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Garden decorations are a hit, says GTN Bestsellers
Garden decorations and garden lighting from Fountasia and Smart Garden provided a welcome boost to garden product sales, according to GTN Bestsellers...
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Manure leads the way for growing media sales
Despite the colder weather core gardening activity was up last week as growing media sales beat last year by 7.8%...
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Are you ready for the Christmas rush?
With only 4 weeks left until Christmas garden centres now need to be getting very busy?
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New communications agency launches with gardening industry background
A new PR and communications agency has been launched by Holly Daulby, who has a wealth of experience in the horticultural, gardening and lifestyle sectors...
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SBM Life Science and E. P. Barrus join forces to offer new merchandising service
SBM Life Science and E. P. Barrus have announced a new joint merchandising partnership for the UK garden centre sector...
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Ferry Breugem joins Smiemans Projecten team
Smiemans Projecten, which develops and builds high-profile projects for commercial garden centres, has strengthen its team with the appointment of Ferry Breugem...
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Darlac appoints new agents
Darlac have announced the arrival of two more agents – Peter Balacki (pictured) to cover the South West and Chris Gage for Wales and the border counties.
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Dutch exports to UK fell in hot summer of 2018
Dutch exporters were among those who got burnt by the hot summer of 2018, says a survey conducted by the organisers of the IPM Essen trade show (22-25 January 2019)..
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Young Horticulturist of the Year contest launched
Young horticulturists are being encouraged to enter the 2019 Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition launched last week by the Chartered Institute of Horticulture...
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Keep the centre safe during winter weather
If you run a business or are responsible for employees, customers or visitors to a place of work, then you have a duty of care to keep sites safe during winter weather. Even if no injury has occurred as a result of slips or trips in icy conditions, bosses are still at risk of prosecution under the new stricter enforcement of Health & Safety Executive (HSE) regulations.
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Five more garden centres sold by Wyevale
Wyevale Garden Centres has today announced the sale of five more centres. A portfolio of four garden centres – Salisbury (above), West Parley, Fair Oak and Landford – have been sold to In-Excess UK Limited. Hereford Wellington centre has been sold to English Salvage Limited. Both buyers say they will continue to operate these sites as garden centres.
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Notcutts and Thurrock GC cancel reindeer over welfare worries
Notcutts group and Thurrock Garden Centre are among eight businesses who have cancelled plans for Christmas reindeer following video footage released by the Animal Aid charity...
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Winter is in the air. Will it spark a rush for Christmas?
Once again, the weather is causing sales anomalies for garden centres in 2018. While centres are all set for Christmas, customers have been basking in early November sunshine and the mild temperatures have been sending them into centres to buy more growing media and other gardening products than last year...
Read more and watch the Met Office forecast for next week
Personalisation now a key retail strategy says expert at HTA-GIMA event
Personalisation is today’s key retail strategy in a time of disruptive change, consumer shopper behaviouralist Ken Hughes told an audience of growers, retailers and suppliers at the new Cultivating Retail conference hosted by the HTA and GIMA...
Read more and see GTN Xtra's photos from the event
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