Notcutts has completed the sale of its Cambridge site to family-owned garden centre chain, Scotsdales. Scotsdales took over ownership of the site from midnight on Monday 30th September and are planning to invest-in and develop the centre over the coming months.

“The sale of our Cambridge centre will be of mutual benefit for both staff and customers alike, as Scotsdales is dedicated to making the investment needed to develop the site and really maximise its full potential,” said Andrew Staff, Interim CEO at Notcutts.

“I’d like to take the time to thank all of the dedicated members of staff who have worked alongside us at the centre, some of whom have been with us for the past ten years since we took over ownership in 2003.
"Your hard work and loyalty has enabled us to provide outstanding service to customers in and around Horningsea and we wish you all the very best of luck for the future.”

Caroline Owen, Managing Director of Scotsdales, said: “We are very excited to be taking over at the Cambridge site in Horningsea and indeed to be inheriting such a bright and talented team of gardening experts into the Scotsdales family.

"We will work on integrating the Scotsdales branding into the centre over the coming months and look forward to building relationships with a brand new client base in and around the area.”

Meanwhile building works are well progressed at Notcutts Tunbridge Wells where a completely new, double the size, garden centre will open next spring.  The company are currently trading from a temporary structure which was built, stocked and merchandised in just over 2 weeks with sales impressively ahead of expectations.  With further store redevelopments planned the size of the group may be on the up too. 

Acting Notcutts CEO Andrew Staff told GTN Xtra: "We have been very open about acquisition being a key objective for the business at Notcutts this year. We currently have several conversations ongoing with regards to the acquisition of new centres and all being well, we hope to introduce new sites into the family by the end of the year."