How will you use Garden Re-Leaf Day to increase sales?
 As February trading finishes up by 10% in volume sales terms year on year, thoughts are turning to what promises to be a bumper March. With Mother’s Day, Garden Re-Leaf Day and Easter all falling during the month, we just need a spell of good weather to add to the mix and garden centre tills will be busier than ever...
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Singer Leo Sayer scores a hit with his Gluvie!
The Gluvie initiative created by Briers to raise awareness and funds for Garden Re-Leaf Day and Greenfingers is attracting celebrity attention. Singer Leo Sayer is the latest personality to don a pair fof green gloves.
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Premier season for sales at Classiflora
Tottenham stars, Clive Allen and Pat Jennings were among the guests at the Classiflora Open Days last week...
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HTA welcomes productivity boost as government supports Sunday trading amendment
The Horticultural Trades Association welcomes MPs’ decision to accept the Government’s Sunday trading amendment to the Enterprise Bill, which could see local authorities given the power to relax Sunday trading restrictions in their areas, if they wish to do so. “This amendment offers our members a great opportunity to boost productivity and will provide great support to our sector to mitigate against the additional costs of National Living Wage and pensions auto-enrolment which will start to bite next month.” says HTA Chief Executive Carol Paris...
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Rising Stars finalist finds way to boost coffee and tea sales
The Westland GCA Rising Stars Masterclasses were an inspiration for Kath Bailey, one of the 2015 finalists from Barton Grange, and helped her to boost sales of coffee and tea products...
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Record number of entries for this year's Rising Stars
This year’s Rising Stars Programme, run by Westland Horticulture and the Garden Centre Association, has started with a record number of entries from garden centre staff looking to get ahead in the world of horticultural retailing...
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Four growing awards for Thomspon & Morgan
Thompson & Morgan is moving into its peak supply season with a spring its step having swept the board at the Great British Growing Awards for a second consecutive year...
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Webbs customers ready for more puppy love
Customers at Webbs Garden Centres show so much love for Guide Dogs that they’ve raised enough money to name and help raise a new puppy for the charity...
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High season deadline for Highfield’s latest project
The most recent building project at Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is on track to be completed in time for the Easter sales uplift, having been undertaken at a time to coincide with the quieter trading months of January and February...
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Adam Frost to design UK garden at Antalya Expo 2016
The Antalya Expo 2016 which runs from April to October will feature a UK garden which will be designed by Adam Frost on behalf of UK horticulture industry...
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Bosmere flourishes under Tildenet ownership
Since Tildenet acquired Bosmere in December 2015, they have not wasted any time in applying their enviable customer service standards to the new acquisition. Order fulfilment levels are key to the Tildenet organisation and by the end of February, Bosmere had risen from 70% in Spring 2015 to 92.5% this year. Tildernet MD Andrew Downey said: “We have had strong retailer support for the changes we have implemented."
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Tillington celebrate as they reach £200m turnover
At the recent Tillington Group spring meeting, members celebrated breaking through the £200m+ turnover barrier...
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