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Dobbies states net loss of £5.2m after reporting pre tax loss of £130.8m
Dobbies Garden Centres has revealed that the group had experienced extremely difficult trading conditions during its last financial accounting period, sustaining a net loss of £5.2m after reporting a pre-tax loss of £130.8m. It blamed unseasonal weather in the peak Spring/Summer period, which was exacerbated by macro-economic head winds stemming from the war in Ukraine, inflation, and the cost-of-living crisis...
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Now is not the time to rest regarding EPR for packaging
GTN Xtra Promotion
Ecoveritas has warned the horticulture sector not to be caught off-guard when completing packaging data submissions in the new year...
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SALES AGENTS REQUIRED – FIRMANS
AREA: UK, (North West, North East, Midlands, South West).
Firmans are looking for experienced sales agents to help promote the growth and expansion of their brand to garden centres and independent retailers across the UK.
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GCA announces 2023 Christmas display winners - See GTN's photos of the winning displays
 
Castle Gardens (Garden Centre category) and Garsons Garden Centre Esher (Destination Garden Centre) have been announced as the national winners of the Garden Centre Association’s Gisela Graham-sponsored annual Christmas competition for 2023...
See full GCA Christmas Results and a selection of GTN's photos of Christmas at Garsons Esher and Castle Gardens
Watch Glee TV video where the future of the show and the new 2024 date are discussed
GTN director and editor Trevor Pfeiffer sat down with Glee event director Matthew Mein and garden industry advisor Boyd Douglas-Davies to discuss the key reasons why Glee's date is moving to 10–12 September 2024...
CLICK HERE TO WATCH GLEE TV VIDEO
Greenfingers creates Operations Director post
As Greenfingers approaches its Silver Anniversary, and 75th garden, the charity has created a new full-time Director of Operations role to ensure that gardens continue to be delivered and also to roll out its Garden Re-fresh programme...
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Stars for Europe celebrates Poinsettia Day today
On Poinsettia Day, the experts at Stars for Europe take look at how this nostalgic festive favourite has become a modern classic...
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Over £30,000 raised at Greenfingers Charity Dinner
More than £30,000 was raised for Greenfingers Charity as 138 guests descended upon the Grade II-listed Pendley Manor Hotel in Tring for a special dinner in aid of the children’s hospice garden charity...
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Westland adds growing media to Westland Live platform
Westland Horticulture, home to brands such as New Horizon, Boost, Resolva, Peckish, and Kent & Stowe, has added its growing media category to Westland Live, giving its customers a one-stop shop for its brands and products...
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GCA members to compete for Worrall Cup
Members of the Garden Centre Association are being invited to put their marketing and community campaigns to the test as part of the organisation’s annual Worrall Cup competition...
Pugh’s Garden Villages won the 2023 Worrall Cup.
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Wyevale Nurseries sponsor 2024 GCA Ruxley Rose award
Wyevale Nurseries has been unveiled as the sponsor for the Garden Centre Association’s annual Ruxley Rose Award. The garden centre with the best overall plantaria will be presented with the accolade at the GCA’s 2024 annual conference in January...
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Dobbies announces over 300 winners of tree campaign
Garden centre group is giving away free Christmas trees to nurseries and schools
Dobbies has announced over 300 nursery groups and local schools across the country who are set to receive a free real Christmas tree as part of its Not Your Average Community campaign, in partnership with sustainable tree grower Needlefresh...
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Henchman Ladders winter haul giveaway: Win over £1000 worth of premium gardening gear!
Henchman Ladders, one of the UK’s leading providers of high-quality garden equipment, is excited to announce its Winter Haul Giveaway that gives entrants the chance to win a bundle of essential gardening tools and accessories worth a whopping £1000!
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Sponsors line up prizes for the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Our team of judges have started the wonderful task of visiting the 100 garden centres who have been nominated for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2023. And our sponsors which include: AMES, Glee 2024, Kaemingk, LeisureGrow, NOMA , PATS 2024, Smart Garden Products, Solex 2024, Stars for Europe, Three Kings and Woodmansterne have been lining up prizes for the category winners...
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How big is Christmas for British Garden Centres?
