Sale of the Century" - where are we now - UPDATED - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2019
10.  Breaking News: Roger Mclaughlan set to leave as Wyevale GC announces management changes - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2019
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GTN is compiling a Sustainability Directory to be published in January 2020 that will provide a guide for garden centre buyers and staff to the sustainability initiatives of garden centre suppliers...
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Most Read Stories in 2019 - 11 to 20
11.  £194m generated from Wyevale sales so far, but who will be the buyers of the remaining 90? - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2019
12.  Sell-off cash is critical to WGC's survival - GTN Xtra - Issue 7 2019
13.  Webbs buy Cheltenham and Blue Diamond buy Bridgemere Garden Centre and Nursery - GTN Xtra - Issue 33 2019
14.  The Big Three - GTN interviews Graeme Jenkins, Charles Stubbs and Alan Roper - GTN Xtra - Issue 52 2019
15.  Wyevale Garden Centres announces sale of all remaining centres to British Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 38 2019
16.  British Garden Centres jump to No 2 while Caulders and Otter Nurseries become equal 10th biggest garden centre groups - GTN Xtra – Issue 39 2019
17.  Raglan bought back from Wyevale by previous owner - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2019
18.  Wyevale Crowland Garden Centre to close - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2019
19.  Easter records broken at garden centres across the country - GTN Xtra - Issue 16 2019
20.  Blue Diamond buy 6 more centres from Wyevale - GTN Xtra - Issue 31 2019
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