In This Issue
Shake-up at the top of Dobbies but Nicholas Marshall stays
Global giant Venanpri Tools acquires Burgon & Ball
Jobs at risk at Wyevale Garden Centres following ‘challenging trading conditions’
GTN's Greatest Christmas Team Winners to be announced during Glee@Spring Fair
Ivyline and Greenfingers, anyone for tea?
It was a challenging Christmas, say UK garden centres
Record breaking growth for Farplants’ Christmas offering
Further growth for Tildenet with Fleximas acquisition
Sign up to a Garden Re-Leaf Day challenge
Top 20 Christmas Products for 2017 revealed
Former England rugby player to speak at GCA conference
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Discover the benefit of plants and gardening in 2018, urges HTA
Retail Sales Director appointed by Quantil
Fabulous free activities at Squire’s Pet Weekend
New chairman of Growing Media Europe
Gardenex secures funding for major trade exhibitions
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Shake-up at the top of Dobbies but Nicholas Marshall stays

 

Rumours circulating in the garden industry today that Nicholas Marshall had left his job as CEO of Dobbies have proved be unfounded although two of his senior team – Lorrie Robertson and Andrew West – have left the company. Commuting to Edinburgh has been given as the reason for their decision to leave.

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Global giant Venanpri Tools acquires Burgon & Ball

 

Venanpri Tools, the Hand Tools division of Venanpri Group and owner of the Bellota and Corona brands, announced yesterday (Thursday) it has acquired Burgon & Ball Limited. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed...

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Jobs at risk at Wyevale Garden Centres following ‘challenging trading conditions’
 

Wyevale Garden Centres have revealed that challenging trading conditions have forced them to review their structure at head office with the risk of job losses...

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GTN's Greatest Christmas Team Winners to be announced during Glee@Spring Fair

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The votes are being counted and the judges meeting to decide who will be the winners in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards, sponsored by Gardman, ready for the announcement and presentation of awards at a special Greatest Awards Winners Breakfast Reception on Tuesday 6th February in Hall 3 as part of Glee@Spring Fair...

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Ivyline and Greenfingers, anyone for tea?

 

Leading indoor pot suppliers Ivyline have announced their first tie-up with the garden Industry charity Greenfingers. They are donating 25p from all sales of the Happiness Teacups to the charity...

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It was a challenging Christmas, say UK garden centres
Christmas 2017 feedback from Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Bents, Brechin Castle, Chessington, Fresh @ Burcot, Fron Goch, Gates, Haskins, Langlands, Perrywood, Poplars, Silverbirch and Squires.

  

 

UK garden centres have experienced a challenging Christmas trading period, according to a survey carried out by GTN Xtra, with the wintry weather making life difficult in some areas of the country...

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Record breaking growth for Farplants’ Christmas offering
 

Farplants’ 2017 Christmas campaign has seen a 68% increase in sales over November and December. The West Sussex plant wholesaler introduced 11 new ranges this year, which includes for the first time, pot grown Christmas trees...

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Further growth for Tildenet with Fleximas acquisition
 

Tildenet has announced it has acquired the specialist textiles and netting supplier Fleximas. As a long established, family run company, the Fleximas ethos mirrors that of Tildenet, with great service and customer care at the forefront of the business...

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Sign up to a Garden Re-Leaf Day challenge
 

Each year we endeavour to be better, eat better and exercise better. Make this the year you succeed by signing up to one of the Garden Re-Leaf challenges to raise money for Greenfingers Charity...

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Top 20 Christmas Products for 2017 revealed

 

GTN Bestsellers, the UK's weekly report of garden centre sales, has spent the Festive period analysing all the weekly EPOS data supplied by garden centres to create the Top 20 and Top 100 Christmas Products charts for the 2017 season...

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