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Smart, Kaemingk and Allensmore are Choice Marketing Suppliers of the Year
Last week saw the return of Choice Marketing’s annual conference and trade show. The two day event brought together Choice members from over 40 independent garden centres across the country for what was described as “the perfect mix of supplier presentations, networking opportunities, and entertainment” combined with a trade show with over 90 trade exhibitors from the garden, leisure and gift sectors...
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Fuel crisis hits garden centre sales
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis
Fuel problems kept many customers at home last week as garden centre sales dipped below the levels of the past four years for the first time since mid-May...
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Notcutts resume redevelopment programme after 2020/21 pause
Following a year of uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Notcutts has now resumed their programme of garden centre improvements and redevelopments. The 2020/21 financial year ending in February saw Notcutts Group Ltd make capital improvements of just £835k, which was largely for completion works on restaurant projects in Ditchling (East Sussex) and Woodbridge (Suffolk), compared to £9.2m in the previous year...
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Squire's Twickenham seeks Plant Area Manager
A once in a career opportunity has arisen to join Squire's flagship garden centre at Twickenham. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing the outdoor plant department...
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Are you an amazing garden project manager looking for a new challenge? Greenfingers wants to hear from you!
With ambitious plans to create more gardens in children's hospices and provide ongoing maintenance to support to the hospices it works with, Greenfingers Charity has an exciting part-time opportunity to join its team...
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It’s a sell out for the 40th annual GIMA Awards
The hotly anticipated GIMA Awards (11th November, Celtic Manor Resort) are set to be a huge celebratory event, especially as it is now officially sold out! Manufacturers and suppliers from across the garden retail sector have been quick to snap up their place at the 40th-anniversary event, with many of them hoping to walk away with one of the coveted awards...
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Key industry achievements during an unpredictable year
The Annual General Meeting of the Horticultural Trades Association, which took place virtually on Thursday, heard how the horticulture industry has continued to adjust and adapt to the long-term impact of the pandemic and the effect of Brexit...
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Weber opens new European centre in Poland
Weber Barbecues, the world leaders in outdoor cooking innovation, technology, and products, has opened its European-based manufacturing and distribution hub, helping to streamline UK production capacity and reduce environmental footprint from transportation...
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Plant sales hit by fuel shortages
Plant sales were badly hit last week with customers not using their cars due to the fuel situation across the country. As a result September plant sales were 17% down on 2020 but 17% up on 2019...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
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Skinner's launches Get Out & Go!
Celebrating its 50th year of feeding the nation’s canine companions, heritage dog food brand Skinner’s has combined their reputation with their love for dogs to create the new range Get Out & Go!
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Roger Smalley, Smalley House & Garden Plants, has died
News has reached GTN Xtra of the passing of Roger Smalley, Smalley House & Garden Plants, last week...
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Panic buying of pot feet
Those who did venture out to garden centres last week appear to have been panic buying pot feet with products filling the No 1, No 5 and No 10 spots in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Chart...
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Slow start for Christmas in September
September Christmas sales in the GTN Bestselers Eops data and Top 50 Christmas Products chart have been slower than the previous two years...
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Autumn growing up by 28%
Growing media sales, as reported in the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data from garden centres, for September were 28% up on 2019 levels despite a big drop off last week due to the fuel situation...
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HTA’s grower committee calls for action on labour shortages and post-Brexit trade controls
The Seasonal Workers Pilot should be extended in the short term to the ornamental sector to help with seasonal labour recruitment...
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Onion sets save the day
Later than usual sales of onion sets, garlic and shallots were the reason Veg-2-Gro was the only GTN Chart, apart from Christmas, to show growth last week...
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BBC’s Tom Heap attends climate-change event
Peterborough based charity, RECOUP, brings brands, retailers, recyclers, Local Authorities, and Waste Management companies together for the first time in 2 years to discuss climate change and net zero aspirations in relation to plastics recycling.
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Wild bird care suffers from drop in footfall
September 2021 wasn’t a great month for Wild Bird Care sales, exacerbated by the lack of footfall due to the petrol shortages...
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RHS celebrates 2021’s community gardening superstars
The new virtual competition was introduced this year when the charity’s annual RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals had to be postponed...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Martin Stewart leads industry tributes at Memorial Service for Eddie Topping
The warmth of Martin Stewart’s tribute to Eddie Topping at the service celebrating the founder of the Barton Grange Group’s life was a moving testimony to the deep affection in which Eddie was held throughout the garden industry...
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Peter Seabrook is NOT panic buying at Meadow Croft Garden Centre...
Amid all the media hype about fuel shortages, empty supermarket shelves and a shortage of labour in so many sectors of industry the GTNXtra news hound recalls mention of a shortage of Pigs in Blankets this Christmas...
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MD Brett Avery to leave Farplants for new sector
After five years as Managing Director of Farplants, Brett Avery will be leaving at the end of the year to join UK soft fruit grower, Hall Hunter Partnership, as MD...
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Perrywood's Hannah Powell publishes new book
Hannah Powell from Perrywood Garden Centre has published a new book to highlight how plants and nature can aid recovery from depression and illness. It's called The Cactus Surgeon: Using Nature to Fix A Faulty Brain...
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Glee success for Woodlodge as garden industry reunites
Woodlodge is celebrating its return to Glee with its order books full and a new accolade under its belt as the garden retail industry returned to trade events this month...
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