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Dobbies Garden Centres is set to buy 30 Wyevale Garden Centres over the next few weeks. Discussions are ongoing though contracts are yet to be exchanged. Source: Garden1

The Gardens Group managing director said garden centre owners might get “caught out” if they are not aware of environmental issues and how the horticulture industry is tackling them. Source: Garden1

Defra’s timeline has plans for a voluntary peat ban at retail level in 2020, but former Growing Media Association chairman Steve Harper says “a voluntary ban in 2020 is not going to happen”. Source: Garden1

Mothering Sunday is on 31 March and retailers and growers are getting ready for a sales peak, with some garden centres are taking in plants early ahead of the weekend. Source: Garden1

The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) annual Retail Crime Survey has revealed the vast cost of crime to people and businesses. Source: Garden1

British retail sales were helped by unusually warm weather boosted sales in February Source: Garden1

Delays at ports are hitting plant imports and exports ahead of the 29 March Brexit leaving date. Source: Garden1

Delays at ports have been hitting plant imports and exports businesses have reported. Source: Garden1

February’s unexpectedly warm weather inspired a revival in online retail sales last month, as the industry recorded its strongest growth (+9.4% YoY) in six months, according to the IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index. Source: Garden1

B&Q parent company Kingfisher’s scheduled full-year results show sales of £11,685bn (£11,655bn) with profit down from £849m to £753m (11.3%) as chief executive Veronique Laury announces she is leaving the DIY/garden centre international retailer. Source: Garden1

First, we had meerkats, then we had unicorns – but Premier Decorations is offering savvy retailers a heads up on the latest ‘must have’ craze to hit the shops – the cute, fluffy South American Llama. Source: Garden1

Scotsdale, which operates three garden centres in Cambridgeshire, turned over £21.67m in the year to 31 July 2018, down 2.55% on the previous year. Source: Garden1

Watering business Hozelock has increased sales by £10m to £69m thanks to 2018’s warm summer. Source: Garden1

Watering business Hozelock has increased sales by £10m to £69m thanks to 2018’s warm summer. Source: Garden1

The Posipot, from Faversham, Kent garden centre/nursery Edibleculture, enables garden centres to put customers’ plant purchases from a plastic pot into a biodegradable alternative before leaving the centre. Source: Garden1

The three boxes include either veg including grafted tomatoes, salad to include lettuce plugs and seeds, and fruit, with strawberry plugs and a blueberry plant. Source: Garden1

Bad weather has taken the edge off the strong start for garden retail this year. Source: Garden1

Hillview Garden Centres has sold its Billing and Pavilion sites to the charity Shaw Trust . Source: Garden1

The ONS has extended tracking of seed sales from the first five months of the year to the first nine months. Source: Garden1

Following the Prime Minister’s defeat on her Brexit deal in the House of Commons, the NFU has urged MPs to take “whatever measures are necessary” to remove the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement, whether on March 29 or at any other point in the future. Source: Garden1