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Westland and Crest are touring!
GTN Xtra Promotion
After last years successful regional trade shows Westland and Crest are touring again with 3 UK dates and 1 in ROI. There will be cracking show offers, dramatic merchandising solutions, full details of our comms plans, technical experts, plus an exclusive preview of our 2019 New Product Development...
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Garden centre business back to normality...almost!
After the volatility of the past few months, the late May Bank Holiday weekend was a week where garden centre trading dropped back to normality...
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LOFAssured initiative gains strength
LOFA is raising awareness of fire safety standards/regulations for garden furniture cushions in its 'LOFAssured' campaign, and already 17 members are certified. with a further 21 in progress...
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Gardman lands on National TV for the first time
Garden and bird care brand Gardman landed on UK TV this week with a sponsorship on ITV’s Good Morning Britain...
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Plant sales outstrip supply, but now 8% up year on year
With sales from the late May Bank Holiday Monday still to report, plant sales volumes are now 8.0% up year on year, so no wonder some growers are struggling to keep up with demand...
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Cultivating Retail Shaping up – the new one-day event
Channel 4 news presenter Cathy Newman will be hosting Cultivating Retail, the new one-day event for retailers, suppliers and growers which takes place on Tuesday 13 November 2018 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham...
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Bents receive Gold Award for Outstanding Achievement
Bents Garden & Home has been awarded a Gold Award from Anthem Engagement, becoming only the second company in the UK to achieve this recognition, based on colleague feedback and communication...
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Greenfingers Charity and Kew Green Hotels finalists in Business awards
Representatives from Greenfingers Charity and Kew Green Hotels gathered at Marriott Grosvenor Square in London for a glitzy evening after their partnership was shortlisted as a finalist for the Business Charity Awards...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Adande’s Aircell Grab & Go cabinet wins energy efficiency award
Adande’s Aircell open front, integral refrigerated Grab & Go cabinet has won first place in the Energy Efficiency category at the 2018 Footprint Awards 2018. For good measure, the product was also awarded second place in the Sustainable Catering Equipment Manufacturer category. Adande was the only company to receive a first and second place at this year’s awards...
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Borough Market Kitchen Garden set to inspire home growers at Hampton Court Show
Borough Market, Franchi Seeds and the Eden Project are joining forces to create an abundant kitchen garden for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower show in July...
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Colin Squire collects his OBE at the palace
Colin Squire, chairman of Squire’s Garden Centres, received his OBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace on Friday 18 May. He was given the award in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in recognition of his services to the horticultural industry and to charity...
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Bord na Móna to keep Myeloma garden blooming bright
Bord na Móna Growise will continue its support of the Myeloma UK charity, as its show garden from Chelsea moves to a new home at the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted...
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Nursery joins forces with TV gardener and charity
Horticultural nursery Johnsons of Whixley has joined forces with TV’s ‘off-grid’ gardener Chris Myers to create a garden for the upcoming Chatsworth Flower Show, while rallying support for a Yorkshire Dales preservation charity...
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If 47% of gardeners want to do less weeding, what about the rest?
What should we read into a report that tells us 47% of gardeners would like to spend less time weeding their gardens and 28% of people want to spend less time weeding their driveways...?
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Johnsons Lawn Seed’s World Cup tip for retailers
DLF, parent company of Johnsons Lawn Seed, is the chosen lawn seed supplier for eight out of 12 stadiums for this year’s World Cup in Russia...
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GTN Xtra and GDPR
With all the e-mails floating around regarding GDPR, at GTN Xtra, we would like to assure you that our Data Processing policies remain the same in that we actively mange the security of data we hold and that we never share data with any third party unless prior permission has been granted...
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DecoPak enjoys the Chelsea effect
Deco-Pak says sales of its Chelsea Garden range showed a year-to-date increase of 15% in the week of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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Increased pest activity leads to surge on ant and slug products
The warmer and moist conditions have resulted in an increase in ant activitiy and as a result the highest climber in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Product chart is Vitax Nippon Ant Powder (300g plus 33% Free), jumping 33 places to No 17...
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Tomato planter is a bestseller
The Westland Tomato Planter (60 litres) was the highest re-entry into the Growing Media chart, returning to the Top 50 in 23rd spot...
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Wild Bird Care sales still holding up well
There’s still a demand for Wild Bird Care products with volume sales up by 5% on the previous week...
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Floramedia UK Account Manager Team goes from strength to strength
With the recent appointment of Andy Dyer who joins as Account Manager for the South and South West and Lawrence Smith, who joined as Sales Executive in August 2017, Floramedia UK continues to strengthen its sales team...
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Perennial and Scotland’s Gardens Scheme partnership continues to flourish as Gardening Scotland opens doors
Garden owners in Scotland helped raise an incredible £42,000 for Perennial in 2017 through Scotland’s Gardens Scheme...
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Johnsons launches new Growing Kit for All Year Round Microgreens and Sprouting Seeds
A new addition to the popular Microgreens range of seeds and kits, Johnsons has introduced its Microgreens Kitchen Seed Sprouter (RRP £11.99) - a convenient and economical way to produce fresh and tasty sprouts and microgreens all year round...
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Greener, safer gardening with ecofective®
Many people are concerned about the safety of their children or pets when they use garden care products such as pesticides, plant food or cleaners. However, the ecofective® range from Sipcam, one of the world’s leading plant technology companies, offers unrivalled peace of mind, thanks to its new series of ‘Child and Pet Safe’ products...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
26th June is Deadline for initial Wyevale Garden Centre offers
Christie & Co, the agents handling the sale of 145 Wyevale Garden Centres have told GTN Xtra the deadline for first round bids is 26th June 2018...
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Homebase sold for £1.00 - "...one of the great all time disasters"
John Colley of the Warwick Business School in Australia said at the weekend: "This is one of the great all time disasters in the M&A world and it is against some very stiff competition. Both the strategy and the execution were disasters...”
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New owners for Stansted Park Garden Centre
Stanstead Park Garden Centre, formerley part of the Home & Garden Group, has been acquired by Paul Richards and Tim Mason and will be run under the Your Local Garden Centre brand, as a sister centre to Mappleborough Green Garden Centre...
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Garden Centres in a much better place than DIY
As B&Q announced sales down by 9% for the first quarter, and Wesfarmers sell off Homebase for £1 after dreadful sales performances, garden centres across the UK are faring much better because of their core product line – plants...
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