In This Issue
GCA figures confirm May sales boost
Sales of wild bird products soaring
Solus strike a new deal with Marriages
DIY chains give poor gardening advice, claim Which?
Pictures from John Athwal's 60th birthday
Baytree say a fond farewell to plantarea manager Tim
Garden product sales continue above last year
Steve Harper becomes Head of Bord na Móna UK
MorePeople launch new dedicated training website
What's happening at Solus?
Gyles Brandreth to present the GIMA's
Fermoys' expansion plans would create 30 new jobs
Quantil's Mark Clementson cycles for charity
New Plant Award entries flood in
Slug Gone to take centre stage at the Coronation Festival
'Anger' after break-in at Markeaton Garden Centre
Kick start your Christmas trading at Home & Gift
Garden centre staff must sing to plants
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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What's inside the Poplars peep hole?
 

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Veg sales run at record levels
 

Veg-2-Gro volume sales are at their highest weekly levels since the launch of GTN Bestsellers for the eighth consecutive week...
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Another week of growing media sales up on last year
 

We’ve now had eight out of the last nine weeks where Growing Media Top 50 sales volumes were up on last year...
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GCA figures confirm May sales boost
The Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade results for May have revealed strong sales at member garden centres during the month, ahead of the government retail sales growth figure and confirming the volume sales increases as reported by GTN Bestsellers...
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Sales of wild bird products soaring


Leading suppliers of wild bird care products are stepping up their activity in the marketplace as the latest sales data reveals it has been a lucrative sector so far this year...
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Solus strike a new deal with Marriages
 
Solus Garden & Leisure has struck a new exclusive partnership agreement with Lincolnshire-based Marriages Specialist Foods to supply quality sourced wild bird feed for its ChapelWood brand, including Conservation Grade Seed Mixes...
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DIY chains give poor gardening advice, claim Which?


Snapshot research carried out by Which? Gardening magazine shows that to get great advice on plants you should go to a garden centre and avoid the UK’s largest DIY chains...
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Pictures from John Athwal's 60th birthday


Premier Kitchen's MD John Athwal celebrated his 60th birthday at the Marriott Hotel in Grovesnor Square, London. Here's a selection of pictures from the party attended by family, friends and colleagues from the garden trade...
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Baytree say a fond farewell to plantarea manager Tim


The Baytree family, led by Reinhard Biehler, said a fond farewell to plantarea manager Tim Wayman, who retired last month...
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Garden product sales continue above last year
 
The GTN Bestsellers Garden Products  Top 50 volume sales are up 18% on the same week as last year, and are now 10% higher on the year to date. They are even up 9% on the same week from two years ago and now only 5% behind 2011 levels...
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Steve Harper becomes Head of Bord na Móna UK


Steve Harper, the former managing director of Vital Earth GB Limited and latterly Business Operations Manager UK at Bord na Móna UK is now to head up all of the Bord na Móna UK (BNM UK) retail business. Steve is pictured above with two Vital Earth-sponsored young designers at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
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MorePeople launch new dedicated training website


Specialist recruitment and training business MorePeople have launched a new website for their training business – MorePerformance...
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What's happening at Solus?


Judging by the phone calls we've taken in the GTN office this week, one of the big issues concerning the garden trade at the moment is: What is going on at Solus?
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