In This Issue
Ansell Garden Centre opens to customers just five days after it was destroyed by fire
Demolition threat over garden centre revamp
Klondyke Strike Gold in Leeds
November storms towards record sales
GIMA and HTA join forces to buy The Garden Press Event
Wildlife World ramps up production to meet demand
Stewarts gain planning approval for Wimborne expansion
Squire's run school contest to decorate a Christmas tree
spoga+gafa continues on its course of success
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards underway
Do your customers think you are The Greatest at Christmas?
Use social media, emails and website for customer votes
Product Merchandisers
Assistant Quality Controller (Northamptonshire)
Grower, Nursery Operative (Hertfordshire)
Garden Centre Sundries Shop Manager (Kent)
Plantarea Supervisor Manager (Berkshire)
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Lighting and gardening gifts boost sales
Santa and snow drive Christmas sales
Compost sales 14% higher than last year
Hedging your best with plant sales
HTA Contact Conference on ‘Surviving and Thriving’
Drive up sales: persuade customers to care for their Christmas poinsettia
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Matthew Algie gets in the festive spirit with Espresso Warehouse catalogue
Big name speakers confirmed for Casual Dining 2017
Situations Vacant
Product Merchandisers
Salary: £22,000+
 
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Assistant Quality Controller (Northamptonshire)
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000
 
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Grower, Nursery Operative (Hertfordshire)
Salary: £14,400 - £16,600
 
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Garden Centre Sundries Shop Manager (Kent)
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000
 
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Plantarea Supervisor Manager (Berkshire)
Salary: Excellent
 
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Book your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party on Sunday January 8th 2017 by calling 01733 775700


Do your customers think you are The Greatest at Christmas?
The ultimate accolades at GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams, as voted for by garden centre customers.  Voting starts now and runs through to Thursday December 22nd and to be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is download the posters and voting forms below for in-store voting and add our voting link to your facebook, twitter or website to get customers voting on-line too!

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.

There's no entry charge for taking part in The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre voting but we are looking to raise funds during November and Decemnber for Greenfingers.  If you'd like to make a donation to Greenfingers, please use this link.

GTN Xtra and the Greenfingers Team are also looking for great new Christmas fundraiing ideas for Greenfingers, so get your creative thinking caps on, let us know what ideas you've come up with and you never know, you may be inline for a special award at The Greatest Awards Christmas Party in January.

So, what are you waitiing for?  All you have to do is download the voting posters and voting postcard artworks from GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Dropbox 2016 folder or these links:



GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2016 Voting Postcards.pdf




GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2016 Poster A1.pdf

GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2016 Poster A3.pdf

GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2016 Poster A4.pdf



GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2016 Post Your Votes Here Artwork.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, just paste this link:  http://tgcmc.newsweaver.co.uk/GTN/s9lzjxs25b7 into your social media pages, e-mail newsletters and websites.  The link will take them straight to our voting form.  Last year we recieved a record number of on-line votes and we expect the number to grow even further this year.

The closing date for votes, both on-line and posted in-store is 4:30pm on Thursday 22nd 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 8th 2017 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 are as many chances of small and medium sized centres 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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