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Very last chance to enter the 2021 GIMA Awards
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Europlants founder Renato Canale dies, aged 78
One year on from Lockdown #1
BGC join in the "fun" at Harrogate Flower Show
Peat free up by 452%
Garden centre customers keen to sample horticultural hospitality as restaurants welcome guests back indoors
Vitax donation transforms hospital’s Secret Garden
Plant sales still 200% up
Call for innovation in recycled plastic products
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Bloomin Amazing lands at Dobbies
Perrywood Tiptree’s Coffee Shop & Restaurant team purchase 130 fans for Colchester Hospital
Employment scheme to help you find the ideal candidate for your next vacancy
New packaging for Empathy’s natural granular feeds
Sustainable decking brand launches nationwide recycling initiative for schools
Wyevale Nurseries receives Plant Healthy Certification for high biosecurity standards
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Re-elected GIMA President Simon McArdle thanks retail customers
Lighting up garden sales
Keukenhof is closed; in full bloom but no visitors
Veg outshines all plant sales
HTA responds to England Trees Action Plan
The best of last week's
Government publishes plan to ban peat sales by 2024
Industry prepares for a peat-less future
Blue Diamond top £200m turnover and commit to Chelsea garden
Two London locations announced for little dobbies
Fargro Ltd set to bloom in 2021 under new management
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
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Increase in sales helps Wilsons Pet Food donate over 20,000 meals to rescue centres
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Very last chance to enter the 2021 GIMA Awards
Don’t miss tomorrows, 28th May deadline

 

Suppliers wanting to gain unrivalled market-wide recognition for their latest product innovation, marketing support or approach to sustainability will want to take centre stage at the forthcoming GIMA Awards (11thNovember, Celtic Manor). However, time is running out, as the deadline for entering the 2021 event – Friday May 28th - is tomorrow.   

 

Recognising excellence and innovation the GIMA Awards have grown into the largest industry gathering, welcoming both retailers and suppliers from the UK garden retail sector. Making its highly anticipated return in late 2021, this year the event will feature all of the usual categories – including the GCA Supplier of the Year (GCA), Gardenex Export Achievement and the Sword of Excellence (last won by Primeur in 2019) – as well as a new Sustainability award which will recognise a product, business initiative, or wider business ethos that demonstrates how suppliers are successfully driving the sustainability agenda. 

 

Vicky Nuttall, GIMA Director said: “Time is running out for those suppliers who want to enter the 2021 GIMA Awards, so we are urging interested parties to get their entry forms in as soon as possible to avoid missing out. 

 

“Whilst the Covid pandemic resulted in the event being cancelled for the first time in its 40-year history in 2020, the industry has not stopped. Suppliers have stayed busy creating exciting new product, marketing and merchandising innovations throughout the 2020 and 2021 season. These launches and initiatives are what will be celebrated in a special glittering night of awards – the first of its kind to relaunch post-lockdown. The result being an evening full of long-awaited reunions, networking and merriment.”

 

Don’t miss out!

This year, the GIMA Awards will be sponsored by a wealth of fantastic industry brands, including Glee which returns, once again, as headline sponsor, as well as the HTA, GCA, Gardenex, Garden Trade News, Gardenforum, Ebay, Decco, Hozelock, Evergreen Garden Care, SBM, Primeur, Horticulture Week, Garden Radio, Garden Centre Retail, Garden Centre Update, DIY Week, CM Ventures and Hornby Whitefoot PR.  Additional sponsorship opportunities are also available - please contact GIMA to find out more. 

 

To enter the 2021 GIMA Awards or to book your place at what is set to be a night to remember please visit www.gima.org.uk

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