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Mairi Devlin joins British Garden Centres
Mairi Devlin, a former category manager at Wyevale Garden Centres has joined British Garden Centres as Group Trading Director...
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Growing Media 5% higher than average for February
Evergreen Garden Care Levington Essential Multi Purpose 50 litres continues at the top of the GTN Chart...
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Business Person of the Year Award for Hillmount's Robin Mercer
Robin Mercer, owner of fourth generation Hillmount garden lifestyle centres in Ards, Bangor and Belfast, has been named Business Person of the Year at the bi-annual Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Business Awards...
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Wyevale Nurseries granted licence to propagate Lomandra ‘White Sands’
Staff at Wyevale Nurseries are celebrating after being granted the propagation licence for an award-winning Lomandra...
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Better than Beast from the East...just!
Plant sales were washed away during February, ending the month down 35% compared to last year. The silver lining was, however, that sales were 9% higher than February 2018 when the month ended in the grip of the Beast from the East.
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Ex-Miracle-Gro man cancels early retirement to back Natural Grower's sales drive
Ex-Miracle-Gro salesman Neil Sim has come out of early retirement to mentor Natural Grower following a distribution deal with Decco for the company's organic fertiliser...
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Garden Products down by 18% on last year
Growth Technology Orchid Focus Drip Feeders 38ml become the No 1 Bestseller for the first time...
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Darlac appoints JBM Sales to cover south-west
Tool brand Darlac, part of the Mr Fothergill’s group, has appointed JBM Sales to cover the south-west...
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Wet February sends veg sales down by 20%
Taylors Onion Sets Red Baron moves back to No 1 of the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart...
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Dobbies sign up with SmartPlant
Dobbies, now the UK’s largest garden centre chain, has partnered with specialist plant care app SmartPlant. Dobbies to digitise its indoor and outdoor plant ranges for spring 2020...
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February Wild Bird Care sales down again
Westland Peckish Natural Balance Energy Balls 50 +20% Free continue to outsell Gardman Fat Snax, tubs of 50 at the top of the GTN Wild Bird Care Chart...
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HTA launches industry e-learning app
The HTA has announced the spring launch of its E-learning app, the HUB...
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More emphasis on growers' role at next Plantarium
Plantarium has announced that ‘Greenspiration’ will be its theme for the next edition of the Netherlands trade fair, with more emphasis on the role of growers...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Tackling the big garden industry issue: growing media and peat...what happens next?
A leading figure in the growing media sector has revealed how the garden industry is tackling the ongoing ‘Blue Planet’ debate about how to provide customers with quality compost in the future...
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Garden centre boss who stole almost half a million pounds has hearing adjourned
A Norfolk garden centre owner who stole almost half a million pounds from his elderly mother has had his hearing to claw back cash adjourned, reports the Eastern Daily Press...
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Gina and John heading to Monte Carlo in £500 banger
LOFA marketing manager Gina Hinde and her husband John will be heading to Monte Carlo in a £500 banger to raise money for Greenfingers Charity...
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Great start to a new season for Durstons
The new spring season for UK based Durston Garden Products couldn’t have got off to a better start with orders up 15% on last year...
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