In This Issue
The Garden Centre Group loses four more top managers
Sissons joins Briers as Trading Director
Tesco and Dobbies unveil plans for first joint new build store in Scotland
Stax Trade Centres require Sales Representative for the North East
Welcome boost for garden centre sales volumes
Catering and Concessions: top priorities at The Garden Centre Group
GCA announces best regional planterias
New editor for Garden Trade News
What's for Lunch!? Hot Ideas for food and catering teams
Have you thought about…Creating a Destination?
Cabinet Minister visits Doff Portland to acknowledge its turnaround
Napoloen aims to double its UK barbecue sales
Pippa Greenwood and Stewart Garden help to get kids growing fruit and veg
Chilli Willies are 'hot' news for chilli growers
12 job losses as Lincs garden centre closes
Seasonal products starting to sell well
Christmas displays are a hit during school break
The planting of winter baskets boosts growing media sales
New starters join Westland Horiculture to develop its brands
Motivational speaker to give free talk to GCA members
NGGV Christmas card competition attracts thousands
Top ten trees to plant this autumn
Top tips on multi-channel marketing at HTA Seasonal Plants Focus 2013
A hit with the birds...
If you want to keep track of the Christmas Bestsellers…
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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The Garden Centre Group loses four more top managers

Four more senior members of the management team at The Garden Centre Group are to leave over the next few weeks, GTN understands. They include garden sundries buyer Tristan Sissons (see story below)...

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Sissons joins Briers as Trading Director
Tristan Sissons will be joining Briers as Trading Director at the beginning of January 2014. In his wide-ranging role Sissons will oversee brand building, new product development, the adoption of new sales channels and the company’s expansion into new export markets...
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Tesco and Dobbies unveil plans for first joint new build store in Scotland

Dobbies and Tesco have announced plans for a new co-joined development at Redwood Drive, East Kilbride. This will be their first joint new build store in Scotland where customers will be able to access both businesses through a single entrance...

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Stax Trade Centres require Sales Representative for the North East
 

Leading DIY and gardening wholesaler Stax Trade Centres are continuing to expand their delivered service to garden centres across the UK, and an opportunity now exists for an experienced Sales Representative to cover the North East region...

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Welcome boost for garden centre sales volumes


Halloween and the half-term school holiday has sent sales volumes back up to mid-June levels, according to GTN Bestsellers data. Combined with spectacular Christmas displays they helped to boost business at garden centres...
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Catering and Concessions: top priorities at The Garden Centre Group
 
Catering and concessions look set to attract more investment at The Garden Centre Group...
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GCA announces best regional planterias
The Garden Centre Association has announced the 11 regional winners in its 2013 Ruxley Rose planteria competition...

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New editor for Garden Trade News
 

Neil Pope has been appointed as editor of Garden Trade News as Mike Wyatt takes on the role of associate editor...

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What's for Lunch!? Hot Ideas for food and catering teams
The Lunch! trade show at the Islington Design Centre, the trade show offered plenty of good ideas and new products that could give garden centre coffee shops and restaurants that extra competitive edge...
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Have you thought about…Creating a Destination?
Top tips from the Catering Design Group


Great design has the potential to transform your restaurant into a destination, increasing your revenue, profit, footfall and spend per heard, together with driving loyalty...
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Cabinet Minister visits Doff Portland to acknowledge its turnaround



Nottingham-based firm Doff Portland – the UK’s leading manufacturer of insecticides, weed killers and garden care products – has undergone a major rebrand as part of its strategy to grow its share of the residential lawn and pest control market...

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Napoloen aims to double its UK barbecue sales

Napoleon UK has adopted a strategy designed to double sales of its barbecues here over the next two years.Ron McArthur, president of Napoleon’s owners, Wolf Steel, says Napoleon UK’s growing base of stockists with a record of rapid sales growth of both barbecues and the lucrative accessories market, makes this an achievable target...

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Pippa Greenwood and Stewart Garden help to get kids growing fruit and veg



Following a highly successful Stewart Garden Schools campaign this year, Pippa Greenwood has officially launched the scheme for 2013. The aim of the campaign is to get children across the UK growing their own fruit and vegetables...

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Chilli Willies are 'hot' news for chilli growers
 
Enthusiastic growers of hot chillies are now being enticed by a new phenomenon called Chilli Willies, which have attracted the attention of the world's media...
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