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Meanwhile, Blue Diamond reports record profits for 2015
Blue Diamond, based in Guernsey and the third-largest garden centre operator in the UK, has just announced record profits before tax of £6.6m for the year ending 31 December 2015, an increase of £2.1m or 47% on 2014. Excluding exceptional one-off items, the underlying profit before tax would have been £6.9m. Managing Director Alan Roper (pictured) commented: “Whichever measure you use, 2015 delivered for us."
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Pleydell Smithyman Secure Major New Garden Centre in Green Belt
Planning approval has been secured for the total redevelopment of Bridgford Garden Centre near Nottingham which will create one of the largest garden centres in the UK...
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Terry Head appointed Director at Stewarts Garden Centres
Welcome to the board...Martin Stewart with Terry Head, who has been appointed as Director at Stewarts Garden Centres after four years with the family-owned horticultural business...
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Al Fresco Fortnight aims to get everyone entertaining, eating and enjoying being outside
Love the Plot You’ve Got team unveils new annual event
Al Fresco Fortnight, a new annual flagship event as part of the ‘Love the Plot You’ve Got’ campaign is being launched in 2016. Kicking off on Father’s Day, Sunday 19th June, the event will aim to get as many people as possible to eat outside at least once over the two-week period...
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New marketing department spearheads progress and development for Grange
Decorative garden structures and fencing company, Grange Fencing is going from strength to strength following the expansion of its marketing department. Consisting of a dedicated five-strong team, the department has been tasked with delivering continuous progression across the company and its product range...
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Taking a barometer of the industry's EU Referendum opinion
We are running a survey this week to find out how our industry is feeling about the forthcoming EU Referendum, thank you for all the readers who have taken part so far. The survey closes on Thursday 19th May and the results will be published at the weekend...
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Phew, what a scorcher!
One good week doesn’t make a summer, but when it’s as good as last week it goes along way. We’ve never seen such a hike in sales week on week in the 8 years of compiling the GTN Bestsellers charts...
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Gardenex secures Government grants for UK firms exhibiting at spoga+gafa
The Gardenex export federation has secured UKTI grant funding for eligible British firms exhibiting in the federation’s group at spoga+gafa in 2016, details of which can be obtained by contacting the organisation...
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Activists threaten to slap dummy labels on Roundup stocks
A brief survey of garden centres by GTN Xtra this week failed to find evidence of so-called ‘brandalism’ by activists campaigning for a ban on glyphosate-based weedkillers...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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HTA Catering Conference...a tasty-looking menu
With less than a month to go, the HTA is reminding poptential delegates to sign up for the HTA Catering Conference, exhibition and dinner, which takes place on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June at The Belfry Hotel and Resort, near Sutton Coldfield...
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New owners for Space Catering
Nisbets PLC has taken a controlling stake in Space Catering (UK) Ltd, the holding company of Space Catering Equipment, Space Interior Contracts, and Holmes Catering Equipment Solutions, the company announced this week...
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Garden landscape sales up 8% last year says Glee
A survey by Glee has revealed that garden landscaping category sales grew by 8% increase last year, with overall garden retail sales appearing to be extremely positive. The rise is believed to be partly fuelled by homeowners who realise that landscaping the garden can add from 5-10% to the value of their house...
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Great weather is a boost for garden product sales
Garden product sales picked up significantly on the previous week, according to GTN Bestsellers, with fabulous weather prompting the great British public to get outdoors and into their gardens...
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Grafted cucumbers are star perfomers
Veg-2-Gro sales received a huge lift this week as gardeners made the most of the sunny weather. Volumes were a massive 67.5% higher than the previous week, and also up on the same week of 2015 (+18.3%) and 2014 (+37.8%). Grafted cucumbers were the star perfomers of an outstanding week...
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Yorkshire stone launch from Creative Landscape Products
Relatively new to the garden market, Creative Landscape Products is supplying a unique hand-made range of decorative Yorkshire stone garden products...
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Compost sales back on target
The GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart saw big increases in sales this week. Volumes were up by over 70% on the previous week, and considerably higher than the same time in 2015 (+57.8%) and 2014 (+65.2%)...
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Sunshine and crowds for Westland at Balmoral Show
The sunshine and the crowds were out for Westland Horticulture this week at Northern Ireland’s largest agricultural event, The Balmoral Show...
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Containerised trees ready for despatch
Making their debut at Four Oaks debut in September, Boomkwekerij E. de Jong have a fantastic range of Containerised trees available now. These include Acer plat. ‘Crimson King’, Carpinus betulus and Fagus Sylvatica...
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Aussies press on with Homebase team building
Insiders at Homebase told GTN Xtra this week that the new owners appear to be wasting no time in establishing a new senior management team ahead of re-branding the business later this year...
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Neudorff repeat garden centre sunflower seed competition
Neudorff is launching its consumer sunflower competition again this year, with point of sale options available for retailers from now onwards...
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Squire's survey finds customers love wildlfe
A Squire’s Garden Centres recent survey of almost 2,000 people found that a massive 98% of people enjoy watching wildlife in their garden...
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EFIA announces expansion of its development committee
The European Fencing Industry Association (EFIA) has announced the expansion of its development committee...
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Napoleon Grills announces Red Tractor BBQ Promotion
Napoleon Grills is involved in its biggest UK promotion yet, as it teams up with Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) this spring and summer...
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Inside the May issue of Garden Trade News
The May issue of Garden Trade News is packed full of advice and information for garden retailing professionals...
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Malcolm Scott merger 'has put a spring in our step'
Planning guru Malcolm Scott says his company’s merger with leading Midlands property consultancy Harris Lamb “has put a spring in everybody’s step”...
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