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Vacancy: Retail Development Manager – South West Covering Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
Landmark moment for Notcutts with complete transformation of original garden centre that started it all
Raising the Union Flag to celebrate the purchase of the freehold at Gates Woodlands Hinckley
GIMA Awards momentum builds as sponsorship opportunities and tickets near sell-out
Miracle-Gro and RHS celebrate shared vision with peat-free Snapdragon trials
Greenfingers Charity calls for runners to take on the 2027 London Landmarks Half Marathon
Botanically brilliant support from The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation
Mr Fothergill’s combat tough conditions at trial grounds
Greenfingers Charity celebrates over £32,000 Summer Ball success as 2027 event launches with Early Bird offer
Kilimanjaro, tribute to Andy Bunker, SOLEX review in GTN magazine July-August Issue
Glee 2026 Pre-Show Guide - Read on-line here
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
elho returns to Glee with retail-ready innovations and inspiring shopfloor concepts
Days left to enter Pitch Live at Autumn Fair
APL members’ impressive medal haul at summer shows
Vacancy: Retail Development Manager – South West Covering Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
Hillier announces new Senior Production Manager
BHETA to host webinar on smarter fleet management
RHS confirms 2027 shows including new festival for the South West
Celebrating American horticulture at 55th Fleuroselect Convention
Creative Retail Awards open vote to crown UK's most talked-about project
The best of last week's
David Domoney set to tour Blue Diamond garden centres
Golfers invited to swing into action for Greenfingers
Back in the mix: returning brands bring fresh investment to Glee 2026
Geofencing – Take Control of Mobile Clocking In and Out
Green Olive Firewood begins an exciting new chapter
Corby+Fellas partners with Springtime Nurseries
Who are The Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Teams in garden centres? Customer voting has now started, download posters, QR codes and voting forms now
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Vacancy: Retail Development Manager – South West Covering Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
 

Woodmansterne Publications is looking for a passionate, customer-focused Retail Development Manager who enjoys building strong relationships and helping our customers grow their businesses through excellent service and commercial insight.

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Who are The Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Teams in garden centres? Customer voting has now started, download posters, QR codes and voting forms now

Your customers will be the judges of Greatness

 

As customer service and customer satisfaction are the keys to the ongoing success of garden centre catering, especially during this difficult summer, the winners of The Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team awards will be decided by the number and quality of customer votes your teams receive before the closing date of September 1st 2026.

 

Your customers can vote online by scanning the QR codes below or you can get them to vote in store and then send completed voting forms to the GTN office for counting.

 

To get your customers voting, all you have to do is download the voting posters and voting forms from the links below and display them in your restaurant, coffee shop and Food Hall.  In the meantime you could be adding the voting links into your websites and social media pages.

GTN's Greatest Restaurant Team Awards Voting QR Code

 

GTN's Greatest Food Hall Team Awards Voting QR Code

 

 

Restaurant Team Poster - Download       Restaurant Team Voting Forms - Download

 

 

Food Hall Team Poster - Download        Food Hall Team Voting Forms - Download

 

Or, download all files from this Dropbox link

 

As well as overall Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards for different sizes of garden centre catering operations there will be regional awards too.  What better way to promote your Food & Drink offerings during the Autumn than with a GTN Greatest Awards win, especially as it will be thanks to your customers.

 

Customer voting is live now and runs until midnight on Tuesday 1st September, when the votes will be counted in readiness for the presentations at Glee.

 

Do you have The Greatest Tantalising Garden Centre Menu?

 

This year, we are looking for the garden centre team that has created the most Tantalising Menu to attract new customers and to keep regulars coming back for more.  if you believe your team currently have The Greatest Tantalising Garden Centre Menu then send a copy of the menu with a brief explanation as to the rationale and success of the menu to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk.

 

The menus will be judged by a panel of experts and the winners announced on the “Feed Your Business Stage” at Glee.

 

The deadline for menu entries is Tuesday 1st September. You could also send a short video too!

 

GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards are sponsored by Pleydell Smithyman and Glee.  Other sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact alan@pottingshedpress.co.uk for details.

 

 

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