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"The Best Glee for Years" - Retailers verdict on this years show
Great response to Gold Leaf Gloves' new RHS Collection
Area Sales Manager wanted by History and Heraldry Group
Strong results posted by Notcutts for 2016/17 year
Owners of garden centre face £21,000 bill after selling 'dangerous' items
Adam hands over to Adam at the HTA
Hozelock have sold over 100 million hose connectors
Challenging year for growing media producers
GTN's Greatest Plant Retailing Awards presented at Glee
Barrus celebrates its 100-year anniversary
Glee 2018 relocates to NEC Halls 6, 7, 8, 19-20
Glee 2017 hailed as a great success by organisers
Retail Lab @ Glee is here to stay
Glee New Product Awards winners celebrate
Clean sweep of Glee New Product Awards for I-Glo
Glee Buyers Power List 2017: the winners
JAVADO win Best Plant Display Award
BBC Breakfast broadcasts live from Glee
Woodlodge sky dive for Greenfingers today
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Writtle University College graduates celebrate their achievements
Darlac’s new Collections Range hailed a success
Dressed as a bag of compost, Lucy gets noticed at Glee
Pure Green: October Houseplants of the Month
National Trust wildlife products launched at Glee
Mexican Day at Squire’s raises money for Princess Alice Hospice
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"The Best Glee for Years" - Retailers verdict on this years show
Another Glee is over. While at the NEC there was such a positive vibe around the show this year.  But in the cold light of day what did the retailer visitors reflect on Glee 2017?  Here is our initial feedback from Altons, Barton Grange, Caulders, Fron Goch (pictured right), Hillview, Notcutts, Scotsdales and Fresh@Burcot Garden Centres...
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Great response to Gold Leaf Gloves' new RHS Collection
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The owners of Gold Leaf Gardening Gloves were overwhelmed by the response to their new RHS Collection which won Best New Product in the Home, Gift and Clothing Products category at Glee...



Owners Peter and Kelly Cooney with their Glee New Product Award.
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Area Sales Manager wanted by History and Heraldry Group
 
The History and Heraldry Group are recruiting an Area Sales Manager for the Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hants region. A competitive basic salary plus car/allowance is being offered...
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Strong results posted by Notcutts for 2016/17 year
Notcutts have recorded another strong performance with sales up 5.3% to £71.3m and operating profit up 57.7% in the year ending February 2017. Profit before tax increased 114% to £6.61m...



The Notcutts Garden at Norwich.
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Owners of garden centre face £21,000 bill after selling 'dangerous' items


The owners of a Hornsea Garden Centre have been fined for selling items which "posed a serious fire risk" to customers...
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Adam hands over to Adam at the HTA
 
Adam Taylor from Taylors Bulbs was elected as President of the HTA at the Association’s AGM which took place at Glee...
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Hozelock have sold over 100 million hose connectors
Britain’s leading watering experts launches new Classic Hose Connector


Hozelock – Britain’s leading watering experts – have sold over 100 million hose connectors since the original launched in 1989...
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Challenging year for growing media producers
 
Rising costs and a poor harvest have created challenging trading conditions for growing media manufacturers in 2017, according to the Growing Media Association...
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GTN's Greatest Plant Retailing Awards presented at Glee


GTN's Greatest Plant Retailing Awards were presented on the second day of Glee...
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Barrus celebrates its 100-year anniversary
 
E. P. Barrus Ltd marks its official 100-year birthday on Monday (September 18). It all began in 1917 when Ernest Prouty Barrus set up a company in the UK to supply Starrett precision tools including micrometers and measuring equipment and distribute them throughout Europe...
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Glee 2018 relocates to NEC Halls 6, 7, 8, 19-20

Next year, Glee will be relocating to NEC Halls 6,7,8, 19-20, providing the show with a much bigger footprint, and an even larger and more exciting exhibition...
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Glee 2017 hailed as a great success by organisers
 
Glee show director Matthew Mein summed up the mood of exhibitors and visitors after the three-day exhibition when he described it as being a "great success with a great buzz"...
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Retail Lab @ Glee is here to stay


The Retail Lab @ Glee may be the exhibition’s newest feature, but the industry response has meant that the interactive trend hub is certainly here to stay...
See picture tour of The Retail Lab @ Glee
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Glee New Product Awards winners celebrate

Ten ground-breaking new garden products have been confirmed as the winners of the coveted Glee New Product Awards 2017...
A full list of the winners
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Clean sweep of Glee New Product Awards for I-Glo
 
I-Glo, the revolutionary glow all night product, won the Glee Retailers Choice Award to gain a clean sweep of four Glee New Product Awards for 2017...
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Glee Buyers Power List 2017: the winners


The winners of the 2017 Glee Buyers Power List were announced by GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer during an exciting awards ceremony within Glee’s buzzing hub: Seminar Theatre.
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JAVADO win Best Plant Display Award
 
JAVADO were presented with the Best Plants Display today at Glee 2017...
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BBC Breakfast broadcasts live from Glee
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Glee was under the spotlight in a live broadcast fronted by Steph McGovern on BBC’s Breakfast programme with GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer making two appearances to talk about new products at Glee...
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Woodlodge sky dive for Greenfingers today


Richard Newton and Abigail Stocker from Woodlodge Products will be taking to the skies later today to raise money for the Greenfingers Charity...
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