Renowned and much-loved actors Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton OBE hosted an exclusive fundraising pledge dinner for the small horticultural charity Greenfingers last Friday night, in the beautiful surroundings of Clifton Nurseries in London’s Little Venice. Read more - open to all

Former head of operations at the RHS is accused of conspiracy to steal almost £700,000 from the charity over 10 years. Read more - members only

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Chairman Will Armitage marked the end of his first year in office at the organisation’s annual conference with much to rejoice. Read more - open to all

Martin Breddy, who headed Scotts Miracle-Gro in the UK, has been axed as Jim Hagedorn continues to streamline his senior management team. Read more - members only

BALI-NCF, a collaboration between the British Association of Landscape Industries and the National Contractors Forum, has announced that Phil Jones, Managing Director of ISS Facilities Services – Landscaping. Read more - open to all

Back in December, Area Sales Manager, Chris Swan attended the BASIS Amenity Horticulture Turf course at STRI, the leading sports turf consultancy. Read more - open to all

Charles Farmer, Bord na Móna UK's National Accounts Controller has been appointed Head of Consumer UK following Steve Harper's decision to take up a new position with Gardman. Read more - members only

James Marshall is a seasoned, consummate industry professional; he joins the business having had 14 years commercial experience. Read more - open to all

2014 has been dominated by the repositioning of the major gardening goods distributors following the demise of Solus.  The weather for once provided a good news story and towards the end of the year there was a flurry of activity from Wyevale as it picked up eight long established independent garden centres.  See the full review – which is open to all… Read more - open to all

A Writtle College postgraduate has been shortlisted for a major student award for her garden design which aims to support those facing mental health issues. Read more - open to all

Steve Harper is set to leave Bord na Mona and join Gardman at the beginning of February.  Terry Murphy will also be moving to the company. Read more - members only

Quinton Edwards Property Consultants are proud to be celebrating their 25 year business milestone. Read more - open to all

E.P. Barrus has extended its Garden Division with the appointment of Helen Woodward as National Account Manager for WOLF-Garten and Wilkinson Sword garden tools and Energizer batteries. Read more - open to all

The Garden Media Guild Awards were held at The Savoy, London yesterday. Hosted by James Alexander Sinclair, the awards lunch drew many influential players in the gardening world. Read more - members only

Prominent figures from the HTA and leading garden companies seek your backing as they join the London Santa Run to raise funds for Greenfingers. Read more - members only

Alyson Haywood leaves Wyevale today, months after she had been named the group’s horticultural quality manager.  Read more - members only

Kirsty Clark was revealed last night as the winner of the Westland/GCA Rising Star of 2014. Read more - open to all

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) are celebrating after being crowned the winners of the Roman Games and raising £10,000 in aid of Greenfingers. Read more - open to all

Green-tech is delighted to announce the recruitment of Catherine Dixon who joins the sales team. Read more - open to all

Fiskars, who recently celebrated its 365 year legacy, has chosen Birmingham as the new UK office location. Read more - open to all

The garden industry has a skills shortage.  “If we don’t address this problem now, we won’t have an industry in 10 years.” Wayne Eady told the HTA Contact 2015 conference. Read more - members only

News has emerged that the Group CEO of Stewart Plastics left in October.  This was followed by two more departures in December, including sales director Nigel Thompson, who becomes a consultant to the company.  There is a new role for Gavin Wray. Read more - members only

After seven happy years as a trustee of The Herb Society, and latterly as acting chairman, Gwenneth Heyking is retiring from the Board of Trustees. Read more - open to all

Writtle College horticulture student James Hayley has been awarded a national scholarship from a horticultural charity. Read more - open to all

A mother-of-two who was struck down with a potentially deadly lung condition while running her own garden maintenance business has been honoured with an award from the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Read more - open to all

Carol Paris along with her two spaniels, Max and Murphy and other leading industry figures complete the Santa Run. Read more - open to all

The Mr Fothergill's Group has announced two new appointments to its UK sales team. Read more - open to all

The HTA has merged its events team with the PR department under the overall control of Gill Ormrod, who becomes communications manager. Read more - members only

redheadPR, the dynamic independent public relations consultancy, have become the latest members of GIMA, the Garden Industry Manufacturers' Association. Read more - open to all

Debbie Curtis of Bosmere recently celebrated 25 years service with the company. The event was marked with a presentation and staff get together at the Crawley offices. Read more - open to all