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All but the senior buyers and merchandisers are leaving today from Homebase’s horticulture headquarters at Swindon. Source: Garden1

All but the senior buyers and merchandisers have left from Homebase’s horticulture headquarters at Swindon. Source: Garden1

Online retail recorded +16.8% year-on-year growth during January-June, the highest in eight years, while Barclaycard consumer spending figures showed gardening retail sales were up 8.1% in July. Source: Garden1

Online retail recorded +16.8% year-on-year growth during January-June, the highest in eight years, while Barclaycard consumer spending figures showed gardening retail sales were up 8.1% in July. Source: Garden1

Rochford Garden Machinery has been bought by German manufacturer AL-KO Gardentech. Source: Garden1

Homeleigh Garden Centre expects to hear if its plans for a major upgrade to its recent purchase of a “small dilapidated” nursery/garden centre in Crediton, Devon, later this week. Source: Garden1

Petition website change.org is set to host a campaign to “force the retail horticulture industry to change it’s use of plastic pots”. Source: Garden1

Petition website change.org is set to host a campaign to “force the retail horticulture industry to change it’s use of plastic pots”. Source: Garden1

The new Media Concept Group includes MasterTag (United States of America), Agentur Schanda (Austria), Hortipak (UK and Ireland), Gregg Marketing (Germany), Media Concept Switzerland AG (Switzerland) and the international NOVA Graphic library. Source: Garden1

Sales at garden centres continued to soar in June thanks to the sunny weather according to the latest Garden Centre Association figures. Source: Garden1

The hosepipe ban due to start on August 5 has been called off by United Utilities but the company has warned future restrictions remain a possibility “if more rain doesn’t arrive”. Source: Garden1

Squire’s Garden Centres has purchased Frensham Garden Centre from Wheelhouse. The purchase was completed on 1 August 2018. Source: Garden1

Squire’s Garden Centres has bought Frensham Garden Centre from Wheelhouse. Source: Garden1

AMES UK-owned Kelkay has bought Anchor Fast, an outdoor wooden furniture and garden structures company, which has a 34,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility based in Doncaster and employs more than 20 people. Source: Garden1

Homebase is believed to be closing its horticulture office in Swindon and making all the buyers redundant. Source: Garden1

South coast-based garden centre group Haskins has increased turnover by 3% to £32.4m in the year to 28 February 2018. Source: Garden1

Vitax has appointed a new managing director to take forward “ambitious” growth plans. Source: Garden1

Dobbies Garden Centres has made chief operating officer Graeme Jenkins chief executive. Source: Garden1

Tong Garden Centre has applied to Bradford Council for demolition of existing canopies, walkways and glasshouse and erection of garden centre shop extension, replacement canopy, events space, indoor play area, store extension, lakeside cabins, lakeside pavilion and improvement of existing lake to form wildlife area. Source: Garden1

Notcutts have secured planning consent for a redevelopment and upgrade of its Woodbridge garden centre in Suffolk. Source: Garden1