Blue Diamond has a new Chairman
Simon Burke, ex Chairman of Hobbycraft and former CX of Virgin Entertainment is the new chairman of Blue Diamond Group of garden centres. Read more - members only
Blue Diamond has a new Chairman
Simon Burke, ex Chairman of Hobbycraft and former CX of Virgin Entertainment is the new chairman of Blue Diamond Group of garden centres. Read more - members only
BHETA appoints Grinsell as Home Improvement Director
The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has appointed Paul Grinsell as Home Improvement Executive Director following the departure of Peter Stone. Paul takes up his new role on October 5. Read more - open to all
New general manager role for growing family business – Highfield Garden World
Family owned Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire has created and filled a new general manager role to help the business cope with recent rapid expansion. Read more - open to all
New President for HTA
The HTA Annual General Meeting took place at Glee on Tuesday 15 September. Adam Wigglesworth from Aylett Nurseries was appointed as President of the Association taking over the role from Stan Green of Growforth who becomes the Immediate Past President. Read more - open to all
Green-tech - Employer of the Year winner at BALI Landscape Awards 2015
Leading landscape supplier Green-tech has been announced as a winner in the BALI Landscape awards 2015 ‘Employer of the Year’ category. Read more - open to all
Steve Harper to work with the magical marketing team at Maryanne Stokes Limited
Steve will work with Maryanne Stokes Limited as an associate business consultant after a career heading up Bord na Mona UK and Vital Earth, driving sales at Gardman and Sinclair and working for various other blue chip manufacturers. Read more - open to all
Treadstone Products strengthens team with new UK Head of Garden Retail
Treadstone Products has strengthened its UK sales team with the promotion of Matt Thompson to UK Head of Garden Retail. Read more - open to all
Garland-Worth Gardening 'Sales Agent of the Year' award
Impressive sales increase results in Tony Robson scooping Garland/Worth Gardening ‘sales agent of the year’ award. Read more - open to all
Steve Harper has left Gardman
Sales director Steve Harper has left Gardman but a suggestion that this is linked to an acquisition of Solus brands seems not to be true. Read more - members only
Kelkay appoints Alan Sheppard to lead UK sales department
Alan Sheppard, a GIMA council member and garden retail industry professional with 27 years’ experience, has joined Kelkay to build on its close relationships with garden centre groups across the UK. Read more - open to all
Kelkay appoints Richard Slade to senior management role
Kelkay, the market-leading manufacturer and distributor of aggregates, continues to grow as Richard Slade joins the company as building products divisional director. Read more - open to all
GCA Trust award goes to Capel Manor student Sian
The Garden Centre Association (GCA) Trust has recently (July, 2015) given out its annual award for Exceptional Plant Knowledge. Read more - open to all
September thanksgiving service for Charles Notcutt
A service of Thanksgiving in memory of Charles Notcutt will be held on Friday 11th September 2015 at Woodbridge. For details - Read more - open to all
Introducing our new technical advisor
Its nice to know that Suttons Seeds not only inspire new staff to join their company from as far afield as Lithuania and Seville, but also from their own region of Devon. Read more - open to all
New President makes society history
For the first time in the history of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society the wife of a former President is following in her husband’s footsteps. Read more - open to all
Ben wins IPPS International Exchange Award
Product Development Co-ordinator Ben Gregory at Wyevale Nurseries has won the International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) International Exchange Award. Read more - open to all
New President promises HTA will give change a great big ‘Bear-Hug’
Introducing the Garden Futures Conference, new president, Adam Wigglesworth said “The entrepreneur spirit is as alive as ever. The HTA is giving change a great big bear hug.” Read more - members only
HTA Pearson Memorial Medal awarded to Colin Squire at
HTA Garden Futures
Industry stalwart and Chairman of Squires Garden Centres, Colin Squire, was presented with the Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures Dinner, which took place on 30 September at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. Read more - open to all
TV star to appear at PATS Telford
Trude Mostue, star of the BBC hit programmes Vet School and Vets in Practice, will return to the UK limelight when her new company Dr Krill Ltd exhibits at PATS Telford on September 27-28. Read more - open to all
The Tildenet Group appoints Edward Cantle as retail sales manager
Edward Cantle has got straight to work in his new role as Retail Sales Manager on the enormous Tildenet stand at GLEE 2015. Read more - open to all
Smart Garden Products strengthens Sales Team
Smart Garden Products have strengthened their sales team with the appointment of Nick Lamin as National Sales Manager to take over from Hannah Beckwith who has been promoted to the role of National Account Manager. Read more - open to all
Fiskars appoint Richard Carr as new Commercial Director for UK
Richard Carr joins brand leader Fiskars to lead the company's growth plans as Commercial Director of the UK business. Read more - open to all
Maryanne Stokes fires up her branding department
Following a period of rapid growth, Somerset-based PR and marketing agency Maryanne Stokes Limited (MSL) is expanding its service offering with a new consultant joining the team. Read more - open to all
Zest 4 Leisure Iron Men in Poland
Zest 4 Leisure Iron Men take on the Polish Iron Man challenge Read more - open to all
Sales person of the year
Stormafit Ltd are pleased to present the sale person of the year award to Richard and Nathan Foster Read more - open to all
The death is announced of John Pearson, chairman and co-founder of Burston Nurseries
John Pearson, the chairman and co-founder of Burston Nurseries, Burston Rose & Garden Centre and Hertfordshire Fisheries in St Albans passed away on Saturday 25th July, aged 87. Read more - open to all
New lighting cuts annual running costs at Webbs by £29,000
Most garden centres don't realise how much money they could be saving by changing over to LED lighting. Read more - members only
Kelkay appoints Jonathan Wilson manufacturing manager
Kelkay, the market-leading manufacturer and distributor of aggregates, has appointed Jonathan Wilson to the position of manufacturing manager. Read more - open to all
The changing retail landscape and the weather – on the agenda for HTA Garden Futures
Homebase Managing Director Echo Lu has joined the line-up for the HTA Garden Futures Conference which takes place on 30 September at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. Read more - open to all
Bush Tucker Bent celebrates new look centre
Matthew Bent took first prize in the Bush Tucker Trial at a party to celebrate the new look Bents Garden & Home. Read more - members only