GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 33 2014

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More Solus jobs to go as Edinburgh depot closure is announced

'Green Heart of Glee' set to be huge success

It’s been an average May for sales in garden centres

Record-breaking GIMA Golf Day raises cash for Greenfingers and Thrive

SOLEX lay on free buses for GTN's Greatest Awards dinner

Funeral of garden centre pioneer Chris Self

Major development at Percy Thrower centre gets under way

Top cycle fundraiser forms a Hampshire team for Macmillan Ride

How to engage with the wonder of plants...

Cuprinol want to cheer up British beer gardens

Karting challenge organised by STAX raises £3,000 for charity

Seed company helps school's grow-your-own picnic plan

Johnsons launch 'border in a box' concept

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Expansion at J&E Importers creates new National Account Manager roles

Damp conditions attract the slugs and boost pest products

Help birds feed the family this summer

Gardeners Kitchen report healthy runner bean sales

Top soil and bark proving popular

GIMA Awards: You’ve Got To Be In It to Win It!

Russell Kane to host GIMA Awards

Gardman back Ernest Charles launch with £19.99 giveaway

Kyle wins Peter Williamson Travel Award

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More Solus jobs to go as Edinburgh depot closure is announced

Four more Solus employees are likely to lose their jobs following news from the administrators that the Edinburgh depot is to close...

'Green Heart of Glee' set to be huge success

Twelve companies have already signed up for 'Green Heart of Glee' in September...and that's in only the first week of selling the exhibition's newest attraction. It's expected that the feature will be home to more than 40 growers at the NEC...

It’s been an average May for sales in garden centres

Sales figures for the last week of the month, as supplied from Epos systems to GTN Bestsellers, indicate that while volumes of items sold are down on last May, they are not far off the average May sales totals for the past six years...

Record-breaking GIMA Golf Day raises cash for Greenfingers and Thrive

A record number of 24 teams braved the rain to take part in the GIMA Golf Day at Telford Hotel & Golf Resort on Wednesday to raise money for Greenfingers and Thrive. The winners were Haws (above), who raceived the trophy from guest of honour, ex-professional footballer Duncan McKenzie (far left of picture)...

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SOLEX lay on free buses for GTN's Greatest Awards dinner

SOLEX are to provide FREE buses from eight hotels around the NEC for GTN Greatest Awards dinner on 7 July...

Funeral of garden centre pioneer Chris Self

The funeral of garden centre pioneer Chris Self, chairman of Whitehall Garden Centres, who died last month aged 76, took place on Thursday...

Major development at Percy Thrower centre gets under way

Percy Thrower's daughter cut the first sod this week on the site of The Garden Centre Group's multi-million redevelopment of her late father's garden centre at Shrewsbury...

Top cycle fundraiser forms a Hampshire team for Macmillan Ride

Haskins Garden Centre manager Matt Hill, from Worcester, will attempt to beat his own fundraising record of £1,500 when his team takes part in the 26th Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride in July...

How to engage with the wonder of plants...

Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins will explore the importance of engaging people with the wonder of plants during his seminar at the HTA National Plant Show...

Cuprinol want to cheer up British beer gardens

The popular Cuprinol brand gets a lift this summer from a campaign to support beer gardens at British pubs...

Tom Peake, director of The Avalon pub in his jazzed up beer garden.

Karting challenge organised by STAX raises £3,000 for charity

A karting challenge in Warrington last weekend, organised by Stax Trade Centres joint managing director David Hibbert, helped raise £3,000 for the Rainy Day Trust...

Seed company helps school's grow-your-own picnic plan

Mr Fothergill's Seeds have donated seeds and plants to help a Cambridgeshire school's gardening club to lay on 'home-grown' lunches and a strawberry picnic for parents...

Johnsons launch 'border in a box' concept

A brand new 'border in a box' concept is one of the highlights of Johnsons retail seed offer for the 2014/15 season...

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Expansion at J&E Importers creates new National Account Manager roles

Based on a solid foundation of over 25 years in the making, J&E importers is now developing its operation with a view to expanding the range of products on offer and to increase its distribution channel both in the UK and Europe...

Damp conditions attract the slugs and boost pest products

The biggest movers in this week’s GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart are slug-related as the wet weather causes this common pest to become hyper active. Neudorff Sluggo Slug & Snail Killer (800g) is a new entry to the Top 50...

Help birds feed the family this summer

Despite a commonly-held view that wild birds only need help finding food during winter months, the RSPB is urging people to put out food this summer too...

Gardeners Kitchen report healthy runner bean sales

Gardeners Kitchen, who return to No 1 spot with the highest new entry in Runner Bean Enorma, are reporting impressive sales of their young plants so far this year.

Top soil and bark proving popular

Vital Earth Top Soil (25 litres) and Arthur Bowers Landscape Bark (100 litres) have both seen good sales during a period when overall GTN Bestsellers growing media volumes are down on the previous week’s levels.

GIMA Awards: You’ve Got To Be In It to Win It!

There’s less than two weeks before the deadline for entries to this year’s GIMA awards, so if you want your products to be considered then get your entries in now before it’s too late...

Russell Kane to host GIMA Awards

Comedian Russell Kane, winner of the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award, will be the celebrity host of this year’s GIMA Awards.

Gardman back Ernest Charles launch with £19.99 giveaway

Gardman are giving away a £19.99 bag of sunflower seeds with every top-end Ernest Charles bird table purchase in a launch promotiion...

Kyle wins Peter Williamson Travel Award

Kyle Ross from Pershore College has been presented with Wyevale Nurseries’ Peter Williamson Travel Award, which earns him a practical placement at a nursery in the Netherlands...

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