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Highfield Garden World gets green light for £2m expansion
Highfield Garden World has won outline planning permission to extend its business. Work is due to start in 2020.…
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Are PopSockets set to take garden centres by storm?
Garden Centre Retail speaks with Stephen Hoare, the UK country manager of PopSockets to find out about the history of…
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Licensing Awards Success for UK Greetings
UK Greetings took home the ‘Best Licensed Paper Products or Stationary Range’ award at the 2019 Licensing Awards. The…
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Kelkay wins Great Western Partnership business
Kelkay has won new listings for their aggregates in the seven-strong Great Western Partnership (GWP). The win comes after the…
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Opperman Plants secures £250,000 loan from MEIF Maven Debt Finance
Opperman Plants has secured funding of £250,000 from MEIF Maven Debt Finance. The company will speed up growth and take…
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Clothing and Houseplants show biggest increases in December
Clothing was a big seller at garden centres across the country during December. This is according to the GCA Barometer…
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Dobbies targeted in strange burglary
A burglar snuck into a garden centre via a window and stole three boxes of frozen fish. Clad in black,…
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Vitax appoints garden retail expert to boost sales team
Vitax has recruited a garden centre retail specialist to bolster its sales team. The company appoints a new area sales…
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HTA comments on Environment Bill
The Government introduced its Environment Bill to Parliament today on 30 January 2020. James Clark, Director of Policy and Communications…
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Haskins Garden Centres in final stages of purchasing Denys E Head
Roger Head, Managing Director of Denys E Head Ltd, has confirmed that he is selling the business to Haskins Garden…
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Greenfingers bags £12k raised ‘Orse racin’ at GCA Conference
A team of GCA members have been crowned the winners after an afternoon of horse racing. It helped raise £12,000…
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Garden centres receive top awards at GCA conference
Garden centres are celebrating after receiving awards at the GCA annual conference on Monday. The awards were presented to the…
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Klondyke Group acquire Garden Wise Plant and Garden Centre
The Klondyke Group Limited are pleased to announce the acquisition of Garden Wise Plant and Garden Centre in Dumfries from…
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Mike Burks to take over as GCA Chairman for 2020/21
Mike Burks will take over as GCA Chairman for 2020/21 at the start of the organisation’s annual conference. Mike, MD…
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Caulders buys Loch Lomond Homes & Gardens Centre
Caulders Garden Centres has added Loch Lomond Homes and Garden Centre to the group. The company now has 8 centres…
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Tong Garden Centre strengthens team with key appointments
Tong Garden Centre has strengthened its team with two key appointments. They’ve joined the People and Culture and Warehouse Operations…
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Mrs Elizabeth Hayes : A Tribute
It is with great sadness that the family, Directors and staff at Hayes Garden World announce the passing of Mrs…
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David Domoney announced as brand ambassador
Evergreen Garden Care has appointed TV broadcaster David Domoney, as its brand ambassador. The partnership will see David produce a…
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Mindfulness to be discussed by Buddhist monk at GCA Conference
A Buddhist monk will be taking to the stage at the GCA annual conference in Bristol this month. He specialises…
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The HTA pushes local authorities to pick up plant pots at kerbside
The HTA has called on local authorities to collect plant pots in kerbside collections. It’s urging members to contact their…
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