The departure of home and garden buyer Andrew West from The Garden Centre Group is believed to be the start of a series of top managers leaving the company.

The Garden Centre Group said it did not comment on HR matters within its business but GTN Xtra has not been able to get confirmation from any existing TGCG regional managers that have been offered or accepted new roles as part of the re-organisation.

Andrew West joined TGCG in 2009 from Wickes where he had been a senior category manager for nearly five years. He was among recruitsfrom ex-TGCG chief executive Nicholas Marshall's Country Gardens chain, when Marshall resumed control of the former Wyevale in 2009. Marshall left TGCG last year to be replaced by Kevin Bradshaw.