GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra Issue 29 2018

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The bids are in for 145 Wyevale Garden Centres

As the deadline clicked over yesterday, 26th June 2018, for bids in the first round of the sale of 145 Wyevale Garden Centres by Terra Firma, GTN’s Trevor Pfeiffer met with CEO Roger McLaughlan for the first of what we hope will be a series of meetings to keep us all updated during the potentially lengthy sales process...

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Deco-Pak New Penny stepping stone is star performer
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Leader in landscaping innovation Deco-Pak has revealed sales of its New Penny stepping stone has outperformed every other in its range this year...

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Roses lead the way as plant sales grow to 6% up on last year

Rose Festivals across the country have provided a boost to sales and in the second week of June Roses climbed to No 3 in the GTN Bestsellers plants chart on the back of a 35% increase year on year...

See GTN Bestsellers Plants Chart plus pictures from the Baytree Rose Festival

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Rose ‘Timeless Purple’ wins Visitor Vote Award at HTA National Plant Show

Visitors to the HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, have voted Rose ‘Timeless Purple’ from Whartons Roses as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards...

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Sales now only 2% down on last year - GTN Bestsellers update

Volume sales in garden centres have now closed back to within 2% of last year according to the EPOS data analysis of GTN Bestsellers. The second week of June saw volumes up by 7%. That means we've now had 8 weeks out of 9 that have been up year on year since the week after Easter...

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Seven Homebase stores to close

Insight DIY has reported this week that there are now seven Homebase stores closing in the near future...

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Laburnum anagyroides Yellow Rocket takes best in show at New Plant Awards

Laburnum anagyroides Yellow Rocket® from Frank P Matthews has been crowned this year as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards on the opening morning of the HTA National Plant Show at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry...

Click here for pictures and full list of winners

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Scheurich in deal to take over Deroma terracotta pottery

Deroma, the world‘s leader in terracotta pottery located in the North of Italy, will be taken over most probably before the end of 2018 by a cooperation between two German companies, the Bavaria Industries Group AG (Baikap) and Scheurich GmbH & Co KG.

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Haddonstone acquires the Blanc de Bierges brand

Haddonstone, a leading UK manufacturer of fine architectural stonework and garden ornaments, has acquired the Blanc de Bierges brand.

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LeisureGrow acquires business interests of Petface

LeisureGrow Products Ltd has acquired the business interests of Petface out of administration. Key Petface personnel will be kept on by LeisureGrow Products Ltd, and the Petface brand will be run out of LeisureGrow Products Ltd’s head office in Hinxworth, Hertfordshire. Petface stock will be centralised in LeisureGrow’s distribution centre...

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering

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£1m garden centre restaurant designed by Malcom Scott Consultants completed

The £1 million botanical-style restaurant at Groves Garden Centre in Bridport has been unveiled...

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Joshua presented with Peter Williamson Travel Award

Joshua Stone from Pershore College has been presented with Wyevale Nurseries’ Peter Williamson Travel Award. The 19-year-old, who has just finished in his first year of a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horticulture, scooped the accolade after impressing the judges with a written submission and an interview.

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2018 GIMA Awards sponsors confirmed

With the annual GIMA Awards just weeks away, final preparations are now underway. This year Glee – the leading trade exhibition for the garden retail sector – has been confirmed as the headline sponsor for what is set to be another exciting evening celebrating the best the industry has to offer...

The best of last week's

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Malcolm Scott Consultants saves garden centre £83,000

Malcolm Scott Consultants has successfully slashed a London garden centre’s Community Infrastructure Levy by £83,000 in a landmark appeal for the sector...

A wide range of premium quality products to suit every need
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With the continued good weather, don’t let your stocks run too low, by re-ordering your favourite products from Bathgate Horticulture...

June sales off to a bright start, according to Bestsellers

Sales volumes dropped off as we moved into June but it was a much better start to the month than last year. Compared to 2017, week 23 saw volumes up by 32%, driven mainly by plant sales and growing media...

Smart Garden Products are one in a thousand

Smart Garden Products Ltd have been included in London Stock Exchange Group’s “1000 Companies to Inspire Britain” report...

Garden centre owner avoids legal action

Legal action against the owner of a garden centre near Wargrave who lost a long-running planning dispute has been dropped after a judge ruled that it was unfair...