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Sales rise as Indian Summer gets the nation growing
Wyevale Garden Centres axes head office jobs in re-structuring
Glee 2016 is officially sold out!
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Value House to close Weymouth store following poor sales
Scotland and N.Ireland winners unveiled by GCA
GCA steps up search for new inspectors
Alton, Chessington and Fosseway collect Greatest Awards at spoga+gafa
Bramblecrest and Kadai, by Wilstone House are The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Suppliers of the Year
Slow start – but Highfield's summer turnover was 28% up
Bake Off audience watching longer Gardeners' World show? Not yet...
Garden Solutions in a box, masses of inspiration and a door stopper showstopper from Elho at spoga+gafa
Garden King chips in extra £1 in poppy feeder charity promotion
Former Gardman MD sets up new brand-building business
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Restaurant Manager
Garden Sundries Manager (West Sussex)
Garden Centre Plantarea Manager
Garden Centre Seasonal Manager, Christmas & Furniture
Seasonal Plant Area Manager
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Garden lighting sales continue to shine
Veg-2-Gro sales see pleasing uplift
Growing media sales continue to surprise
Charlie Lacey to take over as Decco COO
Huge increase in plant sales
Four Oaks Trade Show up for sale
Grange plans to stop manufacturing production at Telford
Hillview 5 years on and ready for further growth
Gardenstore former owners leave Hillview
New corporate ID for Smiemans
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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GTN's Greatest Awards 2016
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Butcher's shop adds prestige to Worcester centre's new food hall
Food-to-go industry prepares for lunch! 2016
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Restaurant Manager
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Plant Retailing Awards - June 22nd @ National Plant Show
Outdoor Living Awards - Sept  5th @ spoga+gafa
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Sales rise as Indian Summer gets the nation growing


The Indian Summer definitely got the nation back out into their gardens last week, and not just for entertaining. Growing Media sales (up by 35%), plant sales (up 17%), and lawn care and slug control lines also saw high sales increases...
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Wyevale Garden Centres axes head office jobs in re-structuring
Aim is to put more people back into consumer-facing roles




Around 15 head office jobs are likely to go at Wyevale Garden Centres in re-structuring designed to put more staff back into consumer-facing roles...
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Glee 2016 is officially sold out!


As the garden retail industry makes final preparations for attending or visiting Glee 2016 next week (Monday 12th – Wednesday 14th September, NEC Birmingham), the show’s organisers, i2i Events, has confirmed that the exhibition is now officially sold out!
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Value House to close Weymouth store following poor sales

Budget garden and home retailer Value House is to close its Weymouth store later this year, blaming falling sales and a difficult location. About 50 people will lose their jobs...

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Scotland and N.Ireland winners unveiled by GCA
The Garden Centre Association revealed its Scottish and Northern Irish regional winners at a presentation recently at Creative Gardens Galgorm Castle...



The team from Simpsons Garden Centre won Best Destination Garden Centre in Scotland.
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GCA steps up search for new inspectors
 
The GCA is stepping up its hunt for three new inspectors to help its members retain the very highest of standards in service and expertise. GCA Chief Executive, Iain Wylie said: “We wish to continue the good work carried out by our team of inspectors,"
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Alton, Chessington and Fosseway collect Greatest Awards at spoga+gafa
Bents, Hillmount, Van Hage Peterborough and Whitehall Lacock are also 2016 Award winners
  

Alton, Chessington and Fosseway Garden Centres collected their Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team awards at spoga+gafa on Monday...
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Bramblecrest and Kadai, by Wilstone House are The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Suppliers of the Year


Bramblecrest and Kadai, Wilstone House received the Gold and Silver Outdoor Leisure Supplier of the Year Awards at spoga+gafa on Monday...


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Slow start – but Highfield's summer turnover was 28% up







With the schools back and Christmas knocking at the door, Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire looks back on a summer that saw a 28% lift in turnover...

Left: Tim Greenway, MD at Highfield.

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Bake Off audience watching longer Gardeners' World show? Not yet...
The first of eight hour-long Gardeners' World TV programmes on BBC2 on 2 September pulled in 2.42 million viewers – similar to the previous week – and had a mixed reaction from critics and gardeners...



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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Butcher's shop adds prestige to Worcester centre's new food hall
The new Blake’s Food Hall at St Peter’s Garden Centre,Worcester, was officially opened at a launch party last week, with a Checketts butcher’s shop among its key attractions...

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Food-to-go industry prepares for lunch! 2016
With visitor pre-registrations tracking well ahead, and over 350 companies preparing to exhibit, this month’s lunch! trade show, taking place on 21-22 September at the Business Design Centre in London, is set for its biggest food-to-go showcase yet...
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Garden Solutions in a box, masses of inspiration and a door stopper showstopper from Elho at spoga+gafa
  

GTN Xtra has just returned from spoga+gafa and after walking miles, it really does live up to it's biggest garden trade show in the world reputation, we bring you our photo gallery to give you a flavour of what was on offer...
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Garden King chips in extra £1 in poppy feeder charity promotion

Derbyshire garden centre Garden King is donating an additional £1 per unit sold to The Royal British Legion from a promotional display on Gardman poppy feeders...



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Former Gardman MD sets up new brand-building business


Former Homebase and Gardman director Tim Stainton has set up a new company to develop retail brands and strategies...
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