With people now planning for Christmas months in advance to spread the cost, British Garden Centres' 62 stores are fully stocked and decorated. But how big is Christmas for the largest family-run garden centre group - we are proud to bring our Christmas in Numbers back by popular demand...
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Bradford garden centre group wins community award
Yorkshire Garden Centres, owner of Tong, Tingley, Bingley and Otley Garden Centres, won the Community category of the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards that recognise and reward businesses and the vital role they play in Yorkshire's economic success...
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Spring Fair announces #SBS Small Business Sunday winners
Spring Fair, which returns to the NEC Birmingham NEC from 4th – 7th February 2024, has announced 12 new winners of Theo Paphitis’s #SBS Small Business Sunday initiative who each receive a free stand...
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Feverfew Garden Company wins prestigious Scottish EDGE funding award
Since its launch in June 2020, Feverfew Garden Company has already witnessed great success in its first six months of business. This phenomenal growth shows no signs of abating as Feverfew has recently been awarded £10,000 of funding from Scottish EDGE, the UK’s biggest business funding competition...
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Christmas & Gift Fair bigger than ever!
Harrogate Christmas & Gift, which takes place at the Harrogate Convention Centre from 14th to 17th January 2024, promises a bumper show with eight halls filled almost to capacity, over 100 exhibitors and 25% bigger than 2023...
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GTN November 2023 - GIMA Awards Roll of Honour Issue
 In this issue:
- Customers join in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards
- Sponsors line up prizes for Christmas Awards winners
- Colourful moments of joy – Peckish new Ad campaign
- Choice Marketing Awards
- GIMA Awards 2023 Roll of Honour
- Cans with Class – GTN visits Haws
- Welcoming new talent – On Tour with Colegrave Seabrook Students
- Greenfingers gardens and Christmas jumpers
- The Power of environmental horticulture - HTA Conference
- Little Santa sure to be a winner - GTN Planteria
- Gift cards and hot coals - HTA Column
- Protect yourself against the unknown - GIMA Column
Read the issue on-line here
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Development of roles at Bransford Webbs
The Bransford Webbs Plant Company has announced several new appointments on the nursery following changes to the board earlier this year...
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Nine new gardens join RHS Partner Garden scheme for 2024
The private country retreat to Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the former home of the late composer Sir William Walton set on an Italian island, and a “rewilded” wildlife-friendly garden lovingly tended to by a Norfolk couple are among the new sites to join the Royal Horticultural Society’s celebrated Partner Gardens scheme...
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Registration is live for Source Home & Gift
Leading UK sourcing show, Source Home & Gift, will be returning to the NEC Birmingham from the 4-7th February 2024, and you can secure your ticket for free now. Registration is now live...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Business as usual for Garland Products following blaze
Garland Products confirmed that it suffered a serious fire in the smallest of three industrial units on The Pensnett Estate in Kingswinford in the early hours of Thursday (30th November). No one was injured in the incident...
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Miracle-Gro ends peat compost era after 22 years
Miracle-Gro has produced its final bag of peat-based compost, heralding a landmark moment in its peat-free journey. The pivotal move is the latest and most significant step Evergreen Garden Care has taken to boost Miracle-Gro’s sustainable practices in an act-now commitment to better ways of working...
Phil Harrison, UK Supply Chain & Operation Director, holds Evergreen Garden Care's last bag of peat compost.
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Notcutts surpasses 1.5 million charity donations
Notcutts has announced it has surpassed over 1.5 million micro-donations since partnering with the award-winning UK charity Pennies seven years ago. Collectively, these micro-donations add up to over £500,000 raised for their charity partners...
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Kesslers London ushers in a new era with Management Buyout from PFI Group
In a bold move that heralds the opening of the new chapter for Kesslers London and Proportion London, the company's leadership has successfully acquired the business from its former owners, PFI Group...
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Santa officially takes up residence at Hillmount
The Mayor of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, Councillor Andrew Gowan, has unlocked the door to Santa’s Grotto at Hillmount where Santa and his elves will reside until Christmas Eve.
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Garden centre for sale after 40 years of family ownership
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co and joint agent, Clark Weightman have been instructed to market Millstone Garden Centre in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. This well-established garden centre was originally established in 1989 by current owners, Tom and Joanna Rutherford and benefits from a loyal, local retail and trade customer base...
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