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Recently sold Wyevale Garden Centre to be renamed
The new owners of Wold View Garden Centre are to rename the Lincolnshire store Horncastle Garden Centre following the announcement of its purchase from Wyevale last Tuesday...
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Wyevale Wellingborough to become Landscaping Centre
Wellingborough Garden Centre will be developed into a major landscaping showroom by it's new owners Higgins Building Supplies...
See photos of Higgins Landscape displays
Plans to knock down another former Wyevale centre and build homes is blocked
A bid to knock down a former Wyevale Garden Centre – Aldridge in Walsall – and build homes on the site has been blocked by local planners. The garden centre was sold to the the UKS Group in September after it was put on the market for £800,000...
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Record Christmas week sets the scene
Christmas has really got into gear with footfall and sales heading in the right direction as we move into December. The GTN Bestsellers total sales index for November ended the month down 4.3% but an all time record week for Christmas sales volumes at the end of the month sets the scene for a bumper run towards Christmas Eve.
See GTN Xtra's photo Tour of Christmas at Perrywood Tiptree
Dobbies grows sales following management shake up
Following a new leadership team being appointed in January, Dobbies has achieved six consecutive months of year-on-year sales growth...
Read more and see photos from Dobbies Peterborough and Huntingdon
King to step back from full-time Terra Firma role
Justin King is to step into a part-time role at Terra Firma, the private equity firm founded by Guy Hands, according to Sky News...
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First glimpse of industry leading campaign
Peckish has released exclusive "sneak peek" glimpses of its "Love Every Bird" campaign that will air on national television in January and February in sponsorship of the Channel 4 Weather bulletins.
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Glee at Spring Fair exhibitors reveal plans for 2019 event
With just weeks to go until the second annual Glee at Spring Fair event (3rd – 7th February, NEC Birmingham) the show’s exhibitors reveal what garden and gift buyers can expect to see from this thriving section of the exhibition...
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SBM Life Science markets Green Velvet grass seed brand
SBM Life Science Ltd has announced a new agreement with Barenbrug UK to market their Green Velvet grass seed brand. The SBM sales team will now be selling and supporting the Green Velvet brand alongside its existing portfolio of brands, which include Baby Bio, Phostrogen, Toprose, Provanto, Job Done, Solabiol and Maxicrop.
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Robins rock the GTN Bestsellers chart
Robins are the garden decoration of choice this winter! Ten of the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Top 50 lines are decorative Robins, including the No1 Bestseller of the week...
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All time record for Christmas sales
The last week of November 2018 (week 48) was an all-time record for sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers Christmas Top 50 chart, just pipping the previous record set last year by 1.5%...
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Growing media sales drop off in November
Growing Media sales for November were 5% down on last year according to the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Epos data analysis...
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Autumn plant sales equal with last year
November plant sales were 6% down on last year, but over the September to November autumn planting period overall plant sales held their own, up by just 0.2% according to the GTN Bestsellers Plant Sales Epos data analysis...
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Wild bird care sales suffer in mild winter
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 analysis showing sales down 14% on last year. With the weather being so mild this is one sector that continue to show year on year decline until colder weather arrives....
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Help Perennial share some goodwill this Christmas
Perennial is urging everyone across the horticulture industry to think of those in our sector who are struggling to make ends meet this festive season...
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Millennials drive Plantpak Terrariums growth
Research studies indicate houseplants boost brain power, lifts moods, reduces stress levels, improves confidence and gives a sense of ownership and responsibility. So, its no wonder that Plantpak terrariums are so desirable to the 20-30 age group who benefit from a happy and relaxed atmosphere...
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Second edition of Garden Trials and Trade on 11-13 June 2019
The second edition of Garden Trials and Trade will take place from 11 to 13 June 2019 in the Plantarium building at the International Trade Centre in Boskoop-Hazerswoude...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Wyevale sells Enfield…who will be next? Now we have the answer
Enfield Garden Centre has been the latest of Wyevale Garden Centres’ portfolio to be sold, this time to a private investor. It’s understood that the centre will continue to operate under licence from WGC for at least a year...
See GTN’s list of the ‘sold’ and ‘still for sale’ centres
Breaking News: Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of Wellingborough and Wolds View
Wyevale Garden Centres has today announced the sale of two more centres. Wellingborough has been sold to Higgins Landscape and Garden Centres Limited (part of Higgins Building Supplies Limited), and Wolds View to Woodthorpe Hall Centres Limited...
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GCA reveals Christmas competition winners
Barton Grange Garden Centre and Castle Gardens are the national winners of the 2018 Garden Centre Association’s annual Christmas competition. The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country by the organisation and will receive their awards at its annual conference in January, 2019.
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Ransomware attack at Blue Diamond - Customer data not affected
On the 27th November Blue Diamond was the victim of a ransomware attack on their Head Office in Guernsey. The attack, known as RYUK, originated from North Korea and encrypted all the files and systems on their network, including their finance system...
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