Owner of Ingatestone Garden Centre reveals why he closed
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The owner of Ingatestone Garden Centre in Essex, which ceased to trade suddenly after more than 75 years, has admitted he "simply could not afford to keep the doors open."
James Harding who closed the doors to the site in Roman Road suddenly and without warning on February 1 said the business was no longer financially viable.
Mr Harding, who took over the business in 2010, said: "To be completely honest the only thing to say is the garden centre has been losing money now for very long time.
It's just got to the stage where we cannot afford to subsidise the business anymore.
"We simply couldn't afford to keep the doors open and we had to close it – we are all extremely sad about this but that is it.
"We have literally run out of money and we have had to close the doors. That is all there is to say."
The first signs that indicated the garden centre could have been in trouble was a simple note posted on the door of the centre on February 1 which read: 'Customer notice. The garden centre is now closed.'
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