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After organisers Hyve cancelled its 14-15 September Birmingham NEC garden centre supply trade show Glee this month, an online format has been worked up to replace the physical show. Source: Garden1

Garden centre cafes reopened from July 4 and many are trading towards 50% of normal, despite having fewer tables and limited menus. Source: Garden1

Woodlodge, the UK supplier of pots and containers, has bought Adobe Wholesale and The Garden Foundry. Source: Garden1

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Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a garden centre in Surbiton, Surrey, for more than seven hours. Source: Garden1

Retailers against VAT Abuse Schemes campaign manager Richard Allen is facing £10,000 in court costs eight years after he helped bring down a VAT avoidance scheme, which saw plants and other goods traded from the Channel Islands, avoiding VAT and undercutting companies on the UK mainland. Source: Garden1

The supplier-garden centre meeting came after a year of unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including shortages of plants, compost, barbecues. Source: Garden1

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Sipcam Home & Garden, the company behind the ecofective and RHS Garden Care ranges, is planning a joint programme of product development with fellow Italian-owned Blumen. Source: Garden1

Keith Weed starts as RHS president this month, replacing Sir Nicholas Bacon at the first ever virtual AGM, to be held on 31 July. Source: Garden1

Sainsbury’s is supplying food to 66 of the 68 Dobbies Garden Centres they will continue to service selected Dobbies stores during the transition period. Source: Garden1

Mail order plant sales are still higher than they were ever were before the coronavirus pandemic, and suppliers are catching up with demand and thinking how they can retain customer satisfaction in 2021. Source: Garden1

Webbs of Wychbold is showing 48 films from 30 July – 23 August in a field at its Worcestershire garden centre. Source: Garden1

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Bosch Power Tools is opening up its 18V battery platform from its Home & Garden division to other manufacturers with the aim of fewer incompatible batteries being bought. Source: Garden1

Many of Scotland’s garden centre restaurants will reopen on Wednesday 15 July after being shut since 23 March, but Welsh counterparts can not start serving again until August. Source: Garden1

Prime minister Boris Johnson has said people in England “should be wearing” face coverings inside shops to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Source: Garden1

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Remarkable upturns in DIY and home retailing have been recorded in new shopping spending figures for June. Source: Garden1

After garden centre and other restaurants reopened in England on July 4 (Scotland 15 July) a new Government scheme is offering money off for diners to try and create demand post-coronvirus lockdown easing. Source: Garden1