In This Issue
HTA catering day serves up success for 250
Redundancy fears as TGCG undertake staffing review at Garden & Leisure centres
'The secret of great margins? Put a lot of veg on the plate...'
Cultivating business solutions together – Classiflora-Zelari 2014 Open Days
Charlie Dimmock revealed as new face of Planting Magic
Dragons' Den company launches Raised Bed Rescue campaign
Six products battle for orchid drip feeder sales
Prestopets has 35 years experience in the fishkeeping industry
How catering impacts on the bottom line
Bents smashed fundraising total with £17k donation
Garden centres get into the Valentine's Day spirit
Consumer confidence boost but will the weather be on side?
Newbridge Nurseries gets top national award
Jude Law, David Tennant and other stars present the Garden Re-Leaf Day quiz for 2014
Senior Buyer wanted by Greenfingers.com
Man breaks into Allwoods Nursery garden centre in Cheam but steals nothing
Tomato fever sets in already
Get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day with 'Loose Change'
Joe Awome appointed Sales Customer Support for Easitill
Good week for growing media sales...but let's not get carried away
Award nomination for HTA apprentice
Gardman initiative helps consumers migrate to no-net Fat Snax
New GIMA Member Popadome has a new solution to garden pest problem
Slugs and snails are the most 'detested' pests
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Situations Vacant
Senior Buyer wanted by Greenfingers.com
 

Having proven its economic model, Greenfingers.com is now looking to double the scale of its business in the next three years. Part of that expansion includes the recruitment of a Senior Buyer...
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Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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HTA catering day serves up success for 250


An attendance of more than 250 at this week’s HTA Catering Conference in Coventry proved how important catering now is to the garden centre industry...
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Redundancy fears as TGCG undertake staffing review at Garden & Leisure centres
 
The Garden Centre Group is undertaking an efficiency review of the management structure and staffing at its Garden & Leisure centres, and there are fears it could result in redundancies...
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'The secret of great margins? Put a lot of veg on the plate...'
An educational veg and fruit garden at Fairweathers in Hampshire supplies the re-branded restaurant and drives additional footfall...
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Cultivating business solutions together – Classiflora-Zelari 2014 Open Days
5th-6th March 2014, Heathfield Nurseries, Parklands, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 2AG.


Whether you’re seeking inspiration, education, motivation or simply a good day out, the Classiflora-Zelari 2014 open days on 5th-6th March 2014 will magically pull together those nagging items from your ’to do’ list and help you keep up with industry developments...




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Charlie Dimmock revealed as new face of Planting Magic
 
Charlie Dimmock has been announced as the new face of innovative new product, Gro-Sure Planting Magic. The gardening expert will star in a tongue-in-cheek TV advert, which will be on screens from April to May...
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Dragons' Den company launches Raised Bed Rescue campaign


WoodBlocX, the company that turned the humble raised bed into a garden must-have after appearing on Dragons' Den, is launching a nationwide campaign to help rejuvenate public gardens across the UK...
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Six products battle for orchid drip feeder sales
 
The battle for market share in the orchid drip feeder category has taken a new turn this week with the number of lines doubling to six in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart, compared to the same week last year...
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Prestopets has 35 years experience in the fishkeeping industry


Prestopets have been specialist importers and wholesalers of ornamental coldwater and tropical fish to the aquatic industry for 35 years...
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How catering impacts on the bottom line
 
Cafés at Colette & Tyson and Plantation garden centres have both seen impressive increases in turnover, margin and net profit since major re-vamps, the HTA Catering Conference heard...
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Bents smashed fundraising total with £17k donation


Bents Garden & Home smashed its fundraising target for 2013 by more than £4,500 to raise a staggering £17,023 for its charity of the year, The Christie, and allowing the organisation to buy a state-of-the-art Intensive Care Bed...
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Garden centres get into the Valentine's Day spirit
 
Garden centres embraced Valentine's Day in a big way with flowers and food prominent in stores. We've collected a number of images from centres around the country, including this one from Perrywood's Coffee Shop...
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Consumer confidence boost but will the weather be on side?
The garden industry is starting off 2014 on a much firmer footing than 2013 with end of the year sales volumes at garden centres 6% up. That's according to the latest HTA Market Update figures, which also revealed that December sales alone were 6% higher than the previous year, buoyed by a strong performance in Christmas ranges...
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Newbridge Nurseries gets top national award


Newbridge Nurseries in Horsham, West Sussex, has been declared as the country’s Most Improved Garden Centre 2013/2014 by the Garden Centre Association...
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Jude Law, David Tennant and other stars present the Garden Re-Leaf Day quiz for 2014
 
Hollywood star Jude Law and Dr Who actor David Tennant (pictured) have joined the growing list of household-name celebrities to support Garden Re-Leaf Day’s popular Gardening Quiz, by recording a round of questions. The brain-teasing audio quiz is available as a customer event opportunity to any garden centre taking part in the annual fund-raising day in March...
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