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Scotts-Solus brands aim to restore confidence in service levels
Has there been a 'Solus' effect on sales?
Wyevale's Christmas displays unveiled – first pictures!
How Wyevale branding will be used at garden centres
Record number of participants as Garden Re-Leaf Day 2014 total announced
Sword of Excellence gives Burgon & Ball a GIMA Awards treble
Cowell's, Armitage's Pennine, Burleydam and Barton Grange clinch GCA regional awards
Old Railway Line and Trelawney@Wadebridge win top GCA awards in Wales and West
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Scotts-Solus brands aim to restore confidence in service levels
The immediate focus of the Scotts-Solus brands is on providing great levels of service to their customers, Martin Breddy, Vice President and General Manager of The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd, has revealed to GTN Xtra...
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Has there been a 'Solus' effect on sales?


It has been a funny old year doing the GTN Bestsellers charts every week. For once the weather has been much more helpful, but now that the uncertainty regarding the future of Solus has been resolved, we can sit back and ask: What has been the effect on volume sales?
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Wyevale's Christmas displays unveiled – first pictures!


Wyevale's Garden Centres unveiled their Christmas displays at a special event in London on Thursday, the same day the company changed its name from The Garden Centre Group. GTN Xtra were there to bring you the first pictures of the festive features created for Wyevale's 140 stores...
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How Wyevale branding will be used at garden centres


The Garden Centre Group announced on Thursday it was being renamed as Wyevale Garden Centres, and now GTN Xtra has discovered how the company's 140 centres will use the new brand...
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Record number of participants as Garden Re-Leaf Day 2014 total announced
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2014, the UK’s biggest garden retail charity event in support of Children’s hospice garden charity, Greenfingers, was hailed a success by the organisers and participants in attendance at the GIMA Awards.  Over 230 garden centres, suppliers and industry supporters, driven by A-list celebrities and TV gardening experts, all helped to raise more than £60,000.



Garden ReLeaf Day's joint founder Boyd Douglas-Davies announces the total raised for Greenfinger's in the promotion's first three years, helped by masked 'David Tennant' (Spencer Goodall) and 'Patsy Palmer' (Carol Paris) two of the celebrity supporters of this year's event...
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Sword of Excellence gives Burgon & Ball a GIMA Awards treble


After winning two categories at the GIMA Awards, tools and equipment  suppliers Burgon & Ball sealed a triple triumph by taking the coveted GIMA Sword of Excellence last night...
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Cowell's, Armitage's Pennine, Burleydam and Barton Grange clinch GCA regional awards


The Garden Centre Association has revealed its winners for the North East and North West regions. Cowell’s was named Best Garden Centre and Armitage’s Pennine Garden Centre Best Destination Garden Centre in the North East. Burleydam scooped Best Garden Centre and Barton Grange Best Destination Garden Centre in the North West...
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Old Railway Line and Trelawney@Wadebridge win top GCA awards in Wales and West
  

The Old Railway Line Garden Centre in Wales was named Best Garden Centre and Trelawney@Wadebridge Garden Centre in Cornwall scooped Best Destination Garden Centre in the GCA awards for the Wales and West region at Hillier Garden Centre, Bath, on Thursday...
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