Westland has significantly upped its TV spend, as early indications show SafeLawn is set to storm ahead of the competition this spring. The advert, featuring CGI created ‘Lawn Man’, will air on screens in April. Here's an exclusive look at the TV ad...
Velcro Companies has acquired a minority stake in Petface Ltd. The agreement will add further momentum to the company’s global consumer business and supplements its innovative product development capabilities...
Vitax has appointed Mark Butler as its new sales manager to help drive future sales and expand into new markets. Mark, who has almost 30 years’ industry experience, will be working alongside existing sales manager Colin Wetherley-Mein, who will be stepping down from his UK-wide role later this year to concentrate on Vitax’s key national accounts.
Pictured (left to right): Daniel Wilkinson - Vitax's managing director, Mark Butler - Vitax's new sales manager and Colin Wetherley-Mein - Vitax sales manager.
As we reported in GTN Xtra last week garden centres across the country had record sales over Mother’s Day weekend as people flocked to garden centre restaurants and coffee shops and reports suggest good sales levels are continuing this weekend setting record sales for March...
Created by GRAMMY® Award-winning musician Garry Kvistad, Woodstock Chimes have been the choice of discerning UK customers for over 30 years. The authentic windchimes offer premier quality and great value...
EGO Power Plus presented their 2017 range of petrol free mowers and other garden machinery tools to the UK gardening press last week and are now looking for ethusiastic garden centres to add to their sales network...
Early reports indicate that Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day 2017 will be a record breaker in terms of industry participation and sponsorship as the five-year tally of funds-raised passes half a million pounds...
Above: Haskins staff celebrate after their fund-raising efforts.
Recruitment, food psychology, barista training and communicating allergens are the latest topics to be added to the programme of the HTA Catering Conference – A Piece of Cake? which takes place on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 June at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield...
World-class competitors from the Strongman circuit, including Game of Thrones star Thor Bjornsson, prepared for the ‘Europe’s Strongest Man’ competition with the help of leading commercial nursery business Johnsons of Whixley...
Writtle University College has been crowned the 2017 ‘Young Gardeners of the Year,’ announced in line with the launch of the Ideal Home Show sponsored by Zoopla...
Above: Writtle University College's winning design at the Ideal Home Show.
Zest 4 Leisure has announced that Cancer Research UK is its new chosen charity for 2017, and Managing Director Steve Morgan along with 23 other employees will be taking part in the 26 mile Manchester Marathon this Sunday...
The sales of tomato plants led the way during Mother’s Day week as the nation’s gardeners took the opportunity to get ahead with their veg growing for the summer...
The roll-call of speakers taking part in the GrowQuip 2017 Conference, dinner and industry showcase is taking shape and major sponsors have announced their support of the event...
Wyevale Nurseries has loaned the WellChild charity a selection of plants for a Spring into Gardening event at the Royal Agricultural University later this week...
Growing Media sales volumes may have dropped slightly week on week during Mother’s Day week (bags of compost probably don’t make the best gift) but they are still running up year on year...
Due to the continued growth of the premium LifestyleGarden brand, and the successful expansion into the garden centre and independent retail sector over the past few years, ScanCom UK have found and moved into their new Head Office, Showroom and Distribution Centre in Essex...
Pictures from the Greatest Christmas Gold-winning teams
Garden centre teams excelled with their Christmas displays and grottos in 2015. Below we reveal galleries from the gold-winning teams. Click on each garden centre to see their galleries...
Kelkay’s Easy Fountains have been updated and extended for 2017 to respond to changing customer demand...
