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Supplier rebates to exceed £1.5m for Choice members
Choice Marketing has announced that supplier rebates to members for the 2016/17 are forecast to exceed £1.5 million. The announcement was made by Choice CEO Michelle de Lavis-Trafford at the buying group’s Annual Conference and Trade Show...
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New Xylella e-learning module available from HTA
The HTA has launched an e-learning module on Xylella fastidiosa providing plantarea and garden retail staff with the latest information about this plant disease that presents a huge threat to the industry...
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"Xylella is the most serious situation I have come across in 32 years in the industry"
The potentially catastrophic consequences for the UK’s horticultural industry of an outbreak of the bacterial plant disease Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) were spelled out in a stark warning to growers and retailers at last week’s HTA Futures Conference...
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Selby site is No.2 for Whitby garden centre family
Selby Garden Centre in North Yorkshire has been acquired by the Noble family, owners of Victoria Farm Garden Centre & Café at Whitby...
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Plants and Christmas boost September sales
September closed up 4% year on year and 7% above the average for the previous six years as a result of increased plant sales and an early surge on Christmas, according to GTN Bestsellers...
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Perrywood, Castle Gardens, Aylett Nurseries and Fron Goch win GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Awards
GTN presented their Greatest Garden Centre Awards after dinner at the HTA Garden Futures conference last week. Gold Awards went to Perrywood, Castle Gardens, Aylett Nurseries, Fron Goch, Smart Garden Products, and GCA Grow training sheme.
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Hillview CEO 'shocked' to win HTA Pearson Medal award
Boyd Douglas-Davies, CEO of Hillview Garden Centres, was awarded the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures dinner. Boyd was presented with the accolade by HTA President, Adam Taylor...
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Smart Garden wins 'Greatest Supplier' award again
Year-round product range wins Smart Garden Greatest Supplier Award for second year running...
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Embracing change for the future of garden retail
The garden industry came together on 4 October for HTA Garden Futures Conference, sponsored by Hozelock, which took place at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. This year’s strategic event, with the theme of ‘Garden Retail – the great escape’, was hosted by Cathy Newman, journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News. Cathy shared her own passion for gardening and spoke about how she uses her garden as an escape from stresses of everyday life.
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Syngenta takes over Cultivation Street sponsorship
Cultivation Street, the community and school gardening campaign pioneered by TV gardener David Domoney, has announced Syngenta and its Calliope brand as a new sponsor...
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Another strong year for specialist coffee roaster Matthew Algie
Increased demand for quality coffee from restaurants, hotels, coffee shops and universities has helped one of the UK and Ireland’s leading coffee roasters grind out another year of strong growth. Managing director Nick Snow (pictured) said: “Increasingly, coffee drinkers consider themselves coffee connoisseurs, so it is crucial coffee shops offer something that goes above and beyond."
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Scotts fail with claim that Westland Safelawn advertising was misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority has thrown out a complaint by the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, who challenged a Westland Horticulture advertising claim that award-winning Safelawn was “safe to use around children and pets”...
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It’s an orchid feed bonanza
Orchid products dominate the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart this week. Three orchid feed lines occupy the top three bestsellers spots with another four orchid lines appearing within the top half of the chart...
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Welcome to Thermidrome
Thermidrome Garlic bulbs were the surprise Veg-2-Gro Bestseller last week, re-entering the GTN chart and going straight to the top ahead of onion sets Radar, Senshhyu Yellow and Radar...
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Growing Media stays up 4% as bulb planting swells sales
Bulb planting continues to shore up growing media sales with the three major lines occupying spots 2, 3 and 4 in the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Chart...
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Pansies rule supreme through September
Pansy sales are running up on last year by 74% keeping them at the top of the most popular plants for Autumn chart for the fourth week running...
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Decorations get personal and Santa loo roll sales are up
Personalised Christmas decorations once again lead the way in early Christmas sales. The Top 5 Christmas volume sales lines are all personlaised decorations, knocking Christmas Loo Roll out of the Top 5 compared to the same week last year.
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Feeding for winter energy
Feeders and Fat Balls were the big growth lines in Wild Bird Care last week...
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23 Zest 4 Leisure employees take on marathon
Employees from Zest 4 Leisure are taking on the Chester Marathon today (Sunday) in aid of Cancer Research UK...
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Klass opens fashion concession at Longacres Ashford centre
Ladies fashion brand Klass has opened a 400 sq.ft unmanned concession at Longacres’ Bybrook Barn, Ashford...
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Consumers more likely to buy from a name they recognise
A new survey confirmed what the owners of the big garden industry brands knew all along – that consumers generally trust established brands...
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Zapper app is the rewarding way to pay by phone
Zapper is a mobile app that makes payments and e-commerce quick, simple and secure for retail and catering outlets and is potentially a great tool for those operating loyalty reward schemes...
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New role for Rachel
Mr Fothergill’s are pleased to announce a significant promotion for long-standing and valued member of staff, Rachel Cole. With immediate effect Rachel will be promoted to the new position of Seed Buying and Quality Supervisor...
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Get the balance right with Flopro
Flopro have upgraded their introductory range which provides high quality, no leaks products that fit all brands, while still retaining ‘value’ price points...
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