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Garden centre planned for Gosport, Hampshire
Plans are underway for a garden centre to be built on council land at Grange Farm in Rowner, Gosport, Hampshire. Source: Garden1
Glendale Horticulture drags down overall results at Glendale group
Green services provider Glendale increased profits to £1.6m on £45.8m turnover in 2018 in its core grounds and estate management business. Source: Garden1
Douglas-Davies calls for plant importers to take immediate plant passport action
Plant passporting comes in on 14 December for all plants for planting and plant products with all businesses that sell to other companies or online needing to be authorised to issue plant passports and register with APHA to be able to do so. Source: Garden1
Douglas-Davies calls on importers to act on plant passports
Plant passporting comes in on 14 December requiring businesses that sell plants to other businesses or online to be authorised to issue plant passports by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Source: Garden1
Morrisons drops glyphosate products
Morrisons, which has around 500 supermarkets in the UK, will not be selling glyphosate-based weedkillers in 2020. Source: Garden1
Morrisons drops glyphosate-based weedkiller products
Morrisons, which has around 500 supermarkets in the UK, will not be selling glyphosate-based weedkillers in 2020. Source: Garden1
Wyevale Garden Centre Syon Park to be used for business opportunities
Wyevale Garden Centre garden centre at Syon Park in west London closes this month but the exact future of the site is still uncertain. Source: Garden1
Owner of Wyevale Garden Centre's Syon Park site to seek opportunities to enhance visitor offer
Wyevale Garden Centre garden centre at Syon Park in west London closes this month but the exact future of the site is still uncertain. Source: Garden1
Horticulture industry could be worth 50% more if skills gap is filled
The Ornamental Horticulture Round Table is scoping the skills required and potential size of the industry if vacancies are filled and opportunities are taken. Source: Garden1
Evergreen Exterior Services sees sales uplift
Evergreen Exterior Services has grown sales after expanding into the garden centre market. Source: Garden1
Approved biosecure plants scheme welcomed but costs, take-up and consumer apathy seen as barriers by garden centres and nurseries
Forest Research’s Phyto-Threats report on nursery and garden centre attitudes to biosecurity and accreditation shows concern about the costs of an assurance scheme and about a lack of interest from consumers seeking to buy accredited plants. Source: Garden1
B&Q owner Kingfisher sales fall in six months to 31 July
Like-for-like sales were down 1.8% with growth in Screwfix, Poland and Romania offset by decline at B&Q and France, with “continued uncertainty around UK consumer demand” forecast. Source: Garden1
Rosebourne turns over £6 million in its first year
Rosebourne garden centre in is celebrating a “fantastic” first year of trading after turning over more than £6 million. Source: Garden1
Rosebourne Garden Centre achieves sales of £6m in first year
Rosebourne Garden Centre is celebrating a “fantastic” first year of trading after turning over more than £6m. Source: Garden1
Wyevale Garden Centres sales agent says alternative investment market remains strong
Investor appetite for UK Alternatives remains “incredibly high”, with investors attracted by the security of commercial real estate says Christie & Co report. Source: Garden1
Wyevale Garden Centres says alternative investment market remains strong
Investor appetite for UK Alternatives remains “incredibly high”, with investors attracted by the security of commercial real estate and returns which remain in excess of those available from bonds and debt markets, according to the latest report on Alternative Investments in the UK by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. Source: Garden1
B&Q glyphosate review "ongoing"
Responding to suggestions from suppliers that B&Q is to drop glyphosate-based products in 2020, the DIY/garden centre chain says it is still looking at what to do about stocking the weedkiller. Source: Garden1
Glyphosate review "ongoing" at chain, says B&Q
Responding to suggestions from suppliers that B&Q is to drop glyphosate-based products in 2020, the DIY/garden centre chain says it is still looking at what to do about stocking the weedkiller. Source: Garden1
Garden centre part of proposed Gloucestershire retail outlet
The planned Designer Outlet Cotswold centre development near Cheltenham comprises a 195,000sq ft designer outlet centre and comes from developer Robert Hitchins Ltd and European outlet operator ROS. Source: Garden1
Wyevale Garden Centres buys £44m bulk annuity policy with Aviva
Wyevale Garden Centres’ trustees for the company pension scheme have bought a £44m bulk annuity policy from Aviva insurance. Source: Garden1
