In This Issue
Is this the spot for Guy Hands's next long-week-end?
Coffee Grounds concept earns Wyevale GCs top award
Local businesses oppose Wyevale’s plans for Endsleigh
Cadbury Garden Centre creates 41 new jobs with new look
Sales in Autumn running later than last year, according to Bestsellers data
Blue Diamond wins an Award for Excellence in Housewares 2015
Kelkay celebrating after ‘best ever’ Glee
British Garden Centres bring back Christmas excellence to Chapel Garden Centre
Record number of exhibitors make it biggest-ever AQUA
New pond and aquarium contractor scheme to launch
Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone are The Greatest Garden Centre Teams
Treats – not lump sums – are what motivate retail staff to work harder says report
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Garden Centre Manager
Plant Area Manager
Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor
Trainee Technical Growing & Production Manager
Ken Crafer brings out new book on Garden Centre Management
Stax to headline at GIMA Day Conference
Leadership, Innovation and Growth is the theme of CIH conference
Orchid-related items continue to dominate garden product sales
Six garlic varieties in the top 12 bestselling veg products
Farmyard manure and top soil sales encouraging
Postgraduate wins second national landscape award
Help give birds a beautiful home with new RSPB garden hedge packs
Save the Date: HTA Marketing Forum 2015 – Tuesday 10 November
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Baking all the way to the tills
Award-winning lunch! show welcomes over 6,000 visitors
Situations Vacant
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Bonnington Plastics Ltd
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Garden Centre Manager
Salary: £28,000-£34,000
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Plant Area Manager
Salary: £21,000-£25,000
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Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor
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Trainee Technical Growing & Production Manager
Salary: £16,000 to £20,000
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Is this the spot for Guy Hands's next long-week-end?


If you were to spot Guy Hands on the seafront at Sidmouth, it might be more than an outing to the seaside...
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Coffee Grounds concept earns Wyevale GCs top award









Wyevale Garden Centres has won a major award for its coffee shop concept, Coffee Grounds, first introduced last year...
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Local businesses oppose Wyevale’s plans for Endsleigh
 
Businesses in Ivybridge, Devon, are opposing plans by Wyevale Garden Centres to more than double the space dedicated to concessions at their Endsleigh centre...
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Cadbury Garden Centre creates 41 new jobs with new look


Wyevale Garden Centres unveiled its new-look Cadbury centre in Bristol yesterday (Friday)  following a 13 week redevelopment. The changes have led to 41 new jobs being created...
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Sales in Autumn running later than last year, according to Bestsellers data


Christmas is coming... but it’s not getting going just yet. EPoS data supplied to GTN Bestsellers indicates the autumn season is running one or two weeks behind last year, and that includes the start of the big Christmas build-up...
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Blue Diamond wins an Award for Excellence in Housewares 2015


Blue Diamond has won the Excellence in Housewares award for Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer...
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Kelkay celebrating after ‘best ever’ Glee
 
Kelkay says Glee 2015 was its most successful show ever. The aggregates market-leader generated huge interest as it presented 91 new products to garden centre buyers and gift retailers at the show...
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British Garden Centres bring back Christmas excellence to Chapel Garden Centre


British Garden Centres are already decking their newset and ninth centre ready for Christmas...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Baking all the way to the tills
Are you making the most of the huge audience and interest levels of The Great British Bake Off?
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Award-winning lunch! show welcomes over 6,000 visitors
Buyers from across the UK demonstrated their appetite for lunch! last month, with the multi-award winning trade event enjoying another successful edition...
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Record number of exhibitors make it biggest-ever AQUA


AQUA 2015, the UK’s premier water gardening and aquatics trade event, will stage its biggest ever trade show next week with a record number of 82 companies showcasing their products and services...
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New pond and aquarium contractor scheme to launch
 
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association is launching a new membership scheme aimed at pond and aquarium contractors...
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Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone are The Greatest Garden Centre Teams
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Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone were crowned The Greatest Garden Centre Teams of 2015 at the end of GTN's The Greatest Awards ON TOUR 2015, presented after dinner during HTA Futures last week...
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Treats – not lump sums – are what motivate retail staff to work harder says report
Bonuses often involve sizeable investment by UK employers, but new research has found that the majority of retail workers are not motivated by lump sums...
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