In This Issue
Festive videos to push poinsettia sales right up to the big day
Meadow View Stone can fulfil your Rock Salt requirements
West Midlands garden centre site sold for £2.5m
Want inspiration to develop your retailing over the next few years?
Nicholas Marshall looks to buy Homebase
Blustery weather fails to blow November sales off course
Social media proves a big success for customer voting
LeisureGrow Group enhances sales force with new appointments
GCA garden centres sparkle with Christmas displays
Are You Still Loving Your Plot?
Support the Greenfingers runners in the London Santa Run today
Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
Ernest Charles takes to the air this winter
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Horticultural Trainer - Epsom, Surrey
Bedding Department Head - West Horsley
Plant Area Manager - Surrey
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Bedding Department Head - Twickenham
Garden Centre Sundries Team Leader
Head of Sales
Nursery Production/Growing/Technical Manager
Bedding Department Head - Stanmore
Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
Garden Centre/Horticultural Manager/Plantarea Manager
Contracts Manager Leeds Area
Comedian Hal Cruttenden to compere GCA dinner
Solar lighting sales dim as Christmas takes over
Sweet, sparkly and lit for Christmas sales success
Bark and small packs keep growing media sales at a high level
HTA helps to support horticulture in Scotland
Gardman supports Healthy Profits Roadshow
New campaign co-ordinator for Love the Plot You’ve Got
Early bird tickets on sale now for AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2016
Real Christmas tress rush set to commence this weekend
Writtle College team all set for Young Gardeners of the Year 2016
Young gardeners welcome apple tree home
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Horticultural Trainer - Epsom, Surrey
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Comedian Hal Cruttenden to compere GCA dinner
Radio and TV comedian, writer and actor Hal Cruttenden will be compering the awards dinner at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) conference next month (January 26, 2016).
 
The talented entertainer will host the annual event on Tuesday, January 26 at The Grand Hotel in Brighton.
 
Iain Wylie, Chief Executive of the GCA, said: “Hal is one of the top comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a highly accomplished writer and actor.
 
“During the last year he’s made his second appearance on ‘The Royal Variety Performance’, hosted ‘Live at the Apollo’ and was the guest comic in the final of ‘The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice’.
 
“‘He’s also appeared on ‘Would I Lie To You?’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Sunday Night at the Palladium’, ‘Mock The Week’, ‘Pointless Celebrities’, ‘Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled’ and wrote and performed in his own Radio 4 sitcom called ‘Hal’.”
 
The talented comedian has been nominated for the prestigious Perrier and The Chortle Awards and his recent tour – Tough Luvvie – saw him perform 170 dates.
 
Having originally trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, his acting career has included roles on TV including ‘Shackleton’, ‘Eastenders’, ‘Out of the Blue’, ‘Touching Evil’ and ‘Bramwell’.
 
He has also been in the movies ‘The Madness of King George’ and ‘Mrs Dalloway’. In the theatre he has appeared in ‘Making News at the Edinburgh Festival’ and ‘Orwell A Celebration’ at Trafalgar Studios London and the Edinburgh Festival.
 
Iain added: “We’re really looking forward to Hal’s appearance and it’s not too late to book if you are hoping to attend, please visit the members’ section of our website via www.gca.org.uk to book your place.
 
“With a super venue, a great line-up of speakers and plenty of opportunities to catch up with old friends from the industry, this year’s conference is set to be a fantastic occasion, especially as its our golden jubilee in 2016.
 
“To book, please visit the members’ section of our website via www.gca.org.uk. Sponsorship slots have filled up well too but there are still one or two left so if companies are interested in this, please give me a call.”
 
The GCA’s annual conference will be held at The Grand Hotel in Brighton from January 24 until 27, 2016. More than 300 delegates are expected to attend the event.
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