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British Garden Centres expands plant production facilities

British Garden Centres expands plant production facilities

British Garden Centres has let a large nursery production unit with the capacity to produce two million retail ready plants…
Hillier Garden Centres acquires Rosebourne

Hillier Garden Centres acquires Rosebourne

Hillier Garden Centres has announced the acquisition of Rosebourne Ltd, a group of boutique destination garden centres across three sites…
British Garden Centres opens third store in 2022

British Garden Centres opens third store in 2022

British Garden Centres, the family-owned, Lincolnshire based garden centre business has made it a hat-trick of new centres this year…
Cherry Lane acquires 16th garden centre

Cherry Lane acquires 16th garden centre

Value garden centre group, Cherry Lane, has acquired Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre in Nottinghamshire. Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre…
Bents celebrates 85th anniversary with arrival of Lakeland

Bents celebrates 85th anniversary with arrival of Lakeland

In its 85th anniversary year, Bents Garden & Home in Glazebury is welcoming kitchenware and home brand Lakeland to the…
A family-run garden centre has undergone a £4m investment

A family-run garden centre has undergone a £4m investment

One of the UK’s largest food halls is set to open in a garden centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire this…
Perrywood Sudbury is granted planning permission

Perrywood Sudbury is granted planning permission

Planning permission has now been granted, so Perrywood can now move ahead with their £8-10m investment in an inspirational new garden centre…
Dobbies announces second Northern Ireland store

Dobbies announces second Northern Ireland store

Garden centre giant Dobbies announces plans for a second store in Northern Ireland, located at The Junction Retail and Leisure…
Creative Gardens acquires new store

Creative Gardens acquires new store

Family run garden centre Creative Gardens has added a fourth store to the group. It has acquired the Logwood Mill…
Biggest garden centre in Denmark almost complete

Biggest garden centre in Denmark almost complete

Completion of the 12,000 m2 garden centre for Plantorama is in sight. Smiemans Projecten started this spring with this project…
Garden centre appoints project manager for Food Hall makeover

Garden centre appoints project manager for Food Hall makeover

A Bradford garden centre has recruited a project manager to lead the expansion plans for its popular Food Hall. Former…
British Garden Centres acquires Hillview Garden Centre group

British Garden Centres acquires Hillview Garden Centre group

British Garden Centres have purchased Hillview Garden Centres from The Hillview Group.   The transaction included both the operational business…
Quick tips to raise your local profile and get more customers

Quick tips to raise your local profile and get more customers

You want to raise your profile in your local community, drive footfall, reach new customers (whilst looking after the relationships…
Expanding your garden centre? Here are the funding options

Expanding your garden centre? Here are the funding options

Business finance expert Emily Relph talks through the business funding available to you. Garden Centres are a growing industry that…
Driving footfall to your garden centre in the Amazon era

Driving footfall to your garden centre in the Amazon era

Liz Rosling, Small Business Marketing Specialist explains what you can do to compete with Amazon. With the rise of Amazon,…
Investing in your garden centre

Investing in your garden centre

Investment in a garden centre makes your business more robust. ? In any sort of retail you’re always in a…
5 things SMEs are wasting money on

5 things SMEs are wasting money on

Each year, almost 400,000 new businesses are set up in the UK. But, taking a company from an eager start-up…
Business Rates Relief: New Scheme 2019

Business Rates Relief: New Scheme 2019

April 2019 will bring another Business Rates Relief Scheme. With it brings a further chance for ?scammers? to approach garden…
5 Successful retail habits for 2019

5 Successful retail habits for 2019

There’s a saying in retail that the customer is always right. While this motto is often relevant for retailers, letting…
How you can control insurance costs

How you can control insurance costs

Business insurance premiums are rising faster than ever. Rules for calculating compensation have doubled the amounts. ? A garden centre…
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