In This Issue
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are back!
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Plants & growing media are star performers at start of Lockdown 2
Simpsons expands with purchase of Aberdeenshire garden centre
Little Dobbies opens in Edinburgh
Homebase up for sale after recent overhaul
Plant sales increase in Lockdown 2
From minus 50% to plus 2%, growing media feeds the gardening bug
Supply chain keeps moving with Stax during pandemic
Horticultural businesses optimistic but cautious for 2021
Thieves break into Dobbies Garden Centre
BBC Gardeners’ World Live set to return in 2021
Tong Garden Centre keeps it local for new uniform
Glow illuminations to continue at RHS gardens
Kew Greeen Hotels and Tabletop are joint winners of Pennies Breakthrough Award
RHS receives record £1.8m donation to Bridgewater
bio-bean Certifies as a B Corporation
Casual Dining postponed until September 2021
Dobbies teams up with Teenage Cancer Trust to thank local heroes this Christmas
Tim’s Ties help Mr Fothergill’s Raise Money for BBC Children in Need
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
MP visits at British Garden Centres
Houseplant care feeds sales
Who will be The Greatest Christmas team for 2020?
Garden Press Event goes virtual for 2021
HTA launches new training development programmes
Dobbies launches series of Christmas podcasts
Celebrating with Christmas Lunch at Squire’s
The best of last week's
Lockdown 2 leaves garden centre car parks empty after record sales for October
Suttons Seeds acquired by T&M
LOFA reports severe disruption at UKs three main container ports
Not your average garden centre - Dobbies launch Christmas Ad Campaign
Lockdown 2 hits sales, but volumes still ahead of last year
Fosseway Garden Centre make the right choice with Corby & Fellas’ WinRetail system
Festive announce Christmas 2021 showroom opening dates
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
Personalised Christmas Stockings and Pod Toys
Christmas cracker for cats and dogs
Raw frozen meatball pet food brand launched
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GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are back!

They’re back, all be it in a virtual form.  GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards are back for 2020 to celebrate all that’s great about garden centres at Christmas through the pages of GTN and the GTN Xtra e-mail newsletter...

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Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour

In advance of the launch of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020, GTN's Northern Correspondent, Steve Myatt, paid a visit to Barton Grange to bring you this first GTN Xtra Christmas photo tour.

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Plants & growing media are star performers at start of Lockdown 2
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis

As we went into Lockdown 2 it was plants, growing media, and wildlife and wild bird care that performed best versus last year – up on last year’s sales for the same week by 41%, 76% and 23% respectively. According to the GTN Bestsellers Epos data, Christmas sales volumes were the sector worst hit, down 8% on last year...

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Simpsons expands with purchase of Aberdeenshire garden centre
 

The award-winning Inverness-based Simpsons Garden Centre has acquired an Aberdeenshire garden centre for an undisclosed sum...

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Little Dobbies opens in Edinburgh

Dobbies’ first small format store, Little Dobbies, opened its doors on Monday (November 9)...

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Homebase up for sale after recent overhaul

Homebase has been put up for sale, following two and a half years of major structural overhaul by its most recent buyers Hilco...

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Plant sales increase in Lockdown 2

Something crazy’s going on! We’ve never seen a week where plant sales volumes go up on the previous week this far into the year. Last week’s plant sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data were up by 5% on half-term week and up by a staggering 42% on the same week last year...

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From minus 50% to plus 2%, growing media feeds the gardening bug
 

Growing media sales continue at a pace unseen for this time of the year, pushing the year to date sales in the GTN Bestsellers database up to 2.3% ahead of last year despite zero sales being registered during the seven weeks of Lockdown 1...

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Supply chain keeps moving with Stax during pandemic

Stax Trade Centres has helped to keep the wheels turning and the supply chain moving during the Covid-19 pandemic. A survey completed by the company showed relationships between wholesalers, customers and suppliers remain stronger than ever before.,,

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Horticultural businesses optimistic but cautious for 2021

Business confidence is returning to UK garden industry after the record crash in confidence in spring, says the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), as shown by its new Business Confidence Index survey of members and supported by positive garden centre sales in October, with 17% growth on October 2019...

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Thieves break into Dobbies Garden Centre

 

Thousands of pounds worth of stock has been stolen from Dobbies Braehead Garden Centre in Renfrew, Scotland, in the early hours of Wednesday (November 11)...

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Personalised Christmas Stockings and Pod Toys

Luxury British dog accessories brand Teddy Maximus has introduced personalised Christmas stockings for dogs and dog lovers alike...

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Christmas cracker for cats and dogs

Premium raw pet food brand Natural Instinct has launched a Christmas cracker for cats and dogs. Each cracker contains a toy plus a taster of the company's new treats – Mini Beef Sausages and Lamb Lites...

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Raw frozen meatball pet food brand launched

Nutriment, an innovator in the field of raw pet feeding solutions, has launched a new brand called Leo & Wolf – a range of high-quality, frozen raw food products for both cats and dogs...

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BBC Gardeners’ World Live set to return in 2021
 

BBC Gardeners’ World Live will be back at the NEC in Birmingham from 17 to 20 June 2021 and tickets are now on sale. Organisers have incorporated a number of measures for a successful and enjoyable event, including a larger event footprint to allow for social distancing, timed visitor entry and changes to the theatre layouts...

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Tong Garden Centre keeps it local for new uniform

Leading Bradford garden centre, Tong, has reinforced its ethos of supporting local businesses wherever possible by sourcing its new uniform from a fellow West Yorkshire business...

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Glow illuminations to continue at RHS gardens

Following Government advice, the RHS has confirmed it will be able to keep its gardens open late and continue to run Glow outdoor illuminations trails at Wisley, Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall and Rosemoor...

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Kew Greeen Hotels and Tabletop are joint winners of Pennies Breakthrough Award

 

Kew Green Hotels, one of the leading international hotel management companies with over 50 hotels in its portfolio, and Tabletop, a market leader in guest ordering technologies, are joint winners of the Pennies Breakthrough Award 2020...

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RHS receives record £1.8m donation to Bridgewater
 

The Royal Horticultural Society has received a £1.8million gift from retired Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist Dr Lee Kai Hung DL to RHS Garden Bridgewater. The generous donation comes as the charity begins the 6-month countdown to the grand opening of the garden on 11 May 2021...

 

RHS Director General Sue Biggs and Dr Lee Kai Hung DL pictured at RHS Garden Bridgewater in February 2019.

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bio-bean Certifies as a B Corporation

Cambridge-based coffee recycling company and maker of Coffee Logs, bio-bean Limited, has announced its certification as a B Corporation, joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit...

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Casual Dining postponed until September 2021
 

Diversified Communications UK, the organiser of the Casual Dining trade show, has confirmed the show has sadly been postponed from next March due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and government restrictions...

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Dobbies teams up with Teenage Cancer Trust to thank local heroes this Christmas

Dobbies and its National Charity Partner are looking to say a special thank you to ‘not your average people’ who have gone above and beyond for their local community this year. Whether it is someone who has collected an essential shop for a neighbour, a teacher who has delivered additional support or a family friend who has taken on the role as the honorary Zoom quiz master, Dobbies want to hear from you. Nominations can be made via the Dobbies website, with a host of gifts to be shared...

 

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Tim’s Ties help Mr Fothergill’s Raise Money for BBC Children in Need

Taking up the challenge once again, Mr Fothergill’s has helped raise vital funds for BBC Children in Need this year, by smartening up and wearing a ‘Tie for Tim’...

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