GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 66 2016

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Ansell Garden Centre opens to customers just five days after it was destroyed by fire

Less than a week after it was destroyed by a massive blaze, Ansell Garden Centre re-opened for business. Customers were allowed in from 10.30am and 3pm on Friday and afterwards managing director Paresh Raithatha spoke to GTN Xtra about the amazing response they’d had from both the garden industry and customers.

Pictured above: The height of the blaze. Right: Ansell Garden Centre tweeted this image under the caption "a symbol of hope from the ashes."

Demolition threat over garden centre revamp

Charnley’s Home and Garden in Cumbria could be forced to tear down a new extension after it was revealed the garden centre did not get planning permission off the council to construct the building...

Klondyke Strike Gold in Leeds

The lastest stage of the Klondyke Strikes strategy of store upgrades and refurbishment – a complete rebuild at Garforth in Leeds – is proving to be a gold medal success since its re-opening in October...

See GTN Xtra's picture tour of the new centre

November storms towards record sales

Another week of sales up on last year means it’s almost certain we will be reporting on a record month at the end of November, reports GTN Bestsellers...

GIMA and HTA join forces to buy The Garden Press Event

The Garden Industry Manufacturers Association and the Horticultural Trades Association have joined forces to purchase the garden industry’s leading media-facing event, The Garden Press Event...

Wildlife World ramps up production to meet demand

Ever increasing demand for its award-winning wildlife products has led Wildlife World to completely redevelop its workshops for better production efficiency and output...

Stewarts gain planning approval for Wimborne expansion

Stewarts Garden Centre at Broomhill near Wimborne has gained planning approval for a major redevelopment of the centre that was originally built in the mid-seventies...

Squire's run school contest to decorate a Christmas tree

Squire’s Garden Centres in Milford and Badshot Lea (Farnham) are running a competition to see which local school can design the best decorations for a Christmas tree...

spoga+gafa continues on its course of success

After a successful spoga+gafa 2016 achieved a 6% increase in attendance and reaped lots of praise by the participants of the trade fair, all the signs for the international garden fair 2017 are also very good...

All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering

Matthew Algie gets in the festive spirit with Espresso Warehouse catalogue

Leading specialist coffee roaster, Matthew Algie, is looking to bring festive cheer to its customers with a special Christmas edition of its Espresso Warehouse catalogue...

Big name speakers confirmed for Casual Dining 2017

Leading casual dining operators – including TGI Friday’s, Mitchells & Butler, Casual Dining Group, Bill’s, Wahaca, and Côte Restaurants – are preparing to host Keynotes at Casual Dining 2017...

GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards underway

Garden centres throughout the UK are already impressing judges of the GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards as inspections for this prestigious event started this week...

Do your customers think you are The Greatest at Christmas?

The ultimate accolades at GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams, as voted for by garden centre customers. Voting starts now and runs through to Thursday December 22nd and to be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is download the posters and voting forms below for in-store voting and add our voting link to your facebook, twitter or website to get customers voting on-line too!

Download the voting forms and on-line voting link here

Use social media, emails and website for customer votes

This year you can ask your customers to vote for you on-line in The Greatest Christmas Awards...

On-line voting link

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Lighting and gardening gifts boost sales

Lights, houseplant feeders and gardening gifts are really providing a boost to garden product sales as Christmas gets closer, according to GTN Bestsellers...

Santa and snow drive Christmas sales

Santa and snow are driving sales of Bestselling Christmas lines this year. Illuminated Santas and snowman figures are selling well as the season for grotto visits gets underway...

Compost sales 14% higher than last year

That is some result for growing media sales mid-November and just indicates how important it is to keep that area well merchandised even while eyes are dragged off to keep Christmas sales rolling on...

Hedging your best with plant sales

Increased sales of Cyclamen, Pansies and Poinsettia kept plant sales almost static week on week with notable sales of hedging plants..

HTA Contact Conference on ‘Surviving and Thriving’

‘Surviving and thriving’ is the theme for the biennial HTA Contact Conference 2017. The event, which takes place on January 17-18, will feature presentations by Chief Plant Health Officer Professor Nicola Spence...

Drive up sales: persuade customers to care for their Christmas poinsettia

Baby Bio is advising garden centre retailers to capitalise on the rush to buy poinsettia by showing consumers the benefits of feeding their plants with a few drops of Baby Bio...

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