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Wyevale Elm Court gets to continue as a garden centre

Wyevale Garden Centres have announced that it has secured the future of Elm Court as a garden centre. The existing landlord, Elm Court Garden Centre Limited will take over the operations and all colleagues at the site will transfer over.

 

The positive news follows the centre’s lease surrender in July 2019. In the time since, WGC has continued operating the centre under a license agreement and worked closely with the landlord to facilitate a positive outcome for the site.

 

Anthony Jones, COO of Wyevale Garden Centres said: "We are delighted with the outcome at Elm Court Garden Centre and I am pleased to confirm that 30 Wyevale Garden Centre colleagues will transfer across to the new management. I would like to thank Chaz and the team at Elm Court Garden Centre Limited as well as the centre colleagues for their hard work and wish everyone at Elm Court the very best for the future.”

 

Wyevale Garden Centres have also published a list of "Estimated last trading day as Wyevale Garden Centres" on the wyevalegardencentres.co.uk website:

 

What will happen to my local Wyevale Garden Centre

You may have heard that we have announced that all Wyevale Garden Centres will be sold.  We want to ensure you know what is happening with your local centre. Below is a list of all centres still open, showing the estimated date for their last trading date as a Wyevale Garden Centre. We look forward to welcoming you in to centre before these dates and don’t miss out on our sale bargains.

Centre Name New owners Estimated last trading day as Wyevale Garden Centres
Birchencliffe British Garden Centres TBC
Braintree British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Bridgemere Blue Diamond Garden Centres 16-Sep-19
Brockworth British Garden Centres 01-Oct-19
Canterbury Chartham Blue Diamond Garden Centres 17-Sep-19
Carmarthen British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Chilton British Garden Centres 24-Sep-19
Chipperfield British Garden Centres 26-Sep-19
Crawley British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Elm Court Elm Court Garden Centre Ltd Late September
Enfield British Garden Centres 26-Sep-19
Harrow British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Hereford Blue Diamond Garden Centres 16-Sep-19
Hitchin British Garden Centres 24-Sep-19
John Browns Hilliers Nurseries Ltd 23-Sep-19
Lewes British Garden Centres 24-Sep-19
Lower Morden Blue Diamond Garden Centres 16-Sep-19
Ongar British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Osterley British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Paddock Wood British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Par Maidenhead Aquatics 23-Sep-19
Playhatch British Garden Centres 25-Sep-19
Pulborough British Garden Centres 25-Sep-19
Rake Blue Diamond Garden Centres 17-Sep-19
Ramsgate British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Sprowston British Garden Centres 01-Oct-19
Stanway British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Stevenage British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Swindon Hay Lane Studley Grange Limited 26-Sep-19
Tring British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Tunbridge Wells Blue Diamond Garden Centres 17-Sep-19
Upminster British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Wimborne British Garden Centres Late Sept / early Oct
Windsor British Garden Centres 26-Sep-19
Winnersh British Garden Centres 26-Sep-19
Worcester Blue Diamond Garden Centres 17-Sep-19
     
     
Centre Name Date of centre closure  
Rayleigh 22-Sep-19  
Potters Bar 22-Sep-19  
Syon Park 22-Sep-19  
Thatcham 22-Sep-19
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