In This Issue
Greenfingers ‘Nest & Rest’ garden opens at Grace House, Sunderland
Sir Terry Leahy and Just Eat’s Chief Operating Officer headline Cultivating Retail Conference
Could there be a bumper Christmas on the way?
Bottle Lights lead chart for third week
GCA heads to Bristol for January conference
Haskins offers first glimpse of Snowhill redevelopment
Langlands turns pink for breast cancer charity
Selby centre's extension set to double turnover in 5 years
Squire's lays on welcome at Wokingham site bought from Wyevale
Sara to sleep out in aid of homeless charity
£17m turnover YouGarden completes MBO with Kester Capital
Zest 4 Leisure employees smash charity fundraising target
Aussie independent wants laws to curb power of big box stores
SunPatiens passes with flying colours in Westminster
GIMA expands autumn workshops schedule
France will take centre stage at IPM Essen 2020
West Yorkshire businesses collaborate for a fourth Christmas experience
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Millbrook founder joins charity's board of trustees
Record October in sight for Christmas sales
September offers no respite for online retailers as sales continue to slow
Wet ground holds back gardening activity
Wet September hit garden centre sales
Steady growth for winter bedding
Garden centres await news about Bonmarché concessions
The best of last week's
Christmas unveiled at Bents Garden & Home
Cultivation Street LAUNCHES Illumination Street
Bumper week for Christmas product sales
Harnessing the Power of Social at the HTA Marketing Forum
Christmas and indoor gardening beat the rain
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Greenfingers ‘Nest & Rest’ garden opens at Grace House, Sunderland

A new Greenfingers Charity therapeutic garden at Grace House, Sunderland was officially opened on Monday (21st October).  This inspiring new garden will provide a peaceful place for relaxation and enjoyment for the seriously ill children and their families that call Grace House ‘home’...

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Sir Terry Leahy and Just Eat’s Chief Operating Officer headline Cultivating Retail Conference

British businessman, Sir Terry Leahy, a shareholder of Dobbies, and Graham Corfield, Chief Operating Officer for Just Eat, are two of the high profile line up of speakers at the Cultivating Retail Conference, sponsored by Evergreen Garden Care, which takes place on 19 November 2019 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham.  Come and join your peers this Autumn at Cultivating Retail…

 

 

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Could there be a bumper Christmas on the way?

After four weeks of Christmas sales reporting the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Christmas Products index is showing sales values up by 9% year-to-date and at the highest level for any of the past five years. Could this herald a bumper Christmas sales season ahead?...

 

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Bottle Lights lead chart for third week

 

 

 

Creative Products Bottle Lights are really providing a boost for garden product sales, with sales volumes this week four time that of the No.2 best-selling line...

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GCA heads to Bristol for January conference

Bookings open this week for the Garden Centre Association’s 2020 Conference at the Mercure Grand Hotel in Bristol (Sun 26 – Wed 29 January). 2020...

 

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Haskins offers first glimpse of Snowhill redevelopment

Phase one of the redevelopment at Haskins’ Snowhill centre has been completed, including opening of a new temporary building from which the centre will trade until next spring's re-opening...

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Langlands turns pink for breast cancer charity

Staff at Langlands Garden Centre in Shiptonthorpe rallied together last week to support breast cancer charity Breast Cancer Now, raising over £1000 during the annual Wear It Pink day...

 

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Selby centre's extension set to double turnover in 5 years

Work has started on an extension to Selby Garden Centre in Yorkshire that will double its turnover over the next five years and return it to profitability...

 

 

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Squire's lays on welcome at Wokingham site bought from Wyevale

 

A welcome evening at Squire’s Garden Centre at Wokingham was attended by customers old and new, along with representatives from local councils and organisations..

 

Pictured (:left to right): Wendy Baron (Squire’s), Debbie Gray (Squire’s), Lynn Forbes (Wokingham Town Mayor), Sarah Squire (Squire’s chairman), Alana Andro (Squire’s) and Graham Carter (Squire’s manager).

 

 

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Sara to sleep out in aid of homeless charity

 

 

A Wyevale Nurseries employee will take part in a sleep out next month to raise money for a homeless charity.

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£17m turnover YouGarden completes MBO with Kester Capital

Lincolnshire based multi-channel garden retailer YouGarden, founded by entrepreneur Peter McDermott seven years ago, has completed an MBO....

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Zest 4 Leisure employees smash charity fundraising target

Employees of Zest 4 Leisure have raised more than £15,000 for Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith, the company’s chosen charity for 2019...

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Aussie independent wants laws to curb power of big box stores

 

The Australian Hardware Journal reports in its October issue that a small independent retailer has launched a campaign to get the government to legislate against what it considers to be unfair competition from big corporate rivals...

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SunPatiens passes with flying colours in Westminster

The politics in Westminster this summer may have been somewhat disappointing, but displays of Ball Colegrave’s SunPatiens have certainly been outstanding...

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GIMA expands autumn workshops schedule

GIMA’s Knowledge Exchange Workshop autumn schedule sees the return of negotiation skills and sales development planning sessions...

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France will take centre stage at IPM Essen 2020

The organisers of IPM ESSEN (28-31 January 2020) have announced that France is to be the show’s partner country for next year’s event...

 

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West Yorkshire businesses collaborate for a fourth Christmas experience

Tong Garden Centre near Bradford is collaborating with West Yorkshire business Sneaky Experience for its popular Christmas Grotto for the fourth year running...

 

 

 

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