In This Issue
Pennells Garden Centre to continue rapid growth after securing fresh cash injection
GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards judges start to choose the winners
Mild December caps record year for sales
Wyevale Garden Centres plan to launch e-commerce website next Spring
Top garden centres sign up for 24 hour ‘Plant-athon’
G Plants set to ‘Bee Friends’ with BeeMat
Gardman help retailers create an eye-catching hanging basket display
Surprise proposal by Santa at Squire's in Windsor
Show Your Colours Award IPM 2016: Plants as a source of emotion and perception
LC Packaging acquires Geerings Horticulture Products
Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Sales Agent - South Wales/West Midlands
Horticultural Trainer - Epsom, Surrey
Bedding Department Head - West Horsley
Plant Area Manager - Surrey
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Bedding Department Head - Twickenham
Garden Centre Sundries Team Leader
Head of Sales
Nursery Production/Growing/Technical Manager
Bedding Department Head - Stanmore
Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
Garden Centre/Horticultural Manager/Plantarea Manager
Contracts Manager Leeds Area
There’s Christmas cheer from peak houseplant sales
GCA members reminded to enter the Worrall Cup
Have Santa hats gone out of fashion this Christmas?
Outback grows its garden centre sales team
Host of new products from Wildlife World at Spring Fair 2016
Mild weather will continue growth into 2016
Gardeners improved their outdoor spaces in November
Leading firms support Healthy Profits Roadshow
SHOWA gardening gloves awarded a Which? Best Buy
Get ready for the HTA's Plant of the Moment
Big Business entrepreneur and Joy of Plants join HTA Technology Conference Programme
Stewart Garden shares grow your own potato know-how
Grow Your Own still on the rise as seed firm reports strongest ever start to retail year
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
Situations Vacant
Sales Agent - South Wales/West Midlands
 
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Horticultural Trainer - Epsom, Surrey
£17,750 + excellent benefits
 
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Bedding Department Head - West Horsley
Competitive salary
 
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Plant Area Manager - Surrey
Competitive Salary
 
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Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Substantial basic salary, bonus scheme & company car
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Bedding Department Head - Twickenham
Competitive Salary
 
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Garden Centre Sundries Team Leader
Salary: To attract the best
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Head of Sales
£40,000 + OTE (up to £60,000)
 
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Nursery Production/Growing/Technical Manager
Salary: £25,000 - £32,000
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Bedding Department Head - Stanmore
Competitive Salary
 
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Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
OTE £24k
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Garden Centre/Horticultural Manager/Plantarea Manager
Salary: £18,000 - £24,000
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Contracts Manager Leeds Area
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
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Contact us with your news.  Email neil.pope@tgcmc.co.uk, or trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk or call the GTN News team on 01733 775700


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Book your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party on Sunday January 10th 2016 here


Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
Voting is now underway and runs through to 4:00 pm on Christmas Eve to find out which garden centre has The Greatest Christmas Team.

As we head towards the busiest weeks of the year it’s time to ask your customers to vote for you as The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team.

All you have to do is download the voting posters and voting postcard artworks from GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Dropbox folder or these links:


Xmas Awards postcards 2015.pdf



Xmas Awards Poster A1.pdf

Xmas Awards Poster A3.pdf

Xmas Awards Poster A4.pdf


Post Your Votes.pdf


Print them out and get your customers voting.  They can post them to our Greatest Christmas Awards office or you can create "Post your Votes" here boxes for votes to be posted in store.

You can also ask your customers to vote for you on line this year - see seperate story.

The closing date for votes, both on-line and posted in-store is 4:00pm on Christmas Eve, 24th December.  If you collect votes in-store, please send them through to us on a regular basis to help with the counting and then make sure you send your final batch of votes off directly after Christmas.  The Greatest Christmas Awards are presented in Harrogate on January 10th 2016 so the cut off for final votes to be received and counted in our office is Monday 4th January 2016.  Remember to look through all your votes before you post them to us - your staff will love to know all the wonderful things your customers say about you as they vote for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team.

When all the votes are counted, size of centre and number of staff are taken into account, so there is as much chance of a small centre winning this ultimate Christmas accolade as that of a big centre.

If you have any problems downloading any of the files please e-mail thegreatestawards@tgcmc.co.uk and we’ll send you them by e-mail straight away.

Good luck!

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