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Daro preview new products for 2020
GTN Xtra Promotion
With a newly refurbished showroom and a fresh 2020 product range, there's a feeling of new beginnings for rattan and cane furniture experts Daro...
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Dobbies preview their 2020 ranges for the National Press
Dobbies entertained the national and glossy magazine press in London last week as they launched their outdoor themes for 2020...
Read more and see GTNXtra's photos from the preview
Durstons show they're a 'Class Act'
GTN Xtra Promotion
A Class Act!....well that was the response to its new packaging worn by model Alice, at this year's GLEE trade show, but is only one of many reasons why Durston Garden Products, continues to celebrate its ongoing success and longevity.
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Are garden centres a panacea from election blues?
GTN Bestsellers Analysis
Garden centres appear to be the ideal place to get away from all that Election and Brexit “stuff” and a refuge away from the very wet weather...
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New £2m market-leading distribution centre takes centre stage at Kettler HQ
Leading outdoor living provider, Kettler has opened the doors to its brand new £2 million state-of-the-art facility in Redditch, reflecting the company’s market leading presence and demonstrating its long-term vision for sustained growth...
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Christmas gets personal – sales up by 26%
Despite the gloomy, very wet, weather of last week Christmas sales continued at a pace faster than all but one of the past six years...
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Two days to go until Cultivating Retail
Time is running out to book your place at this year’s Cultivating Retail event, taking place on Tuesday 19 November 2019 at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham...
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Zext 4 Leisure's MD honoured at business awards
Steve Morgan, Managing Director of Zest 4 Leisure, was presented with the Lord Barry Jones Legacy Award at the Flintshire Business Awards...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Casual Dining goes big with first Keynote announcement
Three of the biggest names in casual dining: James Spragg and Steve Holmes, the CEOs of Casual Dining Group (CDG) and Azzurri Group respectively, and David Campbell, executive chairman at Bill's Restaurants – are on the Keynote menu at Casual Dining 2020...
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Funding for commercial horticulture students thanks to Peter Seabrook & BPOA
Students of commercial horticulture can get £1,000 of funding through the British Protected Ornamentals Association – Peter Seabrook Bursary...
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Cyclamen outsell pansies by three to one
Plant sales were just about on parity week on week with last year, not a bad performance considering the continual wet weather...
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Growing media sales defy the weather
Growing Media sales last week defied the weather to be the highest for that week we’ve ever seen in the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data analysis...
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Harry starts Management Trainee Scheme
Harry Downes has this month started his two-year Management Trainee Scheme at Wyevale Nurseries...
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Pots sales uplift
Christmas footfall certainly looks to be benefitting Garden Products sales more than ever this year. Thirty-nine out of the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Garden products saw sales increases week on week with the Top 50 total up by a dazzling 70% on last year for the same week...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Christmas sales race ahead of last year
Christmas races ahead of last year, Bottle lights continue to be a No 1 Bestseller and Peat Free Growing Media continues to sell to serious gardeners like never before. These are the headlines from the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data analysis this week.
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The Flowerbowl Story - Guy Topping, Barton Grange Group
Guy Topping, Managing Director of the Barton Grange Group, will share with conference delegates what he's learned from turning a vision into a reality that's contributing to the environment, quality of life and the financial bottom line...
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FUNdraising dinner honours amazing Greenfingers supporters
Friends and supporters of Greenfingers Charity gathered for another night of celebrations and vital fundraising at the charity’s annual FUNdraising dinner...
Read more and see GTN Xtras photo gallery from the event
Deco-Pak’s Craig Hall remembers Greenfingers on his wedding day
It was a case of “something borrowed, something green” for Deco-Pak’s Craig Hall at his recent wedding as he and his new wife, Debbie, raised over £1,200 for Greenfingers Charity thanks to generous donations from guests and families....
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HTA says £30k salary threshold for overseas workers will inhibit expansion for growers
Growers are concerned that proposals around future foreign labour requirements will hinder the expansion of the ornamental horticulture sector...
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Best Family Business Award for Hillmount Ards
Garden lifestyle centre, Hillmount Ards, has been awarded 'Best Family Business' by Ards Chamber of Trade at the recent Ards Business Awards...
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Planet, People, Profit – three Ps of sustainability
These are the 'Three Ps' of sustainability in business that Dr David Bek from Coventry University will discuss in conversation with Boyd Douglas-Davies...
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
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