Whichever way you look at it, the antics of the Class of 2014 made the past 12 months of mixed fortunes a year to rermember. As the registers were called, there was a handful of names you could never ignore...
It's been another year of momentous change for the garden centre industry - and, predictably, it was the troubles of the former Solus business and the latest re-shaping of the Wyevale Garden Centres group that topped the list of GTN Xtra's best-read stories...
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Solus Garden & Leisure goes into administration - Issue 28 2014 - Breaking News
After eight months of hard graft, the five finalists in the Garden Centre Association’s Rising Stars programme, sponsored by Westland, are preparing to face their ultimate challenge...
Above: last year's joint winners, George Bishop, from Squires Woking, and Will Michieli, from Monkton Elm, presenting to the 2014 conference.
Wyevale Garden Centres could be facing a long wait before the Blooms Garden Centre at Cardiff, which was destroyed by fire in November 2013, is re-built...
The quest for The Greatest Christmas teams is nearly at the finishing line. The expert team of judges have already visited over 130 garden centres to meet teams nominated in this years The Greatest Christmas Awards. You’ll find out who are The Greatest at Christmas this year by joining us at the first awards event of 2015, The Greatest Christmas Awards Christmas Party next Sunday. Buy your tickets now...
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Garden Trade News in conjunction with the organisers of the Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair are offering you an opportunity to win a VIP visit to this fabulous event...
President and chief operating officer Barry Sanders is the latest executive to leave in an on-going ‘slimming down’ process at the Scotts Miracle-Gro company’s US parent...